Student award winner in the undergraduate category for the society of biomaterials 9th World Biomaterials Congress, Chengdu, China, June 1-5, 2012

Temporal progression of the host response to implanted poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogels

(2011) Aaron D. Lynn et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction

(2011) Brenton D. Hoffman et al.   NATURE

Phenotypic changes in bone marrow-derived murine macrophages cultured on PEG-based hydrogels activated or not by lipopolysaccharide

(2010) Aaron D. Lynn et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Gel structure has an impact on pericellular and extracellular matrix deposition, which subsequently alters metabolic activities in chondrocyte-laden PEG hydrogels

(2010) G.D. Nicodemus et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Characterization of topographical effects on macrophage behavior in a foreign body response model

(2010) Sulin Chen et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The influence of biological motifs and dynamic mechanical stimulation in hydrogel scaffold systems on the phenotype of chondrocytes

(2010) Taly P. Appelman et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Differential monocyte/macrophage interleukin-1β production due to biomaterial topography requires the β2 integrin signaling pathway

(2010) Angela M. B. Collie et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Biomaterial topography alters healing in vivo and monocyte/macrophage activation in vitro

(2010) Paige C. S. Bota et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Biomimeticity in tissue engineering scaffolds through synthetic peptide modifications-Altering chemistry for enhanced biological response

(2010) Kumaran G. Sreejalekshmi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

αVβ3 integrin regulates macrophage inflammatory responses via PI3 kinase/Akt-dependent NF-κB activation

(2010) Alexander S. Antonov et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Nanotechnological strategies for engineering complex tissues

(2010) Tal Dvir et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Localized Immunosuppressive Environment in the Foreign Body Response to Implanted Biomaterials

(2009) David M. Higgins et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Synthetic Materials in the Study of Cell Response to Substrate Rigidity

(2009) Stephanie Nemir et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Prestress and Adhesion Site Dynamics Control Cell Sensitivity to Extracellular Stiffness

(2009) S. Féréol et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Hydrogels as extracellular matrix mimics for 3D cell culture

(2009) Mark W. Tibbitt et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

The role of hydrogel structure and dynamic loading on chondrocyte gene expression and matrix formation

(2008) G.D. Nicodemus et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Cytokine profiling using monocytes/macrophages cultured on common biomaterials with a range of surface chemistries

(2008) Robert J. Schutte et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Microfabricated poly(ethylene glycol) templates enable rapid screening of triculture conditions for cardiac tissue engineering

(2008) Rohin K. Iyer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Embryonic cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity: scar-like rigidity inhibits beating

(2008) A. J. Engler et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Foreign body reaction to biomaterials

(2008) James M. Anderson et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Micropatterning of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Diacrylate Hydrogels with Biomolecules to Regulate and Guide Endothelial Morphogenesis

(2008) James J. Moon et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A