Affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Dr. Bruna de Melo received her PhD from the Department of Engineering of Materials and Bioprocesses at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil in 2019. Her thesis described the biofabrication of autologous 3D scaffolds prepared using platelet and leukocyte-rich plasma, hyaluronic acid, and mesenchymal stem cells derived from human adipose tissue (hMSCs) for applications in bone and cartilage regeneration. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dr. de Melo currently studies the influence of different biomaterials on the biofabrication of neural tissues using 3D bioprinting technology, aiming for the development of neurogenic niches in vitro for use in neurodegenerative disease research.