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Did Sam Wadsworth co-found Aspect Biosystems?
Yes. Aspect Biosystems' own team page, checked September 2026, says he co-founded the company in 2013. Innovation UBC's June 4, 2025 spotlight on the company independently lists him as Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer alongside Tamer Mohamed, Simon Beyer and Konrad Walus.
What is his role at Aspect Biosystems today?
Chief Scientific Officer. The company's leadership page, checked September 2026, lists him under that title and says he is responsible for scientific innovation and development and leads technical work on applications for bioprinted tissue therapeutics.
What is his scientific background?
He holds a PhD in cell biology from the University of Nottingham and was a research fellow at the UBC Institute for Heart and Lung Innovation at St. Paul's Hospital, where he worked on engineering 3D human airway tissues, per the company's own team page, checked September 2026. A BC Regenerative Medicine Initiative interview published April 9, 2018 places him as a postdoctoral researcher in Del Dorscheid's UBC lab at the time the company came together.
How did Aspect Biosystems come about?
According to the BC Regenerative Medicine Initiative interview of April 9, 2018, Wadsworth's tissue-engineering group needed 3D-printing expertise for its airway tissue models and partnered with UBC engineers Konrad Walus, Tamer Mohamed and Simon Beyer. Those collaborators became the company's core founders.