Let’s make Bone: 3D Printing as a Tool for Bone Regeneration

The aim of this project is to utilize 3D printing and bioprinting techniques to reconstruct bone defects by combining stem cells from adipose tissue and bone marrow, and biocompatible biomaterials to support personalized bone regeneration. A library of bioinks (hydrogels and stem cells) will be prepared, printed, and tested in different animal models. The overreaching goal is to facilitate clinical translation on 3D printing techniques for bone regeneration. The project is a partnership between three institutions in two Nordic countries – University of Bergen (UiB) and Haukeland University Hospital (HUH), Norway and Tampere University (TUNI), Finland.

The objects of the foundation are to exercise stable and long-term ownership of The Olav Thon Group AS and its subsidiaries in accordance with the key guidelines established by Olav Thon for his businesses, and to distribute funds to charitable causes.

The majority of funds go to research and outstanding teaching in the mathematical-natural sciences and medical fields.

Funding of other non-profit purposes occur twice a year.

Other Projects

Opening ceremony of Mohn Research Centre for Regenerative Medicine

On 31st of January, a bland-new Mohn Research Centre for Regenerative Medicine was officially launched. The centre was funded by the Trond Mohn Foundation in collaboration with the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen. In the centre, there will be a number of preclinical and clinical studies planned, which include: Stem cell transplantation for wound healing Stem…