{"id":16,"date":"2021-03-30T00:27:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T11:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-10-04T18:03:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T05:03:54","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"title\">\n<div class=\"titleinner\">\n<p class=\"notopimage\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\"><strong>At the Light Activated Biomaterials (LAB) research group<\/strong>, we design and develop new biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Our core interest lies in the use of light to control biomaterials architecture, which subsequently affect cellular function.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">We are extrem<span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">ely fortunate<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">\u00a0to work in this exciting field that interfaces between biomaterials, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering and biofabrication. We see biomaterials being the\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal\"><u>foundation and core<\/u><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">\u00a0of many other disciplines. For instance, biomaterials are pivotal and essential as bi<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">oinks in the field of biofabrication\/3D bioprinting. Biomaterials are required to be able to provide the essential cues and signals for cells in the field of regenerative medicine. Biomaterials are the underlying plat<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">form technology to allow spatial control over mechanical cues presented to cells in the field of mechanobiology. As such, we are dedicated and committed to contribute to the integration of biomaterials in these other fields, through\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal\"><u>partnership and coll<\/u><\/strong><strong style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal\"><u>aboration<\/u><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149 size-large\" style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/files\/2021\/10\/232288955_10159631996065030_6945035149736190630_n-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/files\/2021\/10\/232288955_10159631996065030_6945035149736190630_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/files\/2021\/10\/232288955_10159631996065030_6945035149736190630_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/files\/2021\/10\/232288955_10159631996065030_6945035149736190630_n-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/files\/2021\/10\/232288955_10159631996065030_6945035149736190630_n-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/files\/2021\/10\/232288955_10159631996065030_6945035149736190630_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 300\"><br \/>\nWe are an interdisciplinary group with national and international members of different training background. We work together with a common goal to advance science to achieve better translational healthcare outcome. We\u00a0 tend to have fun inside and outside the laboratory, lift each other up, and most importantly, be nice to each other always.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Light Activated Biomaterials (LAB) research group, we design and develop new biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Our core interest lies in the use of light to control biomaterials architecture, which subsequently affect cellular function.\u00a0 We are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41654,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41654"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}