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• A comparison of human mesenchymal stem cell osteogenesis in poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels as a function of MMP-sensitive crosslinker and crosslink density in chemically defined medium  Journal Article
• A mechanical metamaterial made from a DNA hydrogel  Journal Article
• A review of photocrosslinked polyanhydrides: in situ forming degradable networks  Journal Article
• Activation of valvular interstitial cells is mediated by transforming growth factor-beta 1 interactions with matrix molecules  Journal Article
• Adaptable boronate ester hydrogels with tunable viscoelastic spectra to probe timescale dependent mechanotransduction  Journal Article
• Advances in Bioactive Hydrogels to Probe and Direct Cell Fate  Journal Article
• Alkyl chain length effects on copolymerization kinetics of a monoacrylate with hexanediol diacrylate  Journal Article
• An Injectable Reverse Thermal Gel for Minimally Invasive Coverage of Mouse Myelomeningocele  Journal Article
• An in vitro and in vivo comparison of cartilage growth in chondrocyte-laden matrix metalloproteinase-sensitive poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels with localized transforming growth factor beta 3  Journal Article
• An investigation of the cytotoxicity and histocompatibility of in situ forming lactic acid based orthopedic biomaterials  Journal Article
• Application of Elastography for the Noninvasive Assessment of Biomechanics in Engineered Biomaterials and Tissues  Journal Article
• Application of a kinetic gelation simulation to the characterization of in situ cross-linking biomaterials  Journal Article
• Bio-inspired 3D microenvironments: a new dimension in tissue engineering  Journal Article
• Bio-inspired synthesis yields a tricyclic indoline that selectively resensitizes methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to beta-lactam antibiotics  Journal Article
• Biocompatibility of PEG-based hydrogels in primate brain  Journal Article
• Biocompatible Interface Films Deposited within Porous Polymers by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)  Journal Article
• Biomedical applications of polymers derived by reversible addition - fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT)  Journal Article
• Biomimetics for next generation materials  Journal Article
• Biophysically Defined and Cytocompatible Covalently Adaptable Networks as Viscoelastic 3D Cell Culture Systems  Journal Article
• Calcium-induced changes to the molecular conformation and aggregate structure of beta-casein at the air-water interface  Journal Article
• Cell-based therapies and tissue engineering  Journal Article
• Coaxially-structured fibres with tailored material properties for vascular graft implant  Journal Article
• Comparative study of the viscoelastic mechanical behavior of agarose and poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels  Journal Article
• Contrasting effects of collagen and bFGF-2 on neural cell function in degradable synthetic PEG hydrogels  Journal Article
• Controlled polymerization chemistry to graft architectures that influence cell-material interactions  Journal Article
• Controlling cartilaginous matrix evolution in hydrogels with degradation triggered by exogenous addition of an enzyme  Journal Article
• Controlling network structure in degradable thiol-acrylate biomaterials to tune mass loss behavior  Journal Article
• Conversion and temperature profiles during the photoinitiated polymerization of thick orthopaedic biomaterials  Journal Article
• Copolymerization of photocrosslinkable anhydride monomers for use as a biodegradable bone cement  Journal Article
• Crosslinked hyaluronan scaffolds as a biologically active carrier for valvular interstitial cells  Journal Article
• Crosslinking density influences chondrocyte metabolism in dynamically loaded photocrosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels  Journal Article
• Decorin moieties tethered into PEG networks induce chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells  Journal Article
• Degradable thiol-acrylate photopolymers: polymerization and degradation behavior of an in situ forming biomaterial  Journal Article
• Designing scaffolds for valvular interstitial cells: Cell adhesion and function on naturally derived materials  Journal Article
• Development of fluorescent polymerization-based signal amplification for sensitive and non-enzymatic biodetection in antibody microarrays  Journal Article
• Development of porous PEG hydrogels that enable efficient, uniform cell-seeding and permit early neural process extension  Journal Article
• Dexamethasone-functionalized gels induce osteogenic differentiation of encapsulated hMSCs  Journal Article
• Dynamic Microenvironments: The Fourth Dimension  Journal Article
• Dynamic display of biomolecular patterns through an elastic creasing instability of stimuli-responsive hydrogels  Journal Article
• Dynamic loading stimulates chondrocyte biosynthesis when encapsulated in charged hydrogels prepared from poly(ethylene glycol) and chondroitin sulfate  Journal Article
• Effects of directed get degradation and collagenase digestion on the integration of neocartilage produced by chondrocytes encapsulated in hydrogel carriers  Journal Article
• Elastomeric and soft conducting microwires for implantable neural interfaces  Journal Article
• Emerging on-chip surface acoustic wave technology for small biomaterials manipulation and characterization  Journal Article
• Engineered Culture Models for Studies of Tumor-Microenvironment Interactions  Journal Article
• Engineering precision biomaterials for personalized medicine  Journal Article
• Engineering the MSC Secretome: A Hydrogel Focused Approach  Journal Article
• Evaluation of composition and crosslinking effects on collagen-based composite constructs  Journal Article
• Exploring Cellular Contact Guidance Using Gradient Nanogratings  Journal Article
• Finite deformation elastography of articular cartilage and biomaterials based on imaging and topology optimization.  Journal Article
• Functional PEG-peptide hydrogels to modulate local inflammation induced by the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF alpha  Journal Article
• Fundamental studies of biodegradable hydrogels as cartilage replacement materials.  Journal Article
• Gene delivery in vitro and in vivo from bioreducible multilayered polyelectrolyte films of plasmid DNA  Journal Article
• Heparin functionalized PEG gels that modulate protein adsorption for hMSC adhesion and differentiation  Journal Article
• Heterogeneity is key to hydrogel-based cartilage tissue regeneration  Journal Article
• Histocompatibility of photocrosslinked polyanhydrides: A novel in situ forming orthopaedic biomaterial  Journal Article
• Human mesenchymal stem cells cultured on silk hydrogels with variable stiffness and growth factor differentiate into mature smooth muscle cell phenotype  Journal Article
• Immunofunctional photodegradable poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel surfaces for the capture and release of rare cells  Journal Article
• Implantation increases tensile strength and collagen content of self-assembled tendon constructs  Journal Article
• In Situ Control of Cell Substrate Microtopographies Using Photolabile Hydrogels  Journal Article
• In situ forming lactic acid based orthopaedic biomaterials: Influence of oligomer chemistry on osteoblast attachment and function  Journal Article
• In vitro model alveoli from photodegradable microsphere templates  Journal Article
• Influence of ECM proteins and their analogs on cells cultured on 2-D hydrogels for cardiac muscle tissue engineering  Journal Article
• Integrating a novel shape memory polymer into surgical meshes decreases placement time in laparoscopic surgery: An in vitro and acute in vivo study  Journal Article
• Interaction of Hyaluronan Binding Peptides with Glycosaminoglycans in Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels  Journal Article
• Interspecific variation in beeswax as a biological construction material  Journal Article
• Ionic Skin  Journal Article
• Kinetics of interfacial radical polymerization initiated by a glucose-oxidase mediated redox system  Journal Article
• Light activated cell migration in synthetic extracellular matrices  Journal Article
• Manipulations in hydrogel chemistry control photoencapsulated chondrocyte behavior and their extracellular matrix production  Journal Article
• Manipulations in hydrogel degradation behavior enhance osteoblast function and mineralized tissue formation  Journal Article
• Material-based regulation of the myofibroblast phenotype  Journal Article
• Measuring dynamic cell-material interactions and remodeling during 3D human mesenchymal stem cell migration in hydrogels  Journal Article
• Mechanical and biocompatible characterizations of a readily available multilayer vascular graft  Journal Article
• Microfluidic approaches for the fabrication of gradient crosslinked networks based on poly(ethylene glycol) and hyperbranched polymers for manipulation of cell interactions  Journal Article
• Modifying network chemistry in thiol-acrylate photopolymers through postpolymerization functionalization to control cell-material interactions  Journal Article
• Myofibroblastic activation of valvular interstitial cells is modulated by spatial variations in matrix elasticity and its organization  Journal Article
• Nanobiomaterial applications in orthopedics  Journal Article
• On-chip manipulation of single microparticles, cells, and organisms using surface acoustic waves  Journal Article
• Origami structures with a critical transition to bistability arising from hidden degrees of freedom  Journal Article
• PEG Hydrogels for the Controlled Release of Biomolecules in Regenerative Medicine  Journal Article
• PEG-based hydrogels as an in vitro encapsulation platform for testing controlled beta-cell microenvironments  Journal Article
• Phenotypic changes in bone marrow-derived murine macrophages cultured on PEG-based hydrogels activated or not by lipopolysaccharide  Journal Article
• Photocrosslinking of Gelatin Macromers to Synthesize Porous Hydrogels That Promote Valvular Interstitial Cell Function  Journal Article
• Photoencapsulation of osteoblasts in injectable RGD-modified PEG hydrogels for bone tissue engineering  Journal Article
• Photoinitiated crosslinked degradable copolymer networks for tissue engineering applications  Journal Article
• Photoinitiated polymerization of PEG-diacrylate with lithium phenyl-2,4,6-trimethylbenzoylphosphinate: polymerization rate and cytocompatibility  Journal Article
• Photopolymerizable Injectable Cartilage Mimetic Hydrogel for the Treatment of Focal Chondral Lesions: A Proof of Concept Study in a Rabbit Animal Model  Journal Article
• Photopolymerizable degradable polyanhydrides with osteocompatibility  Journal Article
• Photopolymerized biomaterials for application in the temporomandibular joint  Journal Article
• Photopolymers in orthopedics: characterization of novel crosslinked polyanhydrides  Journal Article
• Photoresponsive Elastic Properties of Azobenzene-Containing Poly(ethylene-glycol)-Based Hydrogels  Journal Article
• Poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels formed by thiol-ene photopolymerization for enzyme-responsive protein delivery  Journal Article
• Polymers at the Interface with Biology  Journal Article
• Porous bio-click microgel scaffolds control hMSC interactions and promote their secretory properties  Journal Article
• Preparation and in vitro characterization of gentamycin-impregnated biodegradable beads suitable for treatment of osteomyelitis  Journal Article
• Probing the origins and control of shrinkage stress in dental resin composites. II. Novel method of simultaneous measurement of polymerization shrinkage stress and conversion  Journal Article
• Probing the origins and control of shrinkage stress in dental resin-composites: I. Shrinkage stress characterization technique  Journal Article
• Progress in material design for biomedical applications  Journal Article
• Recent Advances and Developments in Composite Dental Restorative Materials  Journal Article
• Semi-interpenetrating networks of hyaluronic acid in degradable PEG hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering  Journal Article
• Serum deprivation improves seeding and repopulation of acellular matrices with valvular interstitial cells  Journal Article
• Single-molecule resolution of protein structure and interfacial dynamics on biomaterial surfaces  Journal Article
• Soft-Lithographic Patterning of Luminescent Carbon Nanodots Derived from Collagen Waste  Journal Article
• Spatiotemporal hydrogel biomaterials for regenerative medicine  Journal Article
• Spatiotemporal neocartilage growth in matrix-metalloproteinase-sensitive poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels under dynamic compressive loading: an experimental and computational approach  Journal Article
• Stop-Flow Lithography for the Production of Shape-Evolving Degradable Microgel Particles  Journal Article
• Strategies to reduce dendritic cell activation through functional biomaterial design  Journal Article
• Student award winner in the undergraduate degree category for the society for biomaterials, 32nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 17-20, 2007  Journal Article
• Supramolecular Stacking of Doxorubicin on Carbon Nanotubes for In Vivo Cancer Therapy  Journal Article
• Surface and bulk modifications to photocrosslinked polyanhydrides to control degradation behavior  Journal Article
• Surface-Supported Multilayers Decorated with Bio-active Material Aimed at Light-Triggered Drug Delivery  Journal Article
• Synthesis and characterization of a fluvastatin-releasing hydrogel delivery system to modulate hMSC differentiation and function for bone regeneration  Journal Article
• Synthesis and characterization of a lubricin mimic (mLub) to reduce friction and adhesion on the articular cartilage surface  Journal Article
• Synthesis and characterization of degradable bioconjugated hydrogels with hyperbranched multifunctional cross-linkers  Journal Article
• Synthesis and characterization of photocrosslinkable, degradable poly(vinyl alcohol)-based tissue engineering scaffolds  Journal Article
• Synthetically Tractable Click Hydrogels for Three-Dimensional Cell Culture Formed Using Tetrazine-Norbornene Chemistry  Journal Article
• Temporal changes in peg hydrogel structure influence human mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and matrix mineralization  Journal Article
• Temporal progression of the host response to implanted poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogels  Journal Article
• The Effects of Stably Tethered BMP-2 on MC3T3-E1 Preosteoblasts Encapsulated in a PEG Hydrogel  Journal Article
• The effects of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles embedded in a MMP-sensitive photoclickable PEG hydrogel on encapsulated MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts  Journal Article
• The effects of substrate stiffness on the in vitro activation of macrophages and in vivo host response to poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogels  Journal Article
• The quest for stiff, strong and tough hybrid materials: an exhaustive exploration  Journal Article
• The role of chondroitin sulfate in regulating hypertrophy during MSC chondrogenesis in a cartilage mimetic hydrogel under dynamic loading  Journal Article
• Theranostic Biocolloids: Soft Matter Colloids for Imaging and Therapy  Journal Article
• Thermomechanics of the shape memory effect in polymers for biomedical applications  Journal Article
• Thiol-Ene Click Chemistry  Journal Article
• Thiol-ene Hydrogels for Local Delivery of PTH for Bone Regeneration in Critical Size defects  Journal Article
• Three-dimensional encapsulation of adult mouse cardiomyocytes in hydrogels with tunable stiffness  Journal Article
• Three-dimensional growth and function of neural tissue in degradable polyethylene glycol hydrogels  Journal Article
• Tissue Engineering Approaches to Cell-Based Type 1 Diabetes Therapy  Journal Article
• Tuning the mechanical properties of bioreducible multilayer films for improved cell adhesion and transfection activity  Journal Article
• Ultrasoft microwire neural electrodes improve chronic tissue integration  Journal Article
• Ultrasound monitoring of cartilaginous matrix evolution in degradable PEG hydrogels  Journal Article
• Understanding the host response to cell-laden poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogels  Journal Article
• Using living radical polymerization to enable facile incorporation of materials in microfluidic cell culture devices  Journal Article
• Using polymeric materials to generate an amplified response to molecular recognition events  Journal Article