The Shiwarski Tissue Engineering Lab is honored to receive a 2026 Single Ventricle Research Fund (SVRF) Award from Additional Ventures. Our project, “Advancing Fontan Patient Longevity Through Mechanistic Insights into Liver Dysfunction and Thrombosis Using 3D Bioprinted Model Systems,” was selected as one of fifteen teams in this year’s cohort and joins an outstanding group...
Pitt Department of Medicine Features VESSELS/CampBioE Program The University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine’s newsletter, Code Blue and Gold, recently spotlighted the VESSELS (Vascular Educational Summer Session for Emerging Laboratory Scientists) program, run in partnership with the Department of Bioengineering’s CampBioE 2.0 initiative. The feature highlights how high school students in grades 9–12 are introduced...
The Shiwarski Tissue Engineering Lab has secured two pilot grants from the Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania (HCWP) through the P3HVB Pilot Grant program. Both awards take effect June 1, 2026, and together expand the lab’s research into hemostasis and inherited bleeding and clotting disorders. The first award provides $50,000 for the project “Development of...
Pitt Swanson School of Engineering Virtual Newsroom · February 2, 2026 Coverage of HemoLens, the Shiwarski Lab’s open-source 3D-printed pressure myography system developed for under $750. HemoLens enables physiological characterization of native and bioprinted blood vessels, lowering barriers to vascular research and hemodynamics studies worldwide. Article Link: https://news.engineering.pitt.edu/an-open-source-breakthrough-in-hemodynamics/
Pitt Swanson School of Engineering Virtual Newsroom · September 17, 2025 Feature on CampBioE 2.0, Dr. Shiwarski’s expanded K-12 bioengineering outreach program at Homewood’s Community Engagement Center. The 2025 program added hands-on 3D bioprinting modules, introducing students from grades 2–12 to tissue engineering and biomedical research concepts. Article Link: https://news.engineering.pitt.edu/inspiring-tomorrows-engineers/
Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering · April 23, 2025 CMU highlighted advances in FRESH 3D bioprinting enabling fully collagen-based microphysiologic systems with sub-100-micron vascular channels. The work overcomes longstanding limitations of synthetic materials in organ-on-chip platforms, allowing cells to function in a native biological environment. Article Link: https://www.cmu.edu/bme/News_Events/story_archive/2025/bioprinting-tissue.html
Pitt Swanson School of Engineering Virtual Newsroom · April 25, 2025 Coverage of the Shiwarski Lab’s CHIPS (Collagen High-resolution Internally Perfusable Scaffolds) platform — a 3D bioprinted collagen-based microfluidic system for engineering fully biologic, perfusable tissue constructs published in Science Advances. Article Link: https://news.engineering.pitt.edu/chips-off-the-old-block/
PittMed Magazine · By Andrew Doerfler · November 1, 2023 PittMed Magazine featured Drs. Daniel and Cary Boyd-Shiwarski and collaborators discussing biomolecular condensates — liquid-like protein droplets that may underlie cell dysfunction in diseases including ALS and kidney disorders. The article explores how this emerging field is rewriting our understanding of cell biology. Article Link:...
Carnegie Mellon University News Release · By Sara Vaccar · October 10, 2022 Coverage of a perspectives piece by CMU’s Regenerative Biomaterials and Therapeutics Group examining the core technical and regulatory challenges facing 3D bioprinting, and identifying the essential milestones required to translate bioprinted tissues to clinical use. Article Link: https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2022/10/18-3d-bioprinted-tissues.html
Chemical & Engineering News · By Laurel Oldach · November 9, 2022 Chemical & Engineering News covered the discovery that WNK1 protein droplets — liquid-like biomolecular condensates — help cells detect and respond to osmotic stress, with Dr. Shiwarski as a key contributor to this interdisciplinary Pitt/CMU research. Article Link: https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/biochemistry/Protein-droplets-help-cells-respond-osmotic-stress/100/web/2022/11
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