A postgraduate research opportunity at the University of Otago.
Details
- Close date
- Saturday, 18 January 2020
- Academic background
- Sciences, Health Sciences
- Host campus
- Christchurch
- Qualification
- PhD
- Department
- Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine (Christchurch)
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Tim Woodfield, Professor Gary Hooper, Dr Khoon Lim
Overview
These research projects are offered by the Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group.
https://www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart
Potential topics
- Translational Regenerative Medicine strategies for cartilage and bone repair
- 3D Biofabrication of osteochondral tissue engineered constructs for joint resurfacing
- 3D Printing of nano-composite scaffolds for bone regeneration
- Bio-assembly of organotypic 3D tissue models
- In vivo evaluation of Additive Manufactured custom titanium orthopaedic implants
- Optimising mesenchymal stem cell niche for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine
- In vitro 3D culture models for mimicking native tissue organisation in vivo
- Spectral (MARS) micro-CT imaging of cartilage and bone health
