The Van Vliet Group hit the ground running at the turn of the new year with the acceptance of an exciting new paper on Artificial Axons: 3D-printed hydrogel-based axon mimics designed to more closely recapitulate the physical properties of biological neuronal axons. This innovative platform can be used to enhance understanding of myelination and further in vitro drug screening studies for neurodegenerative diseases.

Stay tuned to find out how Mingyu Yang, Calliope J.L. Martin, Kavin Kowsari, Anna Jagielska, and Krystyn J. Van Vliet leveraged a novel 3D-printing technique to drastically reduce the fabrication time of artificial axons from two weeks to two hours, enabling high-throughput testing and precise control over axon geometry for enhanced myelination studies. 

Updates coming soon on the publication and release of this captivating new paper!