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Competitive advantage
- Functional biomaterials inspired by native tissue
- Fundamental understanding of tissue-biomaterial interactions for improved material engineering
- Biomaterial processing, fabrication and characterisation capabilities and expertise
- In vitro and in vivo functional models
- Multidisciplinary expertise and strong collaborative links
Impact
- Novel functional biomaterials for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and wound healing
- In vitro human tissue models for use in drug, medical device and cosmetics testing, and for studying disease development and progression
Successful outcomes
- Novel biomaterials toward small diameter vascular grafts, cardiac patches and wound dressings (pre-clinical testing)
- Fundamental contributions to understanding of silk biomaterial processing into implantable biomaterials
- Fundamental contribution to the understanding of biomaterial and bioengineered tissue vascularisation and integration in the body
- Strategies toward material biofunctionalisation for enhanced biological outcomes
Capabilities and facilities
- Silk biomaterial processing and fabrication
- Biomaterial characterisation
- In vitro cell based assays; in vivo safety and functional models
- Molecular biology and biochemistry assays
Our partners
- Heart Research Institute
- Westmead Institute for Medical Research
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre for Bioengineering & Nanomedicine, University of Otago Christchurch
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Boston
- School of Dentistry, University of Leeds