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
Tissue Studies
Developing Tissue Studies as a conceptual and technical field for asking what tissue is, how tissue engineering frames it, and how future practices might speak to tissue on its own terms.
Stroschein Eye Dropper [Medical History]
Tracing a medical-history object through its technical, institutional, and narrative contexts, with attention to how small instruments carry larger histories of care.
Platonic Marxism in Tissue Engineering
Exploring how ideal forms, material constraints, labor, and biological production meet inside tissue engineering's philosophical and technical imagination.