Form Follows Fertility | Monica Laronda | TEDxNorthwesternU

Monica’s TEDx talk, Form Follows Fertility: Innovations in Complex Tissue Engineering, describes current innovations at Northwestern University that advance the state of tissue engineering that has been stalled at the production of simple tissue constructs, like skin.

Monica Laronda, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Monica collaborates with materials scientists and engineers to advance beyond the boundaries of single scaffold layers with single cell types to complex organs with multiple compartments and several unique cells working synchronously to orchestrate organ function. Monica uses intelligently designed bioactive scaffolds and stem cells toward developing personalized ovary replacements. Monica received her Ph.D. from the Integrated Graduate Program at Northwestern University and was recently awarded the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface that will fund her transition into independent academic research.

[t.marieking]

Is there anyway I can be a part of the clinical trials? I’m planning to travel abroad to Serbia to undergo the Segova method and hope before I do that maybe I could participate in a fertility procedure that could be more promising.

[mmlchicago]

I discuss a collaborative effort between the Woodruff and Shah Labs, using 3D printing to create the bioactive scaffolds. This was an exciting opportunity to present our research!