Starting today, May 19th, Freiburg becomes the epicenter of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine as TERMIS EU 2025 kicks off. The theme “Shaping the Future by Connecting Scientific Diversity” highlights the importance of bringing together diverse individuals, ideas, disciplines, and experiences from across the scientific landscape. This spirit of openness and collaboration reflects the InterLynk approach, where researchers from academic institutions, clinical centres, and innovation-driven companies work side by side to tackle the challenges of multi-tissue regeneration.

From the University of Aveiro (UAVR), InterLynk Coordinator, Prof. João F. Mano will have a strong presence throughout the week. He will deliver two invited talks: the first on Thursday, 22 May at 14:00 in Hall 4, titled “Design of cells compartments towards the development of hierarchical tissue engineering constructs,” and the second on Friday, 23 May at 11:30 in Room K10, titled “Materialising human stem cells to produce advanced tissue engineering devices.” He will also co-chair two scientific sessions: “Engineered Viscoelasticity in Regenerative Medicine” on Thursday, 22 May from 16:30 to 18:00 (Room K6) and “Organ on a Chip” on Friday, 23 May from 10:10 to 11:00 (Room K5).

His UAVR colleague Dr. Nilza Ribeiro will present the best-rated abstract of her session on Friday, 23 May at 11:30 in Room K5, with a talk titled “Advanced bioactive apatite cement-based 3D printed scaffolds: a potential solution for large bone defects reconstruction.”

Dr. Rita Sobreiro-Almeida (UAVR) will be a co-chair in the session "4D Tissue Engineering: Widening the Control over Cell’s Microenvironment" taking place on Tuesday, 20 May at 11:00 in Room K6 and present twice, both times on Thursday, 22 May: (1) "Not a young PI, but a wanna be" from 14:40 - 14:48 in Room K8 and (2) "Granularized blood-derived materials: programmable strategies to improve 3D printability of viscoelastic matrices" from 17:10 - 17:18 in Room K6. 

Dr. Marcelo Costa (UAVR) will also speak on Friday, 23 May, presenting “Engineering tunable hydroxyapatite-human based materials to develop complex 3D structures for multi-tissue regeneration” at 12:10 in Hall 4, expanding on InterLynk’s work toward adaptable biomaterials for complex joint repair.

Dr. Paula Torres (UAVR) will contribute two poster presentations, both available from Tuesday, 20 May at 19:00 in the Poster Exhibition Station: (1) “3D printed scaffolds of multi-doped biphasic calcium phosphate based composite cement with improved bioactivity” and (2) "Multidoped β-tricalcium phosphate powders for bone graft substitutes: synergistic effects of strontium, magnesium, manganese and zinc”

From Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Dr. Denise Jahn will present on Thursday, 22 May at 15:00 (K11). Her talk, “Considering circadian impact on bone health and bone regeneration,” adds a clinical and physiological lens to the regenerative conversation. 

Dr. Catarina Custodio of Metatissue will represent the company with a poster presentation on Monday, 20 May at 19:00 (Station I), titled “Xeno-free cardiac tissue repair enabled by human protein-based microparticles as cell carriers” (Poster ID 1360). While the focus is on cardiac applications, her work highlights Metatissue’s expertise in human-derived biomaterials - a key feature also underpinning InterLynk’s use of human platelet lysates in scaffold design.

Her colleague Dr. Ana Rufino will take the stage on Friday, 23 May at 10:10 (K5), presenting “Advancing 3D Cell Culture and Organ-on-Chip Models: hPLMA as a Superior, Biocompatible Alternative to Matrigel with Reduced Immunogenicity and Enhanced Stability.” Her talk continues the theme of biologically relevant and scalable materials - central to InterLynk’s translational objectives.

Prof. Lorenzo Moroni of Maastricht University, a leading figure in biofabrication and a valued member of the InterLynk consortium, will contribute to TERMIS EU 2025 through both expert discussions and scientific leadership. He will co-chair the session “Space Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine – a New Era Began!” on Thursday, 22 May from 14:00 to 15:30 (K9), and deliver an invited talk titled “Toward magneto-acoustic levitation in space: advances and challenges” on the same day at 16:50 (K9). His participation reflects the forward-looking mindset and scientific ambition that also define InterLynk’s vision.

From foundational materials and clinical insight to forward-looking technologies, InterLynk researchers are helping to shape the field of regenerative medicine at TERMIS EU 2025. If you're attending the conference, don’t miss the opportunity to engage with the people driving InterLynk forward.