ATP-Bio: Advanced technologies for the preservation of biological systems

The Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio) aims to “stop biological time” and radically extend the ability to bank and transport cells, aquatic embryos, tissue, skin, whole organs, microphysiological systems (“organs-on-a-chip”), and even whole organisms through a team approach to build advanced biopreservation technologies.

ATP-Bio website: https://www.atp-bio.org/

ATP-Bio is co-led by the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) and the Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery (CEMS) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The University of California Riverside and University of California Berkeley are core collaborating institutions.