Full-Time
Bioprints allogeneic tissue therapeutics
CA$90k - CA$114k/yr
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Master's, PhD
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Aspect Biosystems develops bioprinted tissue therapeutics for regenerative medicine. Its work centers on a platform that combines proprietary bioprinting technology, therapeutic cells, biomaterials, and computational design to create allogeneic tissue therapeutics for clinical use. The company works through strategic collaborations with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, funded by partnerships and investors. The product approach uses bioprinting to assemble tissue constructs layer by layer from cells and biomaterials, guided by computational design, producing off-the-shelf (allogeneic) tissue therapies. What sets the company apart is its integrated platform, a focus on allogeneic, scalable tissue products, and a collaboration-driven business model with strong industry partnerships, backed by a solid funding base. Its goal is to advance regenerative medicine by delivering a targeted pipeline of bioprinted tissue therapeutics through collaborations and continued investment.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$352.7M
Headquarters
Vancouver, Canada
Founded
2013
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Discover how Aspect Biosystems is advancing with a $79 million investment to boost its bioengineered cellular medicines project.
Vancouver's Aspect Biosystems has secured over $500 million in total investment and entered a $2.6-billion partnership with Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk to develop cellular treatments for Type 1 diabetes. The company, founded in 2013 from University of British Columbia research, now employs 130 people. Aspect uses AI-assisted bioprinting technology to create living human tissue that can detect glucose levels and release insulin accordingly. The bioprinted cells are engineered to evade immune rejection once implanted. In April, the federal government announced a $280-million partnership to accelerate clinical development and strengthen biomanufacturing capacity. The British Columbia government had previously committed $23.8 million in 2024. The company is now focused on translating its bioprinting platform from laboratory production into clinical use.
Canadian government supports SFU VentureLabs Alumni, Aspect Biosystems with $79 Million in funding. On April 2nd, the Government of Canada announced an investment of $79 Million for SFU VentureLabs Alumni, Aspect Biosystems. This initiative was conducted through the Strategic Response Fund (SRF), a fund focused on supporting Canadian industries' innovation, adaptation and competition in an evolving global economy. The Province of British Columbia will also be supporting Aspect Biosystems with $23.8 million to expand the company. The national government is strengthening its partnership with Aspect Biosystems with an additional $280 million collaboration that supports the scaling of Aspect's clinical development, enhances their AI-platform and accelerates the commercialization process. This installation will create upwards of 400 jobs for employees and co-op students alike. Aspect Biosystems' CEO, Tamer Mohammed remains enthusiastic about this joint effort. "With this investment and the deepening of our partnership with the Government of Canada, we are taking a major step toward building a generational company anchored in Canada and delivering life-changing therapies to patients around the world.", said Mohammed Tamer, CEO of Aspect Biosystems
Aspect Biosystems receives funding for cellular medicine project. The investment adds to the C$200m co-investment announced with Canada and British Columbia in 2024. Aspect Biosystems has secured a C$79m($56.6m) investment from the Government of Canada to support a C$280m multi-year project aimed at advancing its pipeline of bioengineered cellular medicines for endocrine and metabolic diseases. The project will enhance Aspect Biosystems' clinical development capabilities and bolster its integrated platform for developing and manufacturing advanced cellular medicines. The investment is in addition to the C$200m co-investment previously announced with the Government of Canada and Province of British Columbia in 2024. Aspect Biosystems focuses on developing therapies intended to restore or supplement biological functions and deliver functional cures for complex, hard-to-treat diseases. The pipeline leverages a platform that integrates proprietary AI-based bioprinting and hypoimmune cell engineering for creating immune-evasive cellular medicines. The partnership announcement took place at Aspect Biosystems' Vancouver headquarters with Canada Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Economic Development for Quebec Mélanie Joly in attendance. Aspect Biosystems CEO Tamer Mohamed said: "This investment from the Government of Canada is a powerful vote of confidence and adds to the significant momentum at Aspect as Pharmaceutical Technology advance its bioengineered cellular medicines towards patient impact. "Pharmaceutical Technology has built a truly world-class team with deep cell therapy development expertise and recently entered a new phase of its partnership with Novo Nordisk to develop curative medicines for diabetes, integrating key stem cell and hypoimmune cell engineering technologies under Aspect's leadership. "With this investment and the deepening of our partnership with the Government of Canada, we are taking a major step toward building a generational company anchored in Canada and delivering life-changing therapies to patients around the world." Earlier this year, Novo Nordisk and Aspect Biosystems commenced a new phase in their ongoing partnership focused on curative cellular medicines to treat diabetes. Give your business an edge with its leading industry insights.
Vancouver-based Aspect Biosystems has received $79 million from Canada's Strategic Response Fund to support a $280-million project developing 3D-printed human tissue treatments. The company will contribute the remaining $201 million. Founded in 2013 as a University of British Columbia spinout, Aspect bioprints tissue implants using living stem cells and hydrogel polymers to potentially repair organs like the pancreas in Type 1 diabetes patients. The funding will enhance clinical development capabilities and scale biomanufacturing for advanced cellular medicines. This follows previous government support, including $49 million federally and nearly $24 million from British Columbia in July 2024. Aspect raised $115 million USD in Series B funding in January 2025 and partners with Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk on tissue therapy development.