Shayne Frebert

Background

About Shayne Frebert

As the Biomechanical engineer for our 3D Tissue Bioprinting Lab at NIH-NCATS, I've been working alongside our researchers to prototype tailored microphysiological systems for high-throughput screening and disease modeling. My work includes co-developing biomimetic tissue platforms, such as 3D engineered muscle and helping integrate advanced fabrication methods to maintain reproducibility, and enable scalable tissue models for research Developing these solutions that support our research meant our equipment had to be in top shape. To minimize issues not only for my work but our team, I maintain and troubleshoot key lab instrumentation, including microscopy systems, bioprinters, histology instrumentation and more to help ensure continuity across experimental workflows. Although it's much easier paying for service agreements, the hands-on support reduces downtime, avoids unnecessary and exorbitant vendor costs, and allows our team to focus on what really matters- ADVANCING RESEARCH! If you've made it this far after all the work talk (Ha!), I'm very passionate about pushing the boundaries in all aspects of tissue engineering and prototyping, I equally love meeting new people and learning what drives them to build together toward a bigger goal! Don't hesitate to reach out! Shayne