BIOLOGICAL, BIOINSPIRED AND BIOMATERIALS

Welcome to the multidisciplinary research group B3Mat (Biological, Bioinspired and Biomaterials) of the Adolfo Ibáñez University, located in the city of Viña del Mar, Chile.

Our objective is to develop strategies to value the use of natural and artificial biomaterials for potential biotechnological and biomedical applications. For that we have established a multiscale and integrative technological platform of experimental biomechanical models, in vitro biological models and computational models.

At B3mat we firmly believe that science is a social and collaborative activity, so our work not only seeks to conduct high-level research, but also to help it reach citizens.

We are a research group committed to both inclusion and the environment as well as education and transfer of scientific knowledge to our community.

RESEARCH

• INTERACTION OF BIOMATERIALS WITH ADULT STEM CELLS

• DEVELOPMENT OF BIOCOMPATIBLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES

• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOMATERIALS OF MARINE ORIGIN

• EVALUATION OF THE USE OF BIOMATERIALS OF NATURAL ORIGIN IN TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

• STEM (SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION)

LAB MEMBERS

The members of our research group come from various branches of science and engineering, forming a multidisciplinary team. In addition, they train undergraduate and postgraduate students, both at the Adolfo Ibáñez University and others nationwide. They also actively collaborate with researchers from Chile and abroad.

FACULTY AND FELLOWS

ALUMNI

JUAN PABLO CARRASCO GÓMEZ
Bioengineering, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez 
Thesis: "Creation of haptic representations of coloring patterns"

TOMAS VUKASOVIC
Master in Mechanical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Thesis: "Experimental and Computational Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of Polymers Used in 3D Printing"

VÍCTOR IRRIBARRA
Master in Bioengineering, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Thesis: "Interaction of Bioglasses with Stem Cells"

ZHUOMING CHEN LIN
Master in Bioengineering, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Thesis: "Biomechanical Performance of Bioglasses for use in Biological Tissue Engineering"

LUIS CARREÑO
Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Thesis: "Numerical Characterization of the Mechanical Properties of Bone Tissue Samples Printed by Additive Manufacturing from Computational Micro-Tomography Images"

NICOLÁS ARÁNGUIZ, VALENTINA ARENAS, RICARDO CAVADA, FELIPE RODRIGO
Industrial Engineering, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Project: "Wearable Intelligence System for Viña del Mar Maritime Sanatorium"

THOMAS VIELMA
Civil Engineering, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Thesis: "Effect of Microarchitecture on the Mechanical Response of Porous Structures: A Structural Analysis Using Rapid Prototype Models"

RAFAELA URRUTIA
Bioengineering, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Project: "Research on how the variation of geometric properties in terms of porosity and pore size affect the biomechanical performance of porous structures"

FACILITIES

We have equipment at the Bioengineering Center of the Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI-Bio Center), Viña del Mar Campus. In addition, we have access to equipment outside the University, through collaborations and external services.

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EQUIPMENT

We have traditional thermal cyclers (Applied Biosystems and Axygen) and a real-time thermal cycler (Agilent AriaMX), a Shimadzu spectrophotometer, a BioTek 800TS plate reader, a Promega Quantus fluorimeter, nucleic acid electrophoresis equipment (CBS Scientific) and proteins ( Biorad), ultracentrifuges (Boeco and Thermofisher) and all the reagents and supplies necessary for enzymatic and molecular analyzes.

CELL CULTURE ROOM

We have a clean room (QClass), which includes all the necessary equipment, such as a BioAir model TopSafe type II biosafety cabinet, a Logos Biosystems model LUNA-II automatic cell counter, a Motic model AE2000 inverted microscope, a ELMI model CM-7S centrifuge, and a Shel Lab model 2406-2 CO2 incubator. In addition, we have stocks of adult stem cells available in nitrogen, along with all the reagents and supplies necessary to perform in vitro experiments.

MECHANICAL EXPERIMENT EQUIPMENT

We have an Electrodynamic system (Test resources 800LE3) to carry out material characterization studies, static resistance and fatigue, with a load level of + -5.7 kN, maximum speed of 125 mm / s, and a maximum frequency of 15 Hz. We also have different types of fixings and load cells for different levels of force. In addition, we have a micromechanical system (Biomomentum model mach-1 v500c) to determine micro-scale mechanical properties.

3D PRINTING

We have commercial fused deposition modeling printers as well as a printer manufactured by our research group, which is used in both research and teaching. We also have 3D bioprinting technology, such as a Cellink Inkredible + biological printer, which has various biotinks to manufacture cell-loaded structures. Finally, we have a wide range of biotinks and polymer filaments and composites that can be used to make samples in the laboratory.

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