Dan Shiwarski, Ph.D.

Integrating #FRESH #3Dbioprinting, #RegenMed, and #microfluidics we engineer platforms to study 3D tissue structure, extracellular matrix composition, biomechanical forces, and altered receptor signaling driving vascular tissue maturation and hypertensive disease pathology.

1st publication in @Device_CP "Pressure myography and cardiac flow simulator..." Great work by AJ and Liam to create this open-source hardware for vascular mechanical testing. @PittBioeng @PittDeptMed @PittVMI #3DBioprinting #Biofabrication #OpenSource sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

First paper from @ShiwarskiLab at @PittVMI & @PittBioE in @PittDeptofMed and @Andrew_Hudson3D in Feinberg group @CMUEngineering on the cover of @ScienceAdvances! Check out our #FRESH #Bioprinting of perfusable scaffolds pancreatic tissue scaffolds. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Researchers have 3D printed pancreatic tissues that can sense glucose and release insulin, potentially transforming treatments for type 1 diabetes and human organ manufacturing. Learn more in this week’s issue of Science Advances: scim.ag/4lHXGvE

Check out our newly published work by @Andrew_Hudson3D and the Feinberg Lab to Enhance Viability in Static and Perfused 3D Tissue Constructs Using Sacrificial Gelatin Microparticles doi.org/10.1021/acsbio… @ACSBiomaterials @PittVMI @PittBioE

Excited to attend @SFBiomaterials 2025 in Chicago. Come and see @ShiwarskiLab members present on advanced 3D biofabrication for Kindey and Lung disease @PittVMI @PittBioE #biomaterials

@SFBiomaterials Excited to kickoff SFB2025 with some great presentations from the @ShiwarskiLab. If you are interested in how biomaterial properties influence cell differentiation and function come support our students. @bdcoffin and @NaomiK17036 #biomaterials @PittVMI @PittBioE

Very fortunate and thankful to be selected for an @AdditionalVent Expansion Award to study “Fontan-Associated Portal Vein Hypertension and Fibrosis in a 3D Bioprinted Hepatic Sinusoidal Vascular System” with @isabelmjoyce and Dr Anita Saraf. @PittVMI @PittDeptofMed @PittBioE

Excited to share excellent work by @MossSamuelP and @RegenBio on FRESH 3D Bioprinting of Collagen Types I, II, and III for cell scaffold fabrication | ACS Bio Sci & Eng #bioprinting #FRESH @cmu_bme pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Day 2 at #TERMIS2024 @antoni_tavares6 had his first ever Poster presentation (3DP resistance vessels) and got to hear exciting unpublished work from @RegenBio by @esgisss (Pancreatic 3DP) @CanerDikyol (LightPipe) and Ali (Liver 3DP). @PittVMI @PittBioE @cmu_bme #FRESH

#TERMIS2024 Off to a great start with @bdcoffin’s talk about FRESH bioprinting Kidney models for proximal tubule physiology for our collaborate project with @caryboyd3. @PittDeptofMed @PittVMI @PittBioE

Excited to be attending @2024wbc in Daegu S. Korea. What an opening ceremony and beautiful location. Catch our labs talk on building low-cost open-source bioprinters for high resolution tissue fabrication: SP-T02-0359 Thursday 9:55 - 10:10 am Room 321-A

Cool article in Pitt Magazine about our studies with WNK kinases and biomolecular condensates. @ShiwarskiLab @arohan_s

@caryboyd3 is an inspiration to all by balancing clinical @PITTRenal, research, and family responsibilities and the perfect role model for our daughters. I am excited for our new collaborations on 3D models of proximal tubules and look forward to the future.

From our first collaboration with @duvvuri_md studying #ENaC and #TMEM16A, to discovering #WNK1 #MolecularCondensates with @arohan_s and publishing our co-1st author paper in @CellCellPress. @caryboyd3 continues to be by best friend, closest colleague, and toughest editor.

Excited to launch the Shiwarski Tissue Engineering lab (STEL) in @PittBioE and @PittVMI at @PittEngineering and @PittDeptofMed. Our work explores how hypertension alters structure function of vasculature. Actively recruiting to join our team with @bdcoffin and @antoni_tavares6!