2025

Andrade Mier MS, Türker E, Faber J, Friedrich M, Lamberger Z, Weigelt J, Suwannakot P, Gantert B, Singh A, Moessler V, Sodmann A, Murenu N, Schenk J, Schaefer N, Blunk T, Boccaccini AR, Lühmann TC, Tessmar J, Crook JM, Tomaskovic-Crook E, Dalton PD, Lang G, Blum R, Strick R, Budday S, Heinze KG, Villmann C. 3D In Vitro Glioma‐Neuron‐Astrocyte Biomimetic Composites Recapitulate Key Molecular Mechanisms Linked to Glioblastoma Multiforme Pathophysiology. Advanced Functional Materials, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202419211 (2025). (A01, A02, A07, B06, B09, C02, C05, Z02)

Eckert C, Schmidt S, Faber J, Detsch R, Vielreicher M, Lamberger Z, Stahlhut P, Sandor E, Karimi T, Schmid R, Arkudas A, Friedrich O, Budday S, Lang G, Kengelbach-Weigand A, Bosserhoff A. An alginate-cellulose based bioink mimics the viscoelastic features of the melanoma microenvironment and its influence on cell cycle and invasion. Bioprinting, 46, doi: 10.1016/j.bprint.2024.e00384 (2025). (A07, B06, B09, C03, Z02, Z03).

Faber J, Greiner A, Büttner P, Schoppe C, Bräuer L, Paulsen F, Blunk T, Perl M, Betsch M, Budday S. Poro-viscoelastic mechanical characterization of healthy and osteoarthritic human articular cartilage. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 173, doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2025.107226 (2025). (A02, B09)

Faber J, Hinrichsen J, Soufivand AA, Lu HH, Rosenberger T, Karakaya E,  Detsch R, Boccaccini AR, Budday S. Tuning the mechanical properties of alginate dialdehyde-gelatin (ADA-GEL) bioinks for bioprinting approaches by varying the degree of oxidation. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 163, doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106871 (2025). (B09, B03, B06)

Gantert B, Karakaya E, Hofmann F, Jungst T, Bosserhoff AK, Meinel L, Detsch R, Lühmann T. Alginate-Dialdehyde-Based Reporter Ink Enabling Online Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity of Encapsulated Cells. ACS Biomater Sci Eng, doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c02399 (2025). (B06, C03, Z03, B09)

Kriukov K, Schneider D, Zeck S, Hahn L, Hofmann F, Luxenhofer R, Ebert R. Assessment of viability and mechanoresponsiveness of hMSC-TERT printed with bioinert, thermoresponsive hydrogels. Scientific Reports volume 15, 12257. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-97196-9 (2025). (A03, B05, B09)

Murenu N, Faber J, Ahmadi Soufivand A, Buss M, Schaefer N, Budday S. Cell Behavior and Complex Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Cell-Laden Alginate-Gelatin Macroporous Mesostructures. Macromolecular Bioscience. doi: 10.1002/mabi.202500204 (2025). (A07, B09)

Murenu N, Mussoni C, Andrade Mier M, Buettner P, Chicaiza-Cabezas N, Dai Y, Faber J, Fiedler M, Lamberger Z, Ng X, Moessler V, Rederer A, Roeder J, Stecher S, Theis K, Budday S, Lang G, Schaefer N. Bioprinting organs – Science or fiction? – a Review from Students to Students. Adv. Healthc Mat., doi: 10.1002/adhm.202502103 (2025). (A01, A02, A07, B02, B04, B07, B09, C01, C02, C05, C06)

Türker E, Andrade Mier M, Faber J, Friedrich M, Lamberger Z, Weigelt J, Stigloher C, Murenu N, Schaefer N, Tessmar J, Lang G, Budday S, Heinze K, Appelt-Menzel A, Strissel P, Strick R, Villmann C. A 3D biofabricated disease model mimicking the brain extracellular matrix suitable to characterize intrinsic neuronal network alterations in the presence of a breast tumor disseminated to the brain. Advanced Functional Materials, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202515220 (2025). (A01, A02, A07, B06, B09, C02, C05, Z02, Z03)

Zhang H, Faber J, Budday S, Gao Q, Kuth S, Zheng K, Boccaccini A. Monophasic hyaluronic acid-silica hybrid hydrogels for articular cartilage applications. Biomaterials Advances 167, doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.214089 (2025). (B09)

2024

Böhringer D, Cóndor M, Bischof L, Czerwinski T,  Gampl N, Ngo PA, Bauer A, Voskens C, López-Posadas R, Franze K, Budday S, Mark C, Fabry B, Gerum R. Dynamic traction force measurements of migrating immune cells in 3D biopolymer matrices. Nature Physics, doi: 10.1038/s41567-024-02632-8 (2024). (A01, B09,C02)

Cianciosi A, Pfeiffle M, Wohlfahrt P, Nürnberger S, Jungst T. Optical Fiber-Assisted Printing: A Platform Technology for Straightforward Photopolymer Resins Patterning and Freeform 3D Printing. bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2024.01.17.576081 (2024). (B09, C02)

Doryab A, Braig J, Jungst T, Ryma M, Groll J. Fabrication Strategies for Bioinspired and Functional Lung-on-Chips. Adv. Funct. Mater. doi: 10.1002/adfm.20240772 (2024). (B02, B04, B09)

Grijalva Garces D, Strauß S, Gretzinger S, Schmieg B, Jüngst T, Groll J, Meinel L, Schmidt I, Hartmann H, Schenke-Layland K, Brandt N, Selzer M, Zimmermann S, Koltay P, Southan A, Tovar G, Schmidt S, Weber A, Ahlfeld T, Gelinsky M, Scheibel T, Detsch R, Boccaccini A, Naolou T, Lee-Thedieck C, Willems C, Groth T, Allgeier S, Köhler B, Friedrich T, Briesen H, Buchholz J, Paulus D, von Gladiss A, Hubbuch J. On the reproducibility of extrusion-based bioprinting: round robin study on standardization in the field. Biofabrication 16, doi: 10.1088/1758-5090/acfe3b (2024). (A08, B02, B03, B06, B09)

Horder H, Böhringer D, Endrizzi N, Hildebrand LS, Cianciosi A, Stecher S, DusiF, Schweinitzer S, Watzling M, Groll J,  Jüngst T, Teßmar L, Bauer-Kreisel P, Fabry B, Torsten B. Cancer cell migration depends on adjacent ASC and adipose spheroids in a 3D bioprinted breast cancer model. Biofabrication doi: 10.1088/1758-5090/ad57f7 (2024). (C02, A01, A02, B09)

Karakaya E, Gleichauf L, Schöbel L, Hassan A, Soufivand AA, Tessmar J, Budday S,  Boccaccini AR, Detsch R. Engineering peptide-modified alginate-based bioinks with cell-adhesive properties for biofabrication. RSC Adv. doi: 10.1039/D3RA08394B. (2024). (B06, A02, A01, B09)

Kellnberger R, Jüngst T, Gekle S. Novel lattice Boltzmann method for simulation of strongly shear thinning viscoelastic fluids. Int J Numer Meth Fluids. doi: 10.1002/fld.5335 (2024). (B07, B09, Z01)

Türker E, Andrade Mier MS, Faber J, Padilla Padilla SJ, Murenu N, Stahlhut P, Lang G, Lamberger Z, Weigelt J, Schaefer N, Tessmar J, Strissel PL, Blunk T, Budday S, Strick R, Villmann C. Breast tumor cell survival and morphology in a brain-like extracellular matrix depends onmatrix composition and mechanical properties. Adv Biol doi: 10.1002/adbi.202400184. (2024) (A02, A07, B09, C02, C05)

2023

Ahmadi Soufivand A, Faber J, Hinrichsen J, Budday S, Multilayer 3D bioprinting and complex mechanical properties of alginate-gelatin mesostructures, Sci Rep 13(1) (2023) 11253. (B09)

Böhringer D, Bauer A, Moravec I, Bischof L, Kah D, Mark C, Grundy TJ, Görlach E, Neill GMO, Budday S, Strissel P, Strick R, Malandrino A, Mak M, Rausch M, Fabry B. Fiber alignment in 3D collagen networks as a biophysical marker for cell contractility. Matrix Biology doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2023.11.004 (2023). (A01, B09, C02, C05)

Chayanun S, Soufivand AA, Faber J, Budday S, Lohwongwatana B, Boccaccini AR. Reinforcing Tissue-Engineered Cartilage: Nanofibrillated Cellulose Enhances Mechanical Properties of Alginate Dialdehyde–Gelatin Hydrogel. Advanced Engineering Materials (2023) doi: 10.1002/adem.202300641. (B09)

Cianciosi A, Stecher S, Löffler M, Bauer-Kreisel P, Lim K, Woodfield T, Groll J, Blunk T, Jungst T. Flexible Allyl-Modified Gelatin Photoclick Resin Tailored for Volumetric Bioprinting of Matrices for Soft Tissue Engineering. Adv. Healthcare Mater. 12, doi: 10.1002/adhm.202300977 (2023). (B09, C02)

Czerwinski T, Bischof L, Böhringer D, Kara S, Wittmann E, Winterl A, Gerum R, Nusser G, Wiesinger M, Budday S, Lux A, Voskens C, Fabry B, Mark C, doi:10.1101/2023.04.20.537658  (2023). (A01, B09, C02)

Genc H, Cianciosi A, Lohse R, Stahlhut P, Groll J, Alexiou C, Cicha I, Jungst T, Adjusting Degree of Modification and Composition of gelAGE-Based Hydrogels Improves Long-Term Survival and Function of Primary Human Fibroblasts and Endothelial Cells in 3D Cultures, Biomacromolecules doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01536  (2023). (B02, B09)

Soufivand AA, Budday S. Predicting the hyperelastic properties of alginate-gelatin hydrogels and 3D bioprinted mesostructures. Scientific Reports, doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-48711-3 (2023). (B09)

Published Preparatory Work (Project B09 related)

Grossbacher G, Bartolf-Kopp M, Gergely C, Bernal PN, Florczak S, de Ruijter M, Rodriguez NG, Groll J, Malda J, Jungst T, Levato R, Volumetric Printing across Melt Electrowritten Scaffolds Fabricates Multi-Material Living Constructs with Tunable Architecture and Mechanics, Adv Mater doi:10.1002/adma.202300756  (2023) e2300756. (Z01)

2022

Janzen D, Bakirci E, Faber J, Mier MA, Hauptstein J, Pal A, Forster L, Hazur J, Boccaccini AR, Detsch R, Tessmar J, Budday S, Blunk T, Dalton PD, Villmann C, Reinforced Hyaluronic acid-based Matrices promote 3D Neuronal Network Formation, Adv Healthc Mater doi:10.1002/adhm.202201826  (2022) e2201826. (A01, A02, B06, B09, B01/C05)

Mehnert M, Faber J, Hossain M, Chester SA, Steinmann P, Experimental and numerical investigation of the electro-mechanical response of particle filled elastomers – Part I: Experimental investigations, European Journal of Mechanics – A/Solids 96 (2022). (B09)

Mehnert M, Faber J, Hossain M, Chester SA, Steinmann P, Experimental and numerical investigations of the electro-mechanical response of particle filled elastomers—Part II: Continuum modeling approach, European Journal of Mechanics – A/Solids 96 (2022). (B09)

Faber J, Hinrichsen J, Greiner A, Reiter N, Budday S, Tissue-Scale Biomechanical Testing of Brain Tissue for the Calibration of Nonlinear Material Models, Curr Protoc 2(4) (2022) e381. (B09)

Published Preparatory Work (Project B09 related)

Pien N, Bartolf‐Kopp M, Parmentier L, Delaey J, De Vos L, Mantovani D, Van Vlierberghe S, Dubruel P, Jungst T, Melt Electrowriting of a Photo‐Crosslinkable Poly( ε ‐Caprolactone)‐Based Material into Tubular Constructs with Predefined Architecture and Tunable Mechanical Properties, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering doi:10.1002/mame.202200097  (2022). (Z01) Publication image has been selected as the journal cover of the July 2022 issue of Macro Molecular Materials and Engineering

Fischhaber N, Faber J, Bakirci E, Dalton PD, Budday S, Villmann C, Schaefer N, Spinal Cord Neuronal Network Formation in a 3D Printed Reinforced Matrix-A Model System to Study Disease Mechanisms, Adv Healthc Mater doi:10.1002/adhm.202100830  (2021) e2100830. (B01, Z01)Levato R, Jungst T, Scheuring RG, Blunk T, Groll J, Malda J, From Shape to Function: The Next Step in Bioprinting, Adv Mater 32(12) (2020) 1906423. (A02, B04, Z01)

Hauptstein J, Bock T, Bartolf-Kopp M, Forster L, Stahlhut P, Nadernezhad A, Blahetek G, Zernecke-Madsen A, Detsch R, Jungst T, Groll J, Tessmar J, Blunk T, Hyaluronic Acid-Based Bioink Composition Enabling 3D Bioprinting and Improving Quality of Deposited Cartilaginous Extracellular Matrix, Adv Healthc Mater 9(15) (2020) 2000737. (A02, A06, B02, B06, Z01)

Levato R, Jungst T, Scheuring RG, Blunk T, Groll J, Malda J, From Shape to Function: The Next Step in Bioprinting, Adv Mater 32(12) (2020) 1906423. (A02, B04, Z01)

2025

Jessica Faber, Alexander Greiner, Paula Büttner, Chiara Schoppe, Lars Bräuer, Friedrich Paulsen, Torsten Blunk, Mario Perl, Marcel Betsch and Silvia Budday
Mechanical characterization of human articular cartilage and cell-laden thiolated hyaluronic acid (HA-SH) hydrogels during chondrogenesis
ICCB 2025, 8th September 2025                                  A02, B09

Jessica Faber, Alexander Greiner, Paula Büttner, Chiara Schoppe, Lars Bräuer, Friedrich Paulsen, Torsten Blunk, Mario Perl, Marcel Betsch and Silvia Budday
Biomechanical characterization of healthy and osteoarthritic human articular cartilage
Workshop Junger Nachwuchswissenschaftler in der Mechanik 2025, 11th March 2025                                  A02, B09

2024

Böhringer, Vogler, Bischof, Czerwinski,Cóndor, Gampl, Anh Ngo, Strissel, Strick, Budday, López-Posadas, Franze, Thievessen, Mark, Gerum, Fabry
Individual and collective force oscillations of cells and cell assemblies in 3D environments
Physics of Cancer, Leipzig, 30 September – 02 October 2024                        A01, B09,C02,C05

Jessica Faber, Jan Hinrichsen, Anahita Ahmadi Soufivand, Hsuan-Heng Lu, Aldo R. Boccaccini, and Silvia Budday
Tuning the mechanical properties of alginate dialdehyde-gelatin bioinks for bioprinting approaches by varying the oxidation degree
ELACTAM 2024 on 31st February 2024

Jessica Faber, Jan Hinrichsen, Anahita Ahmadi Soufivand, Hsuan-Heng Lu, Aldo R. Boccaccini, and Silvia Budday
Tuning the mechanical properties of alginate dialdehyde-gelatin bioinks for bioprinting approaches by varying the oxidation degree
14. Workshop für Junge Nachwuchswissenschaftler in der Mechanik on 6th March 2024

2023

Florian Hofmann
Microfluidic printheads for multi-material extrusion-based bioprinting
DGBM Jena on 15th September 2023

2022

Tomasz Jungst
Developing tissue models to study vascular diseases
Meeting of The International Society for Biofabrication 2022, Montecatini Terme (Italy) on 25-28. September 2022                      B09

Jessica Faber
Tissue-scale biomechanical testing of brain tissue
for the calibration of nonlinear material models
GAMM 2022 – 92nd GAMM Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics                            B09

2025

V. Mößler, Strissel, P.L.; Faber, J; Thievessen, I.; Budday, S., Strick, R.
Conventional Hydrogels effect the morphology and fate determination of glioblastoma cell lines in 3D
Autumn School “Translational Neuroscience”, Würzburg, 7th-8th November 2025       (C05, B09)

V. Mößler, Strissel, P.L.; Faber, J; Thievessen, I.; Budday, S., Strick, R.
Conventional Hydrogels effect the morphology and fate determination of glioblastoma cell lines in 3D
4th Women in Science Symposium Erlangen, 8th-10th October 2025       (C05, B09)

Karimi T, Sandor E, Schmid R, Eckert C, Schmidt S, Röder J, Faber J, Lamberger Z, Budday S, Lang G, Boccaccini AR, Horch RE, Boßerhoff AK, Arkudas A, Kengelbach-Weigand A
Analyzing tumor progression and dormancy in melanoma using 3D bioprinted Co-Culture models
TERMIS EU 2025 Freiburg, 20th-23th May 2025    (C03, A01, A07, B09)

2024

Böhringer, Vogler, Bischof, Czerwinski,Cóndor, Gampl, Anh Ngo, Strissel, Strick, Budday, López-Posadas, Franze, Thievessen, Mark, Gerum, Fabry
Individual and collective force oscillations of cells and cell assemblies in 3D environments
Physics of Cancer, Leipzig, 30 September – 02 October 2024                        A01, B09,C02,C05

Kirill Kriukov, Doris Schneider, Lukas Hahn, Florian Hofmann, Robert Luxenhofer, Regina Ebert (2024)
Assessment of viability and mechanoresponsiveness of hMSC-TERT printed with bioinert, thermoresponsive hydrogels
WI3R Symposium, Würzburg, 05-07 July 2024            A03, B05, B09

S.Stecher, A.Cianciosi, D.Böhringer, J.Faber, F.Dusi, P.Stahlhut, J.Teßmar, S.Budday, J.Groll, B.Fabry, P.Bauer-Kreisel and T.Blunk
Migration of Breast Cancer Cells in 3D Printable Methacrylated Collagen Type I-Based Hydrogels
WI3R Symposium, Würzburg, 5.-7.July 2024                 C02, A01, B09

S.Stecher, A.Cianciosi, D.Böhringer, J.Faber, F.Dusi1, P.Stahlhut, J.Teßmar, S.Budday, J.Groll, B.Fabry, P.Bauer-Kreisel and T.Blunk
Printable Methacrylated Collagen Type I-based Hydrogels to Study Migration of Breast Cancer Cells in a 3D Environment
7th TERMIS World Congress, Seattle, Washington, 25-28 June 2024                         C02, A01, B09

2023

Hsuan-Heng Lu, Jessica Faber, Anahita Ahmadi Soufivand, Julian Bauer, Emine Karakaya, Rainer Detsch, Oliver Friedrich, Silvia Budday, Aldo R. Boccaccini
ADA-GEL bioink system with tailored oxidation degree of ADA for biofabrication approaches
Annual Meeting of the German society for Biomaterials (DGBM) 2023 on 14th September 2023              B03, B09, B06, Z02

2022

Jessica Faber, Florian Hofmann, Silvia Budday, Tomasz Jüngst
SFB/TRR 225 Project B09: Biofabricated gradients for functional tissue models
Symposium “Biofabrication meets Infection” Würzburg on 25-28- September 2022                B09

Florian Hofmann
Microfluidic printheads for multi-material mixing NTB_058
Meeting of The International Society for Biofabrication 2022, Montecatini Terme (Italy) on 25-28. September 2022   B09