1. Beijing Natural Science Foundation General Project (Project No. 7252285): Research on 3D Printing Construction of Complex Cardiac Tissues Based on Porous Support Bath, 2025/01-2027/12, 200,000 RMB, In Progress, Project Leader
2. National Key R&D Program (Project No. 2023YFB4605802): Development of Additive Manufacturing Technology and Equipment for Bionic Heterogeneous Tissue Engineering Meniscus, 2024/01-2026/12, 630,000 RMB, In Progress, Sub-project Leader
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund (Project No. 52305314): Research on Bioprinting Construction of Ventricular Models Mimicking Cardiac Helical Structure, 2024/01-2026/12, 300,000 RMB, In Progress, Project Leader
4. Key Laboratory of Advanced Equipment Interface Science and Technology Independent Research Project (Project No. SKLT2024Z17): Integrated Printing-Cultivation Construction of Complex Cardiac Soft Tissues, 2024/06-2025/12, 300,000 RMB, In Progress, Project Leader
5. Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences: Development of Bioprinting Scaffolds for Craniofacial Bone Defect Repair, 2023/06-2025/12, 99,400 RMB, In Progress, Project Leader
6. Key Laboratory of Pediatric Major Diseases, Ministry of Education Open Research Project: Relationship Between Immune Cell Distribution, Functional Inhibition, and Spatial Heterogeneity of Tumor Cells, 2024/01-2024/12, 70,000 RMB, Completed, Project Leader
7. China Aerospace Science and Technology Innovation Institute Cross-Center Phase II Guidance Fund: Bioprinting Technology for Complex Tissues and Organs in Space Environment, 2023/12-2024/10, 200,000 RMB, Completed, Project Leader
8. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Pre-Station Special Funding (Project No. 2021TQ0184), 2021/06-2023/01, 180,000 RMB, Completed, Project Leader
9. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Funding (Project No. 275787), 2021/11-2023/01, 80,000 RMB, Completed, Project Leader
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Selected Publications
1. Fang Yongcong#*, WenShuai Hao, Xiong Zhuo*. On-orbit 3D bioprinting for tumor modeling in space. Trends in Biotechnology, 2025 (in press, IF: 17.3, First author & Co-corresponding author).
2. Deng Heyuan#, Fang Yongcong*, Gao Zhengxun, Wu Bingyan, Zhang Ting*, Xiong Zhuo*. Mechanical regulation and 3D bioprinting of native tissue-inspired granular composite hydrogel. Bio-Design and Manufacturing, 2025 (in press, IF: 8.2, Co-corresponding author).
3. Zhang Zhenrui#, Zhou Xianhao#, Fang Yongcong*, Xiong Zhuo*, Zhang Ting*. Artificial intelligence-driven 3D bioprinting for regenerative medicine: from bench to bedside. Bioactive Materials, 2025, 45: 201-230. (IF: 16.0, Co-corresponding author）
4. Mo Xingwu#, Zhang Yanmei#, Wang Zixuan#, Zhou Xianhao, Zhang Zhenrui, Fang Yongcong*, Fan Zilian, Guo Yihan, Zhang Ting*, Xiong Zhuo*. Satellite-based on-orbit printing of 3D tumor models, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(34): e2309618. (IF: 29.4, Co-corresponding author）
5. Wu Bingyan#, Zeng Zhaoxi, Fang Yongcong*, Zhang Zhenrui, Tian Yueming, Lu Bingchuan, Li Binhan, Liu Zibo, Zhang Ting, Xiong Zhuo*. Omnidirectional elastic constraint-based embedded 3D printing in non-yield stress fluids for engineering complex tissues. Materials Today, 2024, 80: 74-86. (IF: 24.2, Co-corresponding author）
6. Fang Yongcong#*, Xiong Zhuo*. Towards Personalized Medicine: Unlocking On-demand Organ Manufacturing through 3D Bioprinting. The Innovation Life, 2024, 2:100096 (First author & Co-corresponding author).
7. Zhou Xianhao#, Fang Yongcong*, Zhang Ting, Xiong Zhuo*. Retrospective: advances and opportunities of 3D bioprinting in China over three decades. Additive Manufacturing Frontiers, 2024, 3(4): 200157. (Co-corresponding author）
8. Fang Yongcong#, Guo Yihan, Wu Bingyan, et al. Expanding embedded 3D bioprinting capability for engineering complex organs with freeform vascular networks. Advanced Materials, 2023, 35(22), 2205082. (IF: 29.4, First author, Cover article)
9. Fang Yongcong#, Wang Chengjin#, Liu Zibo, et al. 3D Printed Conductive Multiscale Nerve Guidance Conduit with Hierarchical Fibers for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration. Advanced Science, 2023, 10(12): 2205744. (IF: 13.3, Co-first author)
10. Fang Yongcong#, Ji Mengke, Yang Yi, et al. 3D printing of vascularized hepatic tissues with a high cell density and heterogeneous microenvironment. Biofabrication, 2023, 15(4):45004. (IF: 9.0, First author)
11. Fang Yongcong#, Ji Mengke, Wu Bingyan, et al. Engineering highly vascularized bone tissues by 3D printing of prevascularized spheroids. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15(37):43492-43502. (IF: 9.5, First author)
12. Fang Yongcong#, Guo Yihan, Ji Mengke, et al. 3D printing of cell-laden microgel-based biphasic bioink with heterogeneous microenvironment for biomedical applications, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32(13): 2109810. (IF: 19.0, First author)
13. Fang Yongcong#, Sun Wei, Zhang Ting, et al. Recent advances on bioengineering approaches for fabrication of functional engineered cardiac pumps: A review, Biomaterials, 2022, 280: 121298. (IF: 14.0, First author)
14. Fang Yongcong#, Guo Yuzhi#, Liu, Tiankun, et al. Advances in 3D Bioprinting. Additive Manufacturing Frontiers, 2022, 1(1): p. 100011. (Co-first author)
15. Fang Yongcong#, Ouyang Liliang, Zhang Ting, et al. Optimizing bifurcated channels within an anisotropic scaffold for engineering vascularized oriented tissues, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2020, 24(9): 2000782. (IF: 10.0, First author, Cover article)
16. Fang Yongcong#, Zhang Ting, Song Yu, et al. Assessment of various crosslinking agents on collagen/chitosan scaffolds for myocardial tissue engineering. Biomedical Materials, 2020, 15(4): 045003. (IF: 4.0, First author)
17. Fang Yongcong#, Zhang Ting, Zhang Lei, et al. Biomimetic design and fabrication of scaffolds integrating oriented micro-pores with branched channel networks for myocardial tissue engineering, Biofabrication, 2019, 11(3): 035004. (IF: 9.0, First author)
18. Fang Yongcong#, Zhang Ting, Liverani Liliana, et al. Novel biomimetic fiber incorporated scaffolds for tissue engineering, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research-Part A, 2019, 107(12): 2694-2705. (IF: 4.9, First author)
Patents/Technology Disclosures
1. Xiong Zhuo, Tian Yueming, Fang Yongcong, Zhang Ting, Zhang Zhenrui, Liu Zibo. A Method and Application for Room Temperature Collaborative 3D Printing of Polymer Frameworks and Cell-Laden Gels, 2025/01/08, China
2. Zhang Ting, Fang Yongcong, Zhang Zhenrui, Xiong Zhuo, Zhou Jinpeng, Hong Shaotong, Zhou Xianhao. A Bioprinter Nozzle Structure and Printing Method with Decoupled Silk Height and Width Control, 2024/11/27, China, CN202411862997.1
3. Xiong Zhuo, Wu Bingyan, Fang Yongcong, Zhang Ting. A Suspension Printing Method and Application Based on Non-Yield Stress Fluids, 2024/05/08, China, CN202410792240.3
4. Xiong Zhuo, Fang Yongcong, Zhang Zhenrui, Mo Xingwu, Zhang Ting, Wang Zixuan. Bioink, Suspension Medium, and Suspension 3D Printing Method for Space Tissue and Organ Model Construction, 2023/11/30, China, CN202311572657.0
5. Fang Yongcong, Xiong Zhuo, Sun Ruobin, Ouyang Liliang, Zhang Ting. A Method for Suspension Printing and In Situ Cultivation of Tissues or Organs Based on Porous Support Bath, 2023/12/08, China, CN202311658365.9
6. Fang Yongcong, Xiong Zhuo, Wang Ge, Ouyang Liliang, Zhang Juan, Zhang Ting. A Method for Constructing Flexible Electronic Devices Based on Suspension 3D Printing, 2023/11/30, China, CN202311632372.1
7. Fang Yongcong, Xiong Zhuo, Zhang Ting. A 3D Printing Bioink Based on Gel Microspheres and Its Application, 2021/05/14, China, CN202110526911.8
8. Chen Mingxue, Li Yangyang, Fang Yongcong, Zhou Yixin, Yang Dejin, Shao Hongyi, Zhang Songyang. A Silk Fibroin Bioink and Its Preparation Method and Application, 2022/08/10, China, ZL202210959142.5
9. Xiong Zhuo, Fang Yongcong, Zhang Ting, Guo Yihan, Guo Yujiang. A Multi-Level Suspension Printing Method for Constructing Complex Heterogeneous Tissues/Organs, 2022/10/21, China, ZL202110526251.3 (International PCT Patent)
10. Xiong Zhuo, Fang Yongcong, Zhang Ting, Lu Bingchuan. An Artificial Ventricle with Biomimetic Helical Oriented Microstructures and Its Preparation Method, 2022/05/03, China, ZL202110598810.1
11. Xiong Zhuo, Fang Yongcong, Zhang Ting. A Method for Constructing Fiber Bundle/Tissue Structures with Heterogeneous Functional Fibers and Vascular Channels, 2022/08/12, China, ZL202110598763.0
12. Zhang Ting, Fang Yongcong, Sun Wei, Jia Bo. A Biomimetic Vascularized Soft Tissue with Multi-Layer Vascular Structures and Its Preparation Method, 2017/09/29, China, ZL201710904777.4
13. Sun Wei, Fang Yongcong, Zhang Ting, Liverani Liliana, Bocaccini Aldo. A Biomimetic Tissue Engineering Scaffold with Microporous and Nanofiber Composite Structures and Its Preparation Method, 2017/09/30, China, ZL201710939000.1
14. Zhang Ting, Fang Yongcong, Sun Wei, Lin Feng, Zhang Lei, Zhao Yaling. A Biomimetic Tissue Engineering Scaffold with Internal Channel Networks and Oriented Pore Structures and Its Preparation Method and Application, 2019/01/04, China, ZL201510784043.8
