Shannon McLoughlin, a PhD Candidate in Professor John Fisher’s Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Lab (TEBL), traveled to University of Otago in New Zealand to work with Associate Professor Jaydee Cabral on 3D printing nipple areolar complex (NAC) scaffolds for mastectomy patients. Dr. Cabral recently received a grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand Catalyst Fund for this collaborative work with Dr. Fisher’s lab. The proposal focuses on the use of 3D printing to generate vascularized NAC constructs and culturing them in 3D printed bioreactor systems. Shannon worked with an undergraduate honor’s student Emma Jackson on bioink synthesis, endothelial cell culture, and 3D bioprinting on the GeSIM Bioscaffolder. In addition to working in Dr. Cabral’s lab, she attended Queenstown Research Week Molecular Biology Meeting to present the lab’s work on “Biofabrication Strategies for the Generation of Bone Tissue Interfaces.” Outside of the lab, they explored Queenstown and Dunedin, learned about the rich history and culture of New Zealand, and even saw some penguins on the Peninsula!