Partners present PULSE at TERMIS EU 2025
Sharing early results and ideas on space bioprinting and regenerative medicine in Freiburg
PULSE was well represented at TERMIS EU 2025, one of the main conferences in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, held from 20–23 May 2025 in Freiburg, Germany.
The project was featured in the scientific session “Lift-off: Translating Tissue Engineering Tools and Methods to Space”, where consortium partners introduced project goals, shared early-stage results, and discussed how space-based biofabrication could advance tissue engineering for healthcare and long-term space exploration.
Ezgi Çevik, PhD Candidate at Maastricht University’s MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, presented her work on magneto-acoustic levitation for space-based tissue engineering. Her talk, “Advancing biofabrication with magneto-acoustic levitation: enabling volumetric bioassembly of complex 3D structures in space and on Earth,” focused entirely on PULSE. As she later shared, “I am grateful for the engaging discussions, valuable feedback, and the chance to connect with researchers pushing the boundaries.”
Lorenzo Moroni, Professor in Biofabrication for Regenerative Medicine at Maastricht University and the coordinator of PULSE, gave an invited talk titled “Toward magneto-acoustic levitation in space: advances and challenges.” His presentation offered an overview of the project’s aims and technical approach.
Also in the same session, Miguel J. S. Ferreira, Biosciences Space Business Developer at Space Applications Services, was one of the session chairs and gave a broader talk titled “From feasibility to space flight: Developing solutions for tissue engineering in microgravity,” which referenced PULSE among other initiatives.
The PULSE project brings together research and engineering across several countries. MERLN leads the development of the magneto-acoustic bioprinter and 3D cardiac tissue models, while Space Applications Services supports the system’s space readiness and eventual launch to the International Space Station.