Dr. Anwaar’s research interests include Tissue Engineering, Bio-materials synthesis & characterization, Scaffolds and organs development through various routes like electrospinning, polymeric films development through cast molding, spin coating, self assembling and additive manufacturing for tissue engineering applications while focusing artificial bone, heart tissues and regenerative skin applications.

As tissue engineering is emerging interdisciplinary field of study which interacts with materials properties, their behavior and interaction with life sciences and can serve as an alternative source of providing tissues and organs for regenerative medicine and diseases. In tissue engineering perspective, nano technology is being used in scaffolds development and nano devices used for these purposes. The technological evolution in tissue engineering has got focus on nano scale interactions rather than micro scales. For cellular functions to be performed well, the focus on nano technologies has got importance in recent studies so that the micro environment in extra cellular matrix can be interacted, correlated and studied well.

Tissue Engineering Principles*

The enhanced cellular functions in nano scale scaffolds had driven the scientists and tissue engineers to develop nano scale scaffolds for better study of ECM. The cell responsive studies in 2D and 3D patterns have shown that they behave totally different in these matrices. 3D structural pattern in scaffolds basically provides better replica of native tissue and gives information and signaling in 3D pattern and helps to study well the physiological micro environment of extracellular matrix. Therefore the recent studies have been focused on 3D scaffolds pattern rather than 2D.

*Dvir et al. Nature Nanotechnology, 6, pp.13–22, (2011)