Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (TCD), established in 1592, is Ireland’s premier university, consistently ranked among the world’s top institutions. In the 2025 QS World University Rankings, Trinity secured the 87th position, marking its third consecutive year in the top 100. Home to state-of-the-art institutes like the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute and the AMBER Centre for materials and bioengineering research, the university addresses global challenges in health, sustainability, and digital transformation. The m2M project will leverage the 3D bioprinting and cell culture facilities and dedicated labs for histology, biomaterials and mechanical testing within TCD.
Work in m2M
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) will coordinate the project, which involves the development and testing of a convergent bioprinting platform. TCD will also be involved in the comparing a range of cell sources for the engineering of hyaline cartilage and endochondral bone forming microtissues. TCD will also play a role in analysing the repair tissue from the models of osteochondral defect repair.
Researchers on m2M
Past Publications
- Dufour et al. Integrating melt electrowriting and inkjet bioprinting for engineering structurally organized articular cartilage. Biomaterials, Vol. 283, 121405, 2002.
- Freeman et al. 3D bioprinting spatiotemporally defined patterns of growth factors to tightly control tissue regeneration. Science Advances, Vol. 6, no. 33, eabb5093, 2020.
- Daly et al. Biofabrication of spatially organised tissues by directing the growth of cellular spheroids within 3D printed polymeric microchambers. Biomaterials 197, 194-206, 2019.
- Cunniffe et al. Tissue-specific extracellular matrix scaffolds for the regeneration of spatially complex musculoskeletal tissues. Biomaterials 188, 63-73, 2019.
- Daly et al. 3D Bioprinting of Developmentally Inspired Templates for Whole Bone Organ Engineering. Advanced HealthCare Materials 5(18):2353-62, 2016.
