ESAO CONGRESS 2026
Iasi, Romania
From Bench to Bedside and Back Again

16:15 - OSTEOARTHRITIS BEGINS BEFORE IT IS SEEN: TARGETED INHIBITION OF MATRIX-DEGRADING ENZYMES PRESERVES EARLY ARTICULAR CARTILAGE FUNCTION

Marina Danalache
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Tübingen, Germany

16:33 - EXPLORATION OF FUNCTIONAL SHAPE FOR IN-BODY-ENGINEERED AUTOLOGOUS HEART VALVES BASED ON STRUCTURAL AND HEMODYNAMIC EVALUATION

Takeshi Terazawa
Asahikawa Medical University, Advanced Medical Engineering Research Center, Japan

16:51 - DEVELOPMENT OF TUNABLE ARTIFICIAL ERYTHROCYTES FOR MEDICAL DEVICE TESTING AND EDUCATIONAL SIMULATORS

Ana Martins Costa

University of Twente, Engineering Organ Support Technologies Group, The Netherlands; 2: University of Twente, Fluid Mechanics for Functional Materials Group, The Netherlands

17:09 - APPLICATIONS OF TISSUE-ENGINEERED AUTOLOGOUS GRAFTS IN CARDIAC SURGERY.

Yoshiaki Takewa
Advanced Medical Engineering Research Center, Asahikawa Medical University, Japan

17:27 - DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX 3D (BIO)PRINTED ARCHITECTURES FOR SKIN TISSUE REPAIR AND REGENERATION

Isabella Nacu
University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" Iasi, Romania