“CRAFTING THE MICROVASCULAR CANVAS: BIOENGINEERED MATERIALS OR NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX FOR THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: De Luca C1, Virtuoso A1, Cirillo G1, De Angelis F1, Guedán A2, Maduna T3, Morin A4, Sepulveda Diaz J4, Vlachos A3,5,6, Panetsos F7, Pérez-Rigueiro J8 and Papa M1,9 | 1Laboratory of Morphology of Neuronal Networks and Systems Biology, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy; 2Bioactive Surfaces S.L., Madrid, Spain; 3Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 4Microfluidics Innovation Center, Paris, France; 5Center for Basics in Neuromodulation (NeuroModulBasics), Faculty of Medicine. University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany 6Center BrainLinks-BrainTools, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 7Universidad Complutense De Madrid, Madrid, Spain 8Universidad Politécnica De Madrid, Spain; 9SYSBIO Centre of Systems Biology ISBE-IT, Milan, Italy”. 2025. European Journal of Histochemistry 69 (s3). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejh.2025.4487.