MISIS will start training designers of 3D bioprinters

In the next academic year, a new educational direction “Biomedical Engineering and Biofabrication” will open at the MISIS University to train specialists who will be able to create 3D bioprinters that can print equivalents of human organs and tissues. By the way, such specialists are not yet trained in the world.

Unfortunately, so far there is an acute shortage of donor organs in medicine. Also, cases of immune rejection of transplanted donor organs are not uncommon. To solve this problem, at least partially, such a direction as regenerative medicine will help.

As Alevtina Chernikova, rector of the MISIS University, said, the university is solving an ambitious task – the creation of a national industry of biomedical materials and bioengineering.

— To solve it, a consortium “Health Engineering” was created,” the rector noted. — One of its key areas of activity is training a new generation of specialists in the field of biomaterials science who are able to apply the latest technologies. Graduates of the master’s program “Biomedical Engineering and Biofabrication” will become engineers and scientists who are able to independently design advanced medical equipment, develop import-outstripping technologies with the prospect of rapid commercialization to improve the quality and life expectancy of people.

Students studying under the new program will gain knowledge in the field of designing parts and mechanisms for bioprinters. By understanding how cells function, engineers will be able to create devices for printing with living cells. For example, using a 3D bioprinter, it will be possible to print a part of an organ affected by a cancerous tumor, on which to test the activity of drugs, avoiding the need to conduct experiments on laboratory animals. In addition, there are separate modules related to the registration of medical devices and the launch of the product on the market.

Mona Platonov.