Dr. Thomas Boland featured on Carolina Business Review
Dr. Thomas Boland, Associate Professor of Bioengineering and IBIOE faculty researcher, was featured on the April 11, 2008 telecast of Carolina Business Review, a weekly television program exploring business in North and South Carolina. Dr. Boland, a recognized pioneer in the field of cell printing, discussed the importance of public-private partnerships in the field of Bioengineering and the promising growth of the biotech industry in the Clemson area. Fellow guests included Dr. Anthony Atala of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Charles Calkins of Stockton & Kilpatrick, LLP.
Breast cancer research and inkjet tissue printing get NSF boost
Clemson University Newsroom, Nov. 2007
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $2 million to the Center for Biological Interfaces of Engineering (CBIOE) at Clemson University for the development of engineered tissues that will be used to study the causes, progression and treatment of breast cancer.
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Clemson research improves inkjet technology for organ printing
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Conference, Feb. 2007
Research from Clemson University shows that producing cardiac tissue with off-the-shelf inkjet technology can be improved significantly with precise cell placement. Tom Boland, associate professor in Clemson’s bioengineering department, along with Catalin Baicu of the Medical University of South Carolina, present their findings today (2-18) at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Conference in San Francisco.
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Inkjet printers offer biology breakthrough
PCWorld Magazine, Aug. 2004
If you think injecting ink into a printer cartridge might damage your printer, try filling it with animal cells. That's what they're doing at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina.
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