@RicLevato

Biofabrication, 3D printing, biomaterials, bioengineering, regenerative medicine. Associate Professor @UniUtrecht @UMCUtrecht also at https://xitter.cf/t.co/lQuWykaOL3

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levatolab.eu
Joined July 2017
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Time to 3D (bio)print with GRACE! @Nature Excited to share a new #3dprinting way, to automatically create designs and prints that conform to living cells, particles or any object embedded within a printable resin for light based printing. @RMUtrecht nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing

Nature - A new approach combining 3D imaging, computer vision and parametric modelling, named GRACE, is introduced, enabling adaptive and context-aware 3D printing of structures around features...

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Hora est! Huge congrats Dr. @MariemeGueye28 for defending your PhD thesis on #biofabrication and #volumetric #bioprinting for hematopoietic niches @UMCUtrecht @RMUtrecht @VET_UniUtrecht @ISBioFab This project was funded by @ERC_Research
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Fantastic acknowledgement for the pivotal work that made #optogenetics possible, unlocking exciting applications! At @RMUtrecht we are making #3dprinting #bioprinting able to tell cells where to be,... and also what to do via optogenetics: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley… @ERC_Research

Spatial Control of Light‐Responsive Proteins and Optogenetics Within Hydrogels via Volumetric...

Spatiotemporal control over cell behavior within bioprinted constructs remains a key challenge in biofabrication. Volumetric bioprinting using multi-wavelength light sources permits to activate...

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrizeOct 5
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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3DHEALS@3dhealsSep 15
Volumetric bioprinting can now trigger light-responsive proteins and optogenetic circuits deep inside centimeter-scale hydrogels - remote control of biology, not just structure. Read more: doi.org/10.1002/adma.74563
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New paper! Light-based bioprinting goes beyond controlling only tissue architecture. Optogenetic volumetric bioprinting activates protein expression and photoswitches deep within cell-laden hydrogels advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley… @ERC_Research @VET_UniUtrecht @UMCUtrecht @RMUtrecht
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@AdvPortfolio Advanced Materials, @biomaker_ @EUeic @ENLIGHT_H2020 @pau_bernal1 @ISBioFab #bioprinting #additivemanufacturing #3dprinting #synbio
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INsociety@INsrl_euJun 30
The @EUeic REVOLV consortium met in Locarno, Switzerland for our official kick-off meeting! Our team joined @Readily3D and @UMCUtrecht to start our work on a scalable, animal-free alternative to conventional bio printing. 🇪🇺 cordis.europa.eu/project/id/… #Bioprinting #HorizonEU
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🚨Postdoc vacancy alert: join us in Utrecht to develop the next generation human liver organoid based in vitro tissue models for drug screening, within the @EUeic #EICTransition funded project REVOLV, careersatumcutrecht.com/vaca… #NAMs #bioprinting @UMCUtrecht @RMUtrecht @SyisEu
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Our February issue is online! Read about volumetric bioprinting (@Khoonono Spotlighting @RicLevato), molecular diagnostics, electrified food fermentation, hPSC editing, liquid biopsy (@IBiofilms), cryobioprinting, chocolate waste upcycling (@Kylelauersen), and more: cell.com/trends/biotechnolog…
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I am deeply humbled and honored for receiving support from the @ERC_Research Consolidator Grant, to further our research on #bioprinting. Let’s turn on the spotlight on stem cells, pancreatic islets and their specialized blood vessels! @RMUtrecht #biofabrication #diabetes #ERCCog
European Research Council (ERC)
@ERC_Research9 Dec 2025
The results of the ERC Consolidator Grant call have been announced! 📣 349 researchers have been selected for funding. Congratulations to all! #ERCCogG! 👉 erc.europa.eu/news-events/ne… #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope @EUScienceInnov
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New paper online: a printability framework for laser-induced forward transfer #bioprinting and its application in vascular cells patterning! #openaccess publication: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley… @UMCUtrecht @UTwente @RMUtrecht @VET_UniUtrecht
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Now live on @NatureMaterials @NaturePortfolio nature.com/articles/s41563-0… News & Views highlighting our recent work on GRACE, for performing generative, adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing. Original article: nature.com/articles/s41586-0… #3DPrinting #bioprinting
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Working on #bioprinting and thinking about sending an abstract to TERMIS EU 2026? @ISBioFab is teaming up with @EuTermis with a dedicated session opened by @shrikezhang @Cath_LeVisage Abstract submission deadline is Nov 13th: eu2026.termis.org/programme/… #TermisEU2026 @SyisEu
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from @Nature Research Briefings: Bespoke 3D printing adapted to features mapped using computer vision nature.com/articles/d41586-0… @RMUtrecht

Bespoke 3D printing adapted to features mapped using computer vision

Nature - The modelling process can adapt the printing to incorporate various features of inclusions, such as their size or colour.

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Last parallel session of #ISBFWarsaw2025 @ISBioFab starting with a dive in the past to the first report of GelMA 25 yrs ago @rousselotbio @BIO_INX I'll follow up with GelMA in light based #bioprinting @rm
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Day 3 of #ISBF2025Warsaw @ISBioFab opens with @BurdickLab 's plenary talk!
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rlevato@RicLevato9 Sep 2025
3D printers that help you design the objects and tissues to be produced: check out our work on adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing @Nature @RMUtrecht @UMCUtrecht @VET_UniUtrecht @ERC_Research @NWONieuws @FlorczakSammy #biofabrication #3dprinting #bioprinting
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@Nature9 Sep 2025
Nature research paper: Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing go.nature.com/429rnNW

Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing

Nature - A new approach combining 3D imaging, computer vision and parametric modelling, named GRACE, is introduced, enabling adaptive and context-aware 3D printing of structures around features...

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Thanks @NUnl for featuring our recent research results on GRACE #bioprinting @Nature . Check out the "good news" section (a fitting home!) of Nu . nl of today: 🇳🇱 nu.nl/goed-nieuws/6368468/ni… @RMUtrecht @VET_UniUtrecht @UMCUtrecht #3dprinting

Nieuwe stap in 3D-printen: ook menselijk weefsel kan worden 'geprint'

Onderzoekers van de Universiteit Utrecht zijn een stap dichter bij het 3D-bioprinten van organen. De nieuwe techniek genaamd GRACE kan door middel van kunstmatige intelligentie zelf meedenken en...

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@Nature9 Sep 2025
Nature research paper: Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing go.nature.com/429rnNW

Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing

Nature - A new approach combining 3D imaging, computer vision and parametric modelling, named GRACE, is introduced, enabling adaptive and context-aware 3D printing of structures around features...

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3D printers that help you design the objects and tissues to be produced: check out our work on adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing @Nature @RMUtrecht @UMCUtrecht @VET_UniUtrecht @ERC_Research @NWONieuws @FlorczakSammy #biofabrication #3dprinting #bioprinting
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@Nature9 Sep 2025
Nature research paper: Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing go.nature.com/429rnNW

Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing

Nature - A new approach combining 3D imaging, computer vision and parametric modelling, named GRACE, is introduced, enabling adaptive and context-aware 3D printing of structures around features...

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Today @ESB_2025 started officially! If you are in Turin, meet @FlorczakSammy and Camille Bonhomme: check their talks on context-aware #bioprinting (nature.com/articles/s41586-0… @Nature) and on multifunctional #light powered hydrogels @RMUtrecht #esb2025 #3dprinting #biofabrication
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