Riccardo Levato
@riclevato.bsky.social
Biofabrication, 3D printing, biomaterials, bioengineering, regenerative medicine. Associate Professor at Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht.
Group website: www.levatolab.eu
Group website: www.levatolab.eu
Now live on Nature Materials @natureportfolio.nature.com : www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News & Views highlighting our recent work on GRACE, for performing generative, adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing. Original article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
News & Views highlighting our recent work on GRACE, for performing generative, adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing. Original article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Adaptive 3D printing - Nature Materials
Nature Materials - Adaptive 3D printing
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October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Now live on Nature Materials @natureportfolio.nature.com : www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News & Views highlighting our recent work on GRACE, for performing generative, adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing. Original article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
News & Views highlighting our recent work on GRACE, for performing generative, adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing. Original article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Working on #bioprinting and thinking about sending an abstract to TERMIS EU 2026?
ISBF is teaming up with TERMIS with a dedicated session opened by Yu Shrike Zhang and Catherine LeVisage. Abstract submission deadline is on Nov 13th:
eu2026.termis.org/programme/ab...
#TermisEU2026
ISBF is teaming up with TERMIS with a dedicated session opened by Yu Shrike Zhang and Catherine LeVisage. Abstract submission deadline is on Nov 13th:
eu2026.termis.org/programme/ab...
#TermisEU2026
October 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Working on #bioprinting and thinking about sending an abstract to TERMIS EU 2026?
ISBF is teaming up with TERMIS with a dedicated session opened by Yu Shrike Zhang and Catherine LeVisage. Abstract submission deadline is on Nov 13th:
eu2026.termis.org/programme/ab...
#TermisEU2026
ISBF is teaming up with TERMIS with a dedicated session opened by Yu Shrike Zhang and Catherine LeVisage. Abstract submission deadline is on Nov 13th:
eu2026.termis.org/programme/ab...
#TermisEU2026
from @natureportfolio.nature.com Research Briefings: Bespoke 3D printing adapted to features mapped using computer vision
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bespoke 3D printing adapted to features mapped using computer vision
The modelling process can adapt the printing to incorporate various features of inclusions, such as their size or colour.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
from @natureportfolio.nature.com Research Briefings: Bespoke 3D printing adapted to features mapped using computer vision
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Our lab is at the 2025 International Conference on Biofabrication in Warsaw, Poland! Check out the talks from Paulina, Nuria, and myself, and come meet us to know more about our recent progresses in #bioprinting #3dprinting #biofabrication @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #ISBF2025Warsaw
September 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Our lab is at the 2025 International Conference on Biofabrication in Warsaw, Poland! Check out the talks from Paulina, Nuria, and myself, and come meet us to know more about our recent progresses in #bioprinting #3dprinting #biofabrication @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #ISBF2025Warsaw
Thanks nu.nl for featuring our recent research results on GRACE #bioprinting @natureportfolio.nature.com . Check out the "good news" section (a fitting home and anme!) of Nu . nl of today:
🇳🇱 www.nu.nl/goed-nieuws/...
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#3dprinting
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#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 sugge...
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September 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Thanks nu.nl for featuring our recent research results on GRACE #bioprinting @natureportfolio.nature.com . Check out the "good news" section (a fitting home and anme!) of Nu . nl of today:
🇳🇱 www.nu.nl/goed-nieuws/...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
#3dprinting
🇳🇱 www.nu.nl/goed-nieuws/...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
#3dprinting
The 2025 European Society for Biomaterials meeting is starting! If you are in Turin, meet Sammy and Camille and check their work on context-aware #bioprinting ( www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.nature.com ) and multifunctional light-responsive gels #3dprinting #biofabrication
September 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The 2025 European Society for Biomaterials meeting is starting! If you are in Turin, meet Sammy and Camille and check their work on context-aware #bioprinting ( www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.nature.com ) and multifunctional light-responsive gels #3dprinting #biofabrication
Time to 3D (bio)print with GRACE! @natureportfolio.nature.com
Excited to share a new #3dprinting approach, to automatically create designs and prints that conform to living cells, particles or any object embedded within a printable resin for light based printing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to share a new #3dprinting approach, to automatically create designs and prints that conform to living cells, particles or any object embedded within a printable resin for light based printing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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 ranging from ce...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Time to 3D (bio)print with GRACE! @natureportfolio.nature.com
Excited to share a new #3dprinting approach, to automatically create designs and prints that conform to living cells, particles or any object embedded within a printable resin for light based printing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to share a new #3dprinting approach, to automatically create designs and prints that conform to living cells, particles or any object embedded within a printable resin for light based printing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are hiring! Looking for both a Postdoc and a PhD candidate to make waves in #stemcell biology and #bioprinting, to build an engineered pancreas for #diabetes research and therapy
Check out the two vacancies and apply before August 1st:
www.levatolab.eu/post/two-vac...
Check out the two vacancies and apply before August 1st:
www.levatolab.eu/post/two-vac...
Two vacancies alert! Postdoc and PhD candidates wanted!
TWO positions available in our lab: We are looking for a Postdoc and a PhD candidate to join our team, and make waves in stem cell research and bioprinting to tackle diabetes!We have a 3-years Postdoc...
www.levatolab.eu
July 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We are hiring! Looking for both a Postdoc and a PhD candidate to make waves in #stemcell biology and #bioprinting, to build an engineered pancreas for #diabetes research and therapy
Check out the two vacancies and apply before August 1st:
www.levatolab.eu/post/two-vac...
Check out the two vacancies and apply before August 1st:
www.levatolab.eu/post/two-vac...
If you are at the congress of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association or at the meeting of the European Orthopaedics Research Society, take some time to meet with our labmates that will present how #bioprinting helps translational research @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you are at the congress of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association or at the meeting of the European Orthopaedics Research Society, take some time to meet with our labmates that will present how #bioprinting helps translational research @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Volumetric #bioprinting and liver organoids becomes part of High School biology courses in the Netherlands!
#biofabrication #scicomm #societalimpact
The work that lead to this result was funded by the @erc.europa.eu (VOLUME-BIO, 949806)
Biologie voor jou (VWO 6) www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-o...
#biofabrication #scicomm #societalimpact
The work that lead to this result was funded by the @erc.europa.eu (VOLUME-BIO, 949806)
Biologie voor jou (VWO 6) www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-o...
June 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Volumetric #bioprinting and liver organoids becomes part of High School biology courses in the Netherlands!
#biofabrication #scicomm #societalimpact
The work that lead to this result was funded by the @erc.europa.eu (VOLUME-BIO, 949806)
Biologie voor jou (VWO 6) www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-o...
#biofabrication #scicomm #societalimpact
The work that lead to this result was funded by the @erc.europa.eu (VOLUME-BIO, 949806)
Biologie voor jou (VWO 6) www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-o...
We are hiring a PhD student! Do you have expertise in physics, photonics, or light-based 3D printing? Check our vacancy out, and apply before June 13th
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #3dprinting #bioprinting #biofabrication
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@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #3dprinting #bioprinting #biofabrication
PhD Candidate: Photonics Technologies for Biofabrication
Are you interested developing and converging the latest light-based biofabrication technologies? Join our research team!
www.uu.nl
May 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We are hiring a PhD student! Do you have expertise in physics, photonics, or light-based 3D printing? Check our vacancy out, and apply before June 13th
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #3dprinting #bioprinting #biofabrication
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #3dprinting #bioprinting #biofabrication
Check out our new paper on printing breast models with mammary ducts and vascular channels via tomographic #volumetric #bioprinting. Includes protocols for perfusion culture
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Open access : zenodo.org/records/1539...
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iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Open access : zenodo.org/records/1539...
@erc.europa.eu @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Check out our new paper on printing breast models with mammary ducts and vascular channels via tomographic #volumetric #bioprinting. Includes protocols for perfusion culture
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Open access : zenodo.org/records/1539...
@erc.europa.eu @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Open access : zenodo.org/records/1539...
@erc.europa.eu @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Join us in Utrecht for the 12th edition of the #3Dprinting and #Biofabrication summer school!
Learn more about #bioprinting meeting experts in the field and with hands-on 3D printing sessions. Info and registrations: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Learn more about #bioprinting meeting experts in the field and with hands-on 3D printing sessions. Info and registrations: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Join us in Utrecht for the 12th edition of the #3Dprinting and #Biofabrication summer school!
Learn more about #bioprinting meeting experts in the field and with hands-on 3D printing sessions. Info and registrations: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Learn more about #bioprinting meeting experts in the field and with hands-on 3D printing sessions. Info and registrations: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Thermoshrinkable hydrogels produce channels with sub-100um diameter, even when first printed with a larger size. The shape change can occur in presence of cells seeded into the channels. Check the paper for more info:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Tunable Thermoshrinkable Hydrogels for 4D Fabrication of Cell‐Seeded Channels
A thermoresponsive polymer with methacrylate groups for photo-cross-linking, based on polyethylene glycol, N-isopropylacrylamide, and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate is synthetized to yield hydrogels that sh....
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Thermoshrinkable hydrogels produce channels with sub-100um diameter, even when first printed with a larger size. The shape change can occur in presence of cells seeded into the channels. Check the paper for more info:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
New trends in #bioprinting and #synbio can create exciting opportunities for #diabetes research and therapy! Check out our new review @cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social
🔗 Open Access article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🔗 Open Access article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @umcutrecht.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New trends in #bioprinting and #synbio can create exciting opportunities for #diabetes research and therapy! Check out our new review @cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social
🔗 Open Access article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @umcutrecht.bsky.social
🔗 Open Access article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @umcutrecht.bsky.social
New review on advances in volumetric #3Dprinting technologies, now online at Nature Reviews Materials! @natureportfolio.nature.com
Free link (read only): rdcu.be/ed4pn
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social EPFL @harvard.edu @uwmadisonradmed.bsky.social @thwildau.bsky.social
Free link (read only): rdcu.be/ed4pn
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social EPFL @harvard.edu @uwmadisonradmed.bsky.social @thwildau.bsky.social
The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing
Nature Reviews Materials - Volumetric 3D printing is an emerging set of technologies enabling layerless, fast fabrication of complex, multicomponent objects. This Review explores challenges in...
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March 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
New review on advances in volumetric #3Dprinting technologies, now online at Nature Reviews Materials! @natureportfolio.nature.com
Free link (read only): rdcu.be/ed4pn
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social EPFL @harvard.edu @uwmadisonradmed.bsky.social @thwildau.bsky.social
Free link (read only): rdcu.be/ed4pn
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social EPFL @harvard.edu @uwmadisonradmed.bsky.social @thwildau.bsky.social
one more day to apply!
We are hiring! Do you have experience in molecular biology and gene editing tools?
We are looking for a PhD candidate with a strong interest and training in gene therapy, to work on a new model of neonatal diabetes.
Applications are accepted until March 14th
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
We are looking for a PhD candidate with a strong interest and training in gene therapy, to work on a new model of neonatal diabetes.
Applications are accepted until March 14th
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
PhD Candidate in Bioprinting of a Gene Therapy Model for Neonatal Diabetes
Are you interested developing and converging the latest stem cell, organoids, and biofabrication technologies? Join the ON-SCREEN research team!
www.uu.nl
March 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
one more day to apply!
We are hiring! Do you have experience in molecular biology and gene editing tools?
We are looking for a PhD candidate with a strong interest and training in gene therapy, to work on a new model of neonatal diabetes.
Applications are accepted until March 14th
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
We are looking for a PhD candidate with a strong interest and training in gene therapy, to work on a new model of neonatal diabetes.
Applications are accepted until March 14th
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
PhD Candidate in Bioprinting of a Gene Therapy Model for Neonatal Diabetes
Are you interested developing and converging the latest stem cell, organoids, and biofabrication technologies? Join the ON-SCREEN research team!
www.uu.nl
February 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We are hiring! Do you have experience in molecular biology and gene editing tools?
We are looking for a PhD candidate with a strong interest and training in gene therapy, to work on a new model of neonatal diabetes.
Applications are accepted until March 14th
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
We are looking for a PhD candidate with a strong interest and training in gene therapy, to work on a new model of neonatal diabetes.
Applications are accepted until March 14th
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
🔥 Our recent work on new solutions for Multi-Material Volumetric Bioprinting is now published online in Advanced Materials. Check it out to learn more about gels for VBP and for a plug-and-play way to make suspension baths for extrusion #3dprinting
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Multi‐material Volumetric Bioprinting and Plug‐and‐play Suspension Bath Biofabrication via Bioresin Molecular Weight Tuning and via Multiwavelength Alignment Optics
Multimaterial volumetric and embedded extrusion bioprinting of complex cell-laden architectures is enabled by unravelling the interplay between molecular weight and degree of functionalization in gel...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🔥 Our recent work on new solutions for Multi-Material Volumetric Bioprinting is now published online in Advanced Materials. Check it out to learn more about gels for VBP and for a plug-and-play way to make suspension baths for extrusion #3dprinting
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Riccardo Levato
Ready for #biofabrication2025? Discover the latest in #bioprinting & #bioengineering - and welcome the #ELM community to the world of #biofabrication!
Join @riclevato.bsky.social and us for a session on Biofabrication of Engineered Living Materials!
Let's shape the future of living materials! 😊
Join @riclevato.bsky.social and us for a session on Biofabrication of Engineered Living Materials!
Let's shape the future of living materials! 😊
February 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ready for #biofabrication2025? Discover the latest in #bioprinting & #bioengineering - and welcome the #ELM community to the world of #biofabrication!
Join @riclevato.bsky.social and us for a session on Biofabrication of Engineered Living Materials!
Let's shape the future of living materials! 😊
Join @riclevato.bsky.social and us for a session on Biofabrication of Engineered Living Materials!
Let's shape the future of living materials! 😊
Join Biofabrication 2025 to learn about novel applications of
#bioprinting technologies! This year we welcome the #ELM community with a dedicated symposium, to connect on new techs to produce Engineered Living Materials.
Check it out and submit your abstract:
biofabrication2025.org/abstract-sub...
#bioprinting technologies! This year we welcome the #ELM community with a dedicated symposium, to connect on new techs to produce Engineered Living Materials.
Check it out and submit your abstract:
biofabrication2025.org/abstract-sub...
February 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Join Biofabrication 2025 to learn about novel applications of
#bioprinting technologies! This year we welcome the #ELM community with a dedicated symposium, to connect on new techs to produce Engineered Living Materials.
Check it out and submit your abstract:
biofabrication2025.org/abstract-sub...
#bioprinting technologies! This year we welcome the #ELM community with a dedicated symposium, to connect on new techs to produce Engineered Living Materials.
Check it out and submit your abstract:
biofabrication2025.org/abstract-sub...
2025 International Day of Women and Girls in Science: it is a great occasion to celebrate the work lead by female colleagues and teammates with whom I had the pleasure to collaborate in the past year. Here is to many more exciting scientific endeavours @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
2025 International Day of Women and Girls in Science: it is a great occasion to celebrate the work lead by female colleagues and teammates with whom I had the pleasure to collaborate in the past year. Here is to many more exciting scientific endeavours @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Last week it was great to visit the SF Bay area to meet with colleagues at @spie.org #photonicswest, Stanford University @heilshornlab.bsky.social Mark Skylar-Scott, and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social ! Exciting to catch-up on progresses on full scale organ engineering and volumetric #3Dprinting
February 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Last week it was great to visit the SF Bay area to meet with colleagues at @spie.org #photonicswest, Stanford University @heilshornlab.bsky.social Mark Skylar-Scott, and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social ! Exciting to catch-up on progresses on full scale organ engineering and volumetric #3Dprinting
Reposted by Riccardo Levato
Catherine Robin has received a philanthropic donation facilitated by the Foundation Friends of the Hubrecht Institute. Robin’s group will develop bioprinted aortas to produce transplantable blood stem cells to make future stem cell transplants more accessible. www.hubrecht.eu/catherine-ro...
Catherine Robin receives donation to develop personalized blood stem cells
Catherine Robin will use a philantropic donation to produce transplantable blood stem cells to make stem cell transplants more accessible.
www.hubrecht.eu
February 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Catherine Robin has received a philanthropic donation facilitated by the Foundation Friends of the Hubrecht Institute. Robin’s group will develop bioprinted aortas to produce transplantable blood stem cells to make future stem cell transplants more accessible. www.hubrecht.eu/catherine-ro...