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Morphospace engineering: Morphological computation in scaffold design.

C Galli¹, M T Colangelo¹, M Meleti²

¹Department of Medicine and Surgery, Histology and Embryology Lab, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

|December 14, 2025

Summary

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Scaffold geometry guides tissue regeneration by acting as a computational system. This shape-first approach in bioengineering focuses on form to generate biological function and development.

Keywords:

Cellular automata Form-first bioengineering Hylomorphic framework Scaffold morphospace Viability kernel

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Area of Science:

Biomaterials Science
Tissue Engineering
Computational Biology

Background:

Scaffold geometry plays a critical role in tissue regeneration beyond mere structural support.
Morphology acts as a generative constraint, translating physical form into functional instructions for biological systems.
The principle applies across biological scales, from molecular folding to cellular migration.

Purpose of the Study:

To formalize the principle that form dictates function across biological scales.
To apply cellular automata as minimal models for morphogenesis.
To extend this logic to scaffold design for enhanced tissue regeneration.

Main Methods:

Utilized cellular automata as minimal models to study morphogenesis.
Developed a high-dimensional morphospace to describe scaffold geometries.
Defined axes in morphospace (curvature, porosity, stiffness, fiber orientation) as local update rules for cell behavior.
Identified a viability kernel within the morphospace for geometries supporting growth and differentiation.

Main Results:

Scaffold geometry was conceptualized as a computational system guiding cell behavior.
A high-dimensional morphospace was established to map scaffold properties.
A viability kernel was delineated, identifying geometries conducive to tissue regeneration.
Demonstrated that form can be treated as computation in bioengineering.

Conclusions:

Bioengineering can shift from designing materials to contain life to designing forms that generate it.
A shape-first paradigm, where form causally leads to function, is proposed.
Scaffold design can be viewed as a computational process guided by geometric rules.