Australian university receives grant to establish bioprinting facility

The University of Wollongong has been awarded a AUS$347,000 grant towards the development of a bioprinting facility. The University of Wollongong (New South Wales, Australia) has received AUS$347,000 from the Australian Research Council (ARC; Canberra, Australia) towards establishing a bioprinting facility that will enable development of bioinks and customized bioprinting systems for clinical applications. The University of Wollongong and research partners from several other universities were awarded ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities funding. The ARC Center of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Australian National Fabrication Facility Materials node are both leading the bioprinting facility project. Gordon Wallace, director...