Preparing samples for hypergravity test

Philippines’ research team prepare samples for their hypergravity test. The group from University of San Carlos and Holy Name University form the latest international group to employ ESA’s Large Diameter Centrifuge. The researchers are testing how bioprinted bone cells respond to hypergravity when grown on 3D-printed scaffolds made from carrageenan – a carbohydrate extracted from seaweed farmed in the tropics. From left to right: Dr. Rommel Bacabac; Dr. Hyacinth Suarez; Zachary Borromeo; Mary Diane Pilapil.