29-30 April 2025
Coventry Building Society Arena
Prof Alan Smith

Director
Biopolymer Research Centre, University of Huddersfield
Biography
Alan Smith is a Professor of Biopolymer Science in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Huddersfield. Prior to this he held research positions in the School of Pharmacy at Aston University, The School of Dentistry and The School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham and at the Ferrier Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand. His research group focuses on the characterisation and application of biopolymer hydrogels for a diverse range of pharmaceutical and medical applications. Recently, his work has focussed on the development of techniques to enable 3D-bioprinting using low viscosity bioinks and how this technology can be used to fabricate complex tissue models.
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- 3D Bioprinting Soft Tissue Models Using Suspended Layer Additive Manufacturing (SLAM)
30 April 2025 12:45 pm Cutting Edge
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