What is Généra?
Généra is an independent research unit dedicated to Tissue Studies—a novel discipline that bridges the philosophy of technology with the bleeding edge of tissue engineering. We believe that current biofabrication paradigms are unnecessarily bottlenecked by a lack of rigorous theoretical abstraction.
By questioning the foundational models used to manipulate cells and scaffolds, we aim to uncover the “Universal Tissue Engineering Machine”, mapping the complete space of structural, material, and morphogenic possibilities for engineered tissue.
Core Frameworks
Active Projects
Scaffold-Free Bioassembly Strategies
Investigating the morphic regime where cell populations self-organize without external structural constraints. Focuses on developmental algorithms and boundary conditions.
Epistemic Tools in Biofabrication
An analysis of the instruments and models used in tissue engineering, questioning how our tools constrain the phenomena we can observe and reproduce.
Hylic Interventions in Bioreactors
Characterizing the raw material inputs and fluid dynamics that dictate initial cellular states prior to significant structural formalization.