3D-Printed Tissues and Bioprinting

Overview

Advanced manufacturing technologies, such as 3D bioprinting, have created new possibilities for humanity in patient-specific healthcare therapeutic solutions through tissue engineering and cellular agriculture.
 
The discussion will start with presentations on the latest progress in 3D bioprinting and various applications. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the technological gaps and challenges and the pathways to scale its application in regenerative medicine and cell-cultivated proteins.

Date: 13 April 2023, Thursday
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: 32 Carpenter Street, Singapore 059911

Programme:
3:00pm - 3:30pm: Registration
3:30pm - 3:35pm: Introductions & Welcome 
3:35pm - 3:50pm: Presentation on Opportunities for Singapore Tech Startups in the Healthcare and Food Sectors by Abhineet Kaul, Director, Access Partnership
3:50pm - 4:05pm: Presentations on the Various Applications in 3D Bioprinting by

• Dr Cyrus Beh, Team Leader, A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (via virtual presence)
• Florence Leong, Director & Founder, KosmodeHealth
• Dr Ilanit Mor, Senior Manager, Aleph Farms (via virtual presence)

• Dr Cyrus Beh, Team Leader, A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (via virtual presence)
• Florence Leong, Director & Founder, KosmodeHealth
• Dr Ilanit Mor, Senior Manager, Aleph Farms (via virtual presence)
• Moderator: Dr Chaw Sing Ho, CEO & Co-founder, National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC)

Speakers’ Profiles:

Dr Cyrus Beh, Team Leader, A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (via virtual presence)



Dr Cyrus Beh is a Team Leader at the A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute. His primary research interest is in the development of 3D printing technologies for biomedical applications. These include a 3D bioprinter designed to fabricate complex structures out of soft hydrogel biomaterials, as well as novel strategies to promote the vascularisation of the printed structures. He is also a Co-PI in the Additive Manufacturing for Biological Materials (AMBM) programme, where he is developing tools, materials, and techniques for the treatment of burns with a bioprintable epidermis.

Florence Leong, Director & Founder, KosmodeHealth



Florence Leong is a big Pharma Executive turned small startup evangelist. Having spent almost two decades in a top pharmaceutical MNC, Florence discovered the world of Deep Tech startups when she joined her ex-boss and mentor in Biotech Venture Capital investment. Since then, she has been actively driving local startups as a mentor, advisor, instructor, entrepreneur and angel investor. Florence’s latest ‘love’ is KosmodeHealth Singapore, an NUS deep tech startup that valorises food processing waste into functional ingredients for human nutrition and functional materials for 3D cell culture applications.

Dr Ilanit Mor, Senior Manager, Aleph Farms (via virtual presence)



Dr Ilanit Mor is Senior Manager at Aleph Farms, leading the development of cultured meat by 3D Bioprinting.

Ilanit has 16 years of experience in the digital printing industry, leading the development of innovative inks for Liquid Electrophotography Printing at HP-Indigo, and took a major part, as Vice President of Materials and Process R&D, in the development of breakthrough technology of On Demand Digital Thread Dyeing Machine from R&D stages to commercial production.

Ilanit holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science. In her post-doctorate position at Cambridge University, UK, she took part in the development of neuroelectronic interfaces to repair damage to the nervous system.

Moderator's Profile:

Dr Chaw Sing Ho, CEO & Co-founder, National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC)



Dr Chaw Sing Ho is the CEO of the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC), a Singapore government platform he co-founded as Managing Director at NTUitive in 2015 to catalyse innovation and scale industrial adoption of digital additive manufacturing technologies. Since its inception, NAMIC has orchestrated hundreds of public-private partnerships focusing on translational research to develop and deploy industry-relevant AM technologies and solutions across multiple industry sectors. Before joining the public sector, Chaw Sing was Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at HP Singapore, Printing and Personal Systems Group. Prior to this, he was the Global Head for Consumer Inkjet Supplies Business operations, overseeing manufacturing supply chain operations and product innovation at HP. Chaw Sing began his career in the semiconductor industry with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing - now part of GlobalFoundries, in various customer-facing technology and engineering operation leadership roles.

A technology-for-good advocate, Chaw Sing is passionate about growing a vibrant deep-tech start-up ecosystem in Singapore. He is active in scouting and mentoring promising technology companies. He is a frequent speaker at AM forums intersecting technology, industry and policy, such as the World Bank Group, Development Research Centre China, and the World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. An active member in the global AM community, Chaw Sing co-chairs the ISO/TC 261 Additive Manufacturing Chair’s Advisory Group and the AM Technical Committee under Singapore Standards Council. He also serves on the ASTM AM Centre of Excellence Steering Committee and the Technology Advisory Panel at the Singapore Maritime Institute, among others.

A prolific inventor in his early career, Chaw Sing holds 48 US/International issued patents. He earned his doctorate (PhD) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a Bachelor's (Honours) in Electrical Engineering (Microelectronics), both from the National University of Singapore. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the College of Design and Engineering, where he lectures on Industry 4.0 topics in the areas of cyber-physical integration, computer-aided design and digital manufacturing technologies such as 3D Printing.