Print a Living Building Block
Take B ramps up the brass hooks and interactive rhythm chants to create a vibrant dance-pop STEM showcase.
The stories behind Print a Living Building Block
- Liner Notes: Synth Hooks and Brass Stabs in Take B — Take B ramps up the brass hooks and interactive rhythm chants to create a vibrant dance-pop STEM showcase.
- Bio-Ink, Scaffolds, and the Next Generation of Point-of-Care Tissue — Print a Living Building Block introduces young audiences to the emerging frontier of bioprinting and additive tissue manufacturing.
Lyrics
Layer by layer, cell by
cell, can we 3D print a living
organ? Yes we can!
You've seen a plastic printer make a toy or a ring
Now look at what a biomed engineer can bring
Instead of melted plastic coming through the spout
It's living bio ink that we're talking about
Microscopic cells suspended in a gel
Every single droplet is a tiny living cell
Following the blueprint on the computer screen
Building the future of the human machine
Nozzle moves to the left
Nozzle moves to the right
Laying down collagen sturdy and tight
Hydrogel scaffold holding up the frame
Changing up the rules of the healthcare game
Print a living building block layer by layer
Answering every single patient's prayer
Printing new cartilage, printing new skin
That's where the tissue engineering begins
Drop by drop, building it tall
Biomedical engineers have answered the call
Chomp, chomp, sing it with glee
Living cells printed into history
Did you know we printed a brand new ear?
Shaped like a seashell, flexible and clear
Feed the cells nutrients so they learn to grow
Forming little blood vessels moving nice and slow
One day soon we'll print a whole new heart
Engineered with science and artistic heart
Print a living building block layer by layer
Answering every single patient's prayer
Printing new cartilage, printing new skin
That's where the tissue engineering begins
Drop by drop, building it tall
Biomedical engineers have answered the call
Jump, jump, sing it with glee
Live itself, print it into history
Layer one, layer one
Layer 2, Layer 2
Living bio -ink, making something new
Scaffold strong,
cells aligned
Growing a miracle right on time
3, 2, 1, print!
Print a living building block layer by layer
Answering every single patient's prayer
Printing new cartilage, printing new skin
That's where the tissue engineering begins
Drop by drop, building a tower
Biomedical engineers have answered the call
Jump, jump, sing it with glee.
Living cells printed into history.
Print the future.
Biomed stem power.
We can build anything.
