Welcome to Rice University's Biomaterials Lab. The Biomaterials Lab supports advanced biomedical research by providing access to shared equipment and expertise along with educational programs.
![Rice discovery represents ‘crucial step’ for tissue engineering](/bml/sites/g/files/bxs4076/files/styles/size_450x350/public/2024-05/Fig2.jpeg?itok=J4JGeDdD)
Rice discovery represents ‘crucial step’ for tissue engineering
![Alvarez-Mikos](/bml/sites/g/files/bxs4076/files/styles/size_450x350/public/2024-05/Alvarez-mikos.jpg?itok=88qfNXjw)
Pedro Alvarez, Antonios Mikos honored by nation’s foremost society of scholars
![Rice bioengineers win $1.4M APRA-H grant for osteoarthritis research](/bml/sites/g/files/bxs4076/files/styles/size_450x350/public/2024-04/Mikos-web_0.jpg?itok=y_bE0plL)
Rice joins NIH-funded consortium to develop strategies that reverse effects of osteoarthritis.
![2024 Biofabrication](/bml/sites/g/files/bxs4076/files/styles/size_450x350/public/2024-04/thumbnail2.png?itok=q148_hVu)
Biomaterials Lab hosts Annual Biofabrication Workshop
![BRC](/bml/sites/g/files/bxs4076/files/styles/size_450x350/public/2024-01/IMG_2677.jpg?itok=1bc-ho7h)
The annual report covers all the exiciting events at the Biomaterials Lab
High school students explore bioengeering and biomaterials research
![2023 Biofabrication Workshop](/bml/sites/g/files/bxs4076/files/styles/size_450x350/public/2023-04/Picture1_0.png?itok=QE8W7nbP)
Biomaterials Lab hosts Annual Biofabrication Workshop for the year 2023
![Upgraded tumor model optimizes search for cancer therapies](/bml/sites/g/files/bxs4076/files/styles/size_450x350/public/2023-03/2303_Mikos_sample_LG-1.jpg?itok=rrtPrgoE)
Rice University engineers show immune cells impact osteosarcoma drug resistance
![Peptide 3D-printing inks could advance regenerative medicine](/bml/sites/g/files/bxs4076/files/styles/size_450x350/public/2023-03/Picture1.jpg?itok=Iqj18Mgt)
Rice lab opens new door to creating cell scaffolds for growing tissue, studying disease
Training videos for the equipment in the Biomaterials Lab
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Training videos for the equipment in the Biomaterials Lab
![Slides from ATE 2022](/bml/sites/g/files/bxs4076/files/styles/size_450x350/public/2022-08/Presentation2_0.jpg?itok=PmRk2YVo)
Biomaterials Lab presented its virtual demonstration during the short course