CTET Deputy-Director, Senior Research Fellow, School of Mechanical Medical & Process Engineering – Queensland University of Technology
Dr Laura Bray is a research group leader at the Queensland University of Technology and is the Deputy Director of the ARC Training Centre and Leader of the Tissue Engineering Technologies Theme. Laura is a cell biologist and bioengineer with interests in 3D cell culture, particularly in angiogenesis and vascularisation, as well as cell interactions with their surrounding microenvironment. Through the use of state of the art matrix engineering techniques, her work has led to a number of significant advances in knowledge in the area of 3D tissue engineering and culture techniques. Her work has helped to clarify the potential role of the matrix environment in 3D cell cultivation and has provided new insights into mimicking the natural and diseased tissue environment in vitro.