Kui Zhou is an Associate Professor and Master's Advisor at Nanchang University. Dr. Zhou’s main area of research is in the field of Biometerial, 3D Bioprinting, and Tissue engineering. Zhou Kui is the host of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Foundation) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (Young Foundation). More than 30 journal papers are published in Ceramics International, Biomedical Materials, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Colloids andSurfaces B: Biointerfaces, et. al, cited more than 600 times.

Topic title: 3D printing of biomaterials and cell spheroids to construct bionic tissues

Abstract:

Due to their high cell density and heterogeneity, cell spheroids are considered to be ideal models for studying human development and disease in vitro. However, the application of cell spheroids is still challenging due to core necrosis. Studies have shown that co-culture of cell microspheres with nanofibers can effectively improve the biological activity of the core cells of cell microspheres. Cell spheroids with good biological activity properties are expected to be used to construct large-size and high-cell density bionic tissues/organoids by bioprinting technology.