Prof Ferry Melchels

Research Professor of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Future Industries Institute

Future Industries Institute

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Ferry Melchels is Research Professor: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering in the Future Industries Institute at the University of South Australia. His main interests lie in polymeric biomaterials for 3D printing, tissue engineering, and drug and vaccine delivery. His work has been published in leading journals, attracting over 17,000 citations. He is a recipient of the Patrick Neill Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Mid-Career Investigator Award from the International Society for Biofabrication.
Ferry holds an MSc (2005) in chemical engineering and PhD (2010) in biomaterials from the University of Twente (The Netherlands). He has held positions at Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands) and Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK).

Date Position Institution name
2015 - 2023 Associate Professor Heriot-Watt University
2013 - 2015 Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow University Medical Center Utrecht
2010 - 2013 Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow Queensland University of Technology

Year Citation
2025 McGuigan, A., Sebastián, V., Unciti-Broceta, A., Santamaría, J., & Melchels, F. (2025). Correction to: In-Gel Generated Palladium Nanostructures as Bioorthogonal Uncaging Reactors (Advanced NanoBiomed Research, (2025), 5, 11, 10.1002/anbr.202500118). Advanced Nanobiomed Research, 6(1), 2 pages.
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2025 Hidalgo Alvarez, V., Samson, K. D. G., Kolyva, V., Mani Koth, Y., Cumming, C. I., Leman, A. G., . . . Melchels, F. P. W. (2025). Elastic osmotic capsules mimic bolus injection with high release at delayed burst. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 676(125550), 1-13.
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2025 McGuigan, A., Sebastian, V., Unciti Broceta, A., Santamaria, J., & Melchels, F. (2025). In-gel generated palladium nanostructures as Bioorthogonal uncaging reactors. Advanced Nanobiomed Research, online(11), 1-11.
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2024 McCormack, A., Porcza, L. M., Leslie, N. R., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2024). Gellan gum-based granular gels as suspension media for biofabrication. PLOS ONE, 19(11, article no. e0312726), 1-17.
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2024 Walejewska, E., Melchels, F. P. W., Paradiso, A., McCormack, A., Szlazak, K., Olszewska, A., . . . Swieszkowski, W. (2024). Tuning physical properties of GelMA hydrogels through microarchitecture for engineering osteoid tissue. Biomacromolecules, 25(1), 188-199.
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2024 Fazal, F., Melchels, F. P. W., McCormack, A., Silva, A. F., Handley, E. L., Mazlan, N. A., . . . Radacsi, N. (2024). Fabrication of a compliant vascular graft using extrusion printing and electrospinning technique. Advanced Materials Technologies, 9(23, article no. 2400224), 1-15.
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2023 Prabhakaran, V., Melchels, F. P. W., Murray, L. M., & Paxton, J. Z. (2023). Engineering three-dimensional bone macro-tissues by guided fusion of cell spheroids. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1-13.
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2023 Samson, K. D. G., Hidalgo Alvarez, V., Dargaville, T. R., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2023). Tough, resorbable polycaprolactone-based bimodal networks for vat polymerization 3D printing. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(25, article no. 2213797), 1-11.
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2023 Fazal, F., Melchels, F. P. W., McCormack, A., Silva, A. F., Callanan, A., Koutsos, V., & Radacsi, N. (2023). A vertical additive-lathe printing system for the fabrication of tubular constructs using gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 139(105665), 1-9.
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2023 Ballesteros-Cillero, R., Valli, J., Melchels, F. P. W., & Leslie, N. R. (2023). DEVELOPING 3D PRINTING MODELS OF BRAIN TUMOURS. Neuro-Oncology, 25(Supplement_3), iii13.
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2023 Prabhakaran, V., Sobrattee, A., Melchels, F. P. W., & Paxton, J. Z. (2023). ADVANCING THE FABRICATION OF 3D MINI-TISSUE ENTHESIS CONSTRUCTS: CHARACTERIZATION OF BONE, TENDON, AND BMSC SPHEROIDS. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_16), 42.
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2022 Abdulrhman, M., Zhakeyev, A., Fernández Posada, C. M., Melchels, F. P. W., & Marques Hueso, J. (2022). Routes towards manufacturing biodegradable electronics with polycaprolactone (PCL) via direct light writing and electroless plating. Flexible and Printed Electronics, 7(2, article no. 025006), 1-11.
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2021 Samson, K. D. G., Bolle, E. C. L., Sarwat, M., Dargaville, T. R., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2021). Elastic bioresorbable polymeric capsules for osmosis-driven delayed burst delivery of vaccines. Pharmaceutics, 13(3, article no. 434), 1-18.
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2020 Fonseca, A. C., Melchels, F. P. W., Ferreira, M. J. S., Moxon, S. R., Potjewyd, G., Dargaville, T. R., . . . Domingos, M. (2020). Emulating human tissues and organs: a bioprinting perspective toward personalized medicine. Chemical Reviews, 120(19), 11093-11139.
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2020 Shavandi, A., Hosseini, S., Okoro, O. V., Nie, L., Babadi, F. E., & Melchels, F. (2020). 3D Bioprinting of Lignocellulosic Biomaterials. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9(24), 1-26.
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2020 McCormack, A., Highley, C. B., Leslie, N. R., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2020). 3D printing in suspension baths: keeping the promises of bioprinting afloat. Trends in Biotechnology, 38(6), 584-593.
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2020 Di Bartolo, A., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2020). Prolonged recovery of 3D printed, photo-cured polylactide shape memory polymer networks. APL, 4(3), 1-9.
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2019 Lim, K. S., Klotz, B. J., Lindberg, G. C. J., Melchels, F. P. W., Hooper, G. J., Malda, J., . . . Woodfield, T. B. F. (2019). Visible light cross-linking of gelatin hydrogels offers an enhanced cell microenvironment with improved light penetration depth. Macromolecular Bioscience, 19(6), 1-14.
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2019 Hermida, M. A., Kumar, J. D., Schwarz, D., Laverty, K. G., Di Bartolo, A., Ardron, M., . . . Leslie, N. R. (2019). Three dimensional in vitro models of cancer: bioprinting multilineage glioblastoma models. Advances in Biological Regulation, 75(100658), 1-14.
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2019 Visser, J., Melchels, F. P. W., Weinans, H., Kruyt, M. C., & Malda, J. (2019). Applications of 3D printing in medicine: 5 Years later. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 163(23), D3683.
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2018 Krouwels, A., Melchels, F. P. W., van Rijen, M. H. P., Ten Brink, C. B. M., Dhert, W. J. A., Cumhur Öner, F., . . . Creemers, L. B. (2018). Focal adhesion signaling affects regeneration by human nucleus pulposus cells in collagen- but not carbohydrate-based hydrogels. Acta Biomaterialia, 66, 238-247.
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2018 Klotz, B. J., Lim, K. S., Chang, Y. X., Soliman, B. G., Pennings, I., Melchels, F. P. W., . . . Gawlitta, D. (2018). Engineering of a complex bone tissue model with endothelialised channels and capillary-like networks. European Cells and Materials, 35, 335-349.
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2018 Krouwels, A., Melchels, F. P. W., Van Rijen, M. H. P., Cumhur Öner, F., Dhert, W. J. A., Tryfonidou, M. A., & Creemers, L. B. (2018). Comparing hydrogels for human nucleus pulposus regeneration: role of osmolarity during expansion. Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods, 24(4), 222-232.
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2018 Lim, K. S., Levato, R., Costa, P. F., Castilho, M. D., Alcala Orozco, C. R., Van Dorenmalen, K. M. A., . . . Woodfield, T. B. F. (2018). Bio-resin for high resolution lithography-based biofabrication of complex cell-laden constructs. Biofabrication, 10(3, article no. 034101), 1-14.
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2018 Melchels, F., Hope, J., & Stone, V. (2018). One-time delivery of bovine tuberculosis vaccine. Impact, 2018(7), 6-8.
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2017 Ferraz, M. A. M. M., Henning, H. H. W., Costa, P. F., Malda, J., Melchels, F. P., Wubbolts, R., . . . Gadella, B. M. (2017). Improved bovine embryo production in an oviduct-on-a-chip system: prevention of poly-spermic fertilization and parthenogenic activation. Lab on a Chip, 17(5), 905-916.
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2017 Poldervaart, M. T., Goversen, B., De Ruijter, M., Abbadessa, A., Melchels, F. P. W., Cumhur Öner, F., . . . Alblas, J. (2017). 3D bioprinting of methacrylated hyaluronic acid (MeHA) hydrogel with intrinsic osteogenicity. PLoS ONE, 12(6, article no. e0177628), 1-15.
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2017 Paxton, N., Smolan, W., Böck, T., Melchels, F., Groll, J., & Jungst, T. (2017). Proposal to assess printability of bioinks for extrusion-based bioprinting and evaluation of rheological properties governing bioprintability. Biofabrication, 9(4, article no. 044107), 1-18.
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2016 Otto, I. A., Van Doremalen, R. F. M., Melchels, F. P. W., Kolodzynski, M. N., Pouran, B., Malda, J., . . . Breugem, C. C. (2016). Accurate measurements of the skin surface area of the healthy auricle and skin deficiency in microtia patients. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, 4(12, article no. e1146), 1-6.
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2016 Loessner, D., Meinert, C., Kaemmerer, E., Martine, L. C., Yue, K., Levett, P. A., . . . Hutmacher, D. W. (2016). Functionalization, preparation and use of cell-laden gelatin methacryloyl-based hydrogels as modular tissue culture platforms. Nature Protocols, 11(4), 727-746.
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2016 Klotz, B. J., Gawlitta, D., Rosenberg, A. J. W. P., Malda, J., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2016). Gelatin-methacryloyl hydrogels: towards biofabrication-based tissue repair. Trends in Biotechnology, 34(5), 394-407.
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2016 Mouser, V. H. M., Melchels, F. P. W., Visser, J., Dhert, W. J. A., Gawlitta, D., & Malda, J. (2016). Yield stress determines bioprintability of hydrogels based on gelatin-methacryloyl and gellan gum for cartilage bioprinting. Biofabrication, 8(3, article no. 035003), 1-13.
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2016 Melchels, F. P. W., Blokzijl, M. M., Levato, R., Peiffer, Q. C., Ruijter, M. D., Hennink, W. E., . . . Malda, J. (2016). Hydrogel-based reinforcement of 3D bioprinted constructs. Biofabrication, 8(3, article no. 035004), 1-9.
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2015 Otto, I. A., Melchels, F. P. W., Zhao, X., Randolph, M. A., Kon, M., Breugem, C. C., & Malda, J. (2015). Auricular reconstruction using biofabrication-based tissue engineering strategies. Biofabrication, 7(3), 12 pages.
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2015 Melchels, F. P. W., Fehr, I., Reitz, A. S., Dunker, U., Beagley, K. W., Dargaville, T. R., & Hutmacher, D. W. (2015). Initial design and physical characterization of a polymeric device for osmosis-driven delayed burst delivery of vaccines. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 112(9), 1927-1935.
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2015 Chhaya, M. P., Melchels, F. P. W., Holzapfel, B. M., Baldwin, J. G., & Hutmacher, D. W. (2015). Sustained regeneration of high-volume adipose tissue for breast reconstruction using computer aided design and biomanufacturing. Biomaterials, 52(1), 551-560.
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2015 Visser, J., Melchels, F. P. W., Jeon, J. E., Van Bussel, E. M., Kimpton, L. S., Byrne, H. M., . . . Malda, J. (2015). Reinforcement of hydrogels using three-dimensionally printed microfibres. Nature Communications, 6(1), 10 pages.
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2014 Levett, P. A., Melchels, F. P. W., Schrobback, K., Hutmacher, D. W., Malda, J., & Klein, T. J. (2014). Chondrocyte redifferentiation and construct mechanical property development in single-component photocrosslinkable hydrogels. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 102(8), 2544-2553.
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2014 Bartnikowski, M., Klein, T. J., Melchels, F. P. W., & Woodruff, M. A. (2014). Effects of scaffold architecture on mechanical characteristics and osteoblast response to static and perfusion bioreactor cultures. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 111(7), 1440-1451.
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2014 Kaemmerer, E., Melchels, F. P. W., Holzapfel, B. M., Meckel, T., Hutmacher, D. W., & Loessner, D. (2014). Gelatine methacrylamide-based hydrogels: An alternative three-dimensional cancer cell culture system. Acta Biomaterialia, 10(6), 2551-2562.
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2014 Melchels, F. P. W., Dhert, W. J. A., Hutmacher, D. W., & Malda, J. (2014). Development and characterisation of a new bioink for additive tissue manufacturing. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2(16), 2282-2289.
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2014 Levett, P. A., Melchels, F. P. W., Schrobback, K., Hutmacher, D. W., Malda, J., & Klein, T. J. (2014). A biomimetic extracellular matrix for cartilage tissue engineering centered on photocurable gelatin, hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate. Acta Biomaterialia, 10(1), 214-223.
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2013 Malda, J., Visser, J., Melchels, F. P., Jüngst, T., Hennink, W. E., Dhert, W. J. A., . . . Hutmacher, D. W. (2013). 25th anniversary article: Engineering hydrogels for biofabrication. Advanced Materials, 25(36), 5011-5028.
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2013 Visser, J., Peters, B., Burger, T. J., Boomstra, J., Dhert, W. J. A., Melchels, F. P. W., & Malda, J. (2013). Biofabrication of multi-material anatomically shaped tissue constructs. Biofabrication, 5(3), 9 pages.
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2013 Schuurman, W., Levett, P. A., Pot, M. W., van Weeren, P. R., Dhert, W. J. A., Hutmacher, D. W., . . . Malda, J. (2013). Gelatin-methacrylamide hydrogels as potential biomaterials for fabrication of tissue-engineered cartilage constructs. Macromolecular Bioscience, 13(5), 551-561.
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2013 Visser, J., Melchels, F. P. W., Dhert, W. J. A., & Malda, J. (2013). [Tissue printing; the potential application of 3D printing in medicine].. Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde, 157(52), A7043.
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2013 Holzapfel, B. M., Chhaya, M. P., Melchels, F. P. W., Holzapfel, N. P., Prodinger, P. M., Von Eisenhart-Rothe, R., . . . Hutmacher, D. W. (2013). Can bone tissue engineering contribute to therapy concepts after resection of musculoskeletal sarcoma?. Sarcoma, 2013, 153640.
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2012 Abstracts of the 3rd TERMIS (Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society) World Congress 2012. September 5-8, 2012. Vienna, Austria. (2012). Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, 6 Suppl 1, 1-465.
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2012 Wiggenhauser, P. S., Müller, D. F., Melchels, F. P. W., Egaña, J. T., Storck, K., Mayer, H., . . . Schantz, J. T. (2012). Engineering of vascularized adipose constructs. Cell and Tissue Research, 347(3), 747-757.
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2012 Melchels, F. P. W. (2012). Celebrating three decades of stereolithography. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 7(3), 173-175.
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2012 Melchels, F. P. W., Domingos, M. A. N., Klein, T. J., Malda, J., Bartolo, P. J., & Hutmacher, D. W. (2012). Additive manufacturing of tissues and organs. Progress in Polymer Science, 37(8), 1079-1104.
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2011 Melchels, F., Wiggenhauser, P. S., Warne, D., Barry, M., Ong, F. R., Chong, W. S., . . . Schantz, J. T. (2011). CAD/CAM-assisted breast reconstruction. Biofabrication, 3(3), 8 pages.
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2011 Melchels, F. P. W., Tonnarelli, B., Olivares, A. L., Martin, I., Lacroix, D., Feijen, J., . . . Grijpma, D. W. (2011). The influence of the scaffold design on the distribution of adhering cells after perfusion cell seeding. Biomaterials, 32(11), 2878-2884.
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2010 Melchels, F. P. W., Barradas, A. M. C., Van Blitterswijk, C. A., De Boer, J., Feijen, J., & Grijpma, D. W. (2010). Effects of the architecture of tissue engineering scaffolds on cell seeding and culturing. Acta Biomaterialia, 6(11), 4208-4217.
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2010 Melchels, F. P. W., Velders, A. H., Feijen, J., & Grijpma, D. W. (2010). Photo-cross-linked poly(dl -lactide)-based networks. structural characterization by HR-MAS NMR spectroscopy and hydrolytic degradation behavior. Macromolecules, 43(20), 8570-8579.
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2010 Melchels, F. P. W., Bertoldi, K., Gabbrielli, R., Velders, A. H., Feijen, J., & Grijpma, D. W. (2010). Mathematically defined tissue engineering scaffold architectures prepared by stereolithography. Biomaterials, 31(27), 6909-6916.
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2010 Melchels, F. P. W., Feijen, J., & Grijpma, D. W. (2010). A review on stereolithography and its applications in biomedical engineering. Biomaterials, 31(24), 6121-6130.
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2009 Melchels, F. P. W., Feijen, J., & Grijpma, D. W. (2009). A poly(d,l-lactide) resin for the preparation of tissue engineering scaffolds by stereolithography. Biomaterials, 30(23-24), 3801-3809.
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2009 Jansen, J., Melchels, F. P. W., Grijpma, D. W., & Feijen, J. (2009). Fumaric acid monoethyl ester-functionalized poly(D,L-Lactide)/N-vinyl-2- pyrrolidone Resins for the preparation of tissue engineering scaffolds by stereolithography. Biomacromolecules, 10(2), 214-220.
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2008 Peltola, S. M., Melchels, F. P. W., Grijpma, D. W., & Kellomäki, M. (2008). A review of rapid prototyping techniques for tissue engineering purposes. Annals of Medicine, 40(4), 268-280.
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2006 Grijpma, D. W., Melchels, F. P. W., Hou, Q., & Feijen, J. (2006). Methacrylate-Functionalized Oligomers Based On Lactide, E-Caprolactone And Trimethylene Carbonate For Application In Stereo-Lithography. Materials Research Innovations, 10(3), 321-330.
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Year Citation
2017 Woodfield, T., Lim, K., Morouço, P., Levato, R., Malda, J., & Melchels, F. (2017). 5.14 Biofabrication in tissue engineering. In Source details - Title: Comprehensive Biomaterials II (Vol. 5, pp. 236-266). UK: Elsevier Ltd.
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2013 Chhaya, M. P., Melchels, F. P. W., Wiggenhauser, P. S., Schantz, J. T., & Hutmacher, D. W. (2013). Breast Reconstruction Using Biofabrication-Based Tissue Engineering Strategies. In Biofabrication Micro and Nano Fabrication Printing Patterning and Assemblies (pp. 183-216). Elsevier.
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2011 Melchels, F., Malda, J., Fedorovich, N., Alblas, J., & Woodfield, T. (2011). Organ printing. In Comprehensive Biomaterials (Vol. 5, pp. 587-606). Elsevier.
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Year Citation
2023 Mccormack, A. R., Porcza, L., Leslie, N. R., & Melchels, F. P. (2023). Gellan gum fluid gels as a suspension media for 3D bioprinting. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 29 (pp. 1 page). ENGLAND, Manchester: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2023 Cillero, R. B., Melchels, F. P. W., & Leslie, N. R. (2023). Developing 3D printing models of brain tumours. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 29 (pp. 1 page). ENGLAND, Manchester: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2023 Porcza, L. M., McCormack, A. R., Melchels, F. P. W., & Leslie, N. R. (2023). Printing into Matrigel: novel bioprinting techniques to create 3D models of pancreatic cancer. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 29 (pp. 1 page). ENGLAND, Manchester: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2023 Prabhakaran, V., Melchels, F. P. W., & Paxton, J. Z. (2023). Comparative bio-assembly of bone cell spheroids in suspension media and pillar array scaffolds. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 29 (pp. 1 page). ENGLAND, Manchester: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2023 Walejewskal, E., Paradiso, A., Melchels, F. P. W., & Swieszkowski, W. (2023). The Effect of Crosslinking Conditions and Poly(ethylene) Oxide (PEO) addition on GelMA Properties and Bone Forming Ability. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 29 (pp. 1 page). ENGLAND, Manchester: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2023 Samson, K. D. G., Hidalgo-Alvarez, V., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2023). ELASTIC POLYMERIC CAPSULES FOR OSMOSIS-DRIVEN VACCINE DELIVERY. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 29 (pp. 1170-1171). POLAND, Krakow: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2023 McGuigan, A., & Melchels, F. (2023). PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES IN HYDROGELS FOR CATALYTIC PRODRUG ACTIVATION AND CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 29 (pp. 1565-1566). POLAND, Krakow: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2015 Chhaya, M. P., Melchels, F. P., Holzapfel, B. M., Baldwin, J. G., & Hutmacher, D. W. (2015). Sustained Regeneration of High-volume Adipose Tissue for Breast Reconstruction using Computer Aided Design and Biomanufacturing. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 21 (pp. S411). MA, Boston: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2012 Clark, A. M., Melchels, P. W., Dargaville, T. R., Timms, P., Beagley, K., & Hutmacher, D. W. (2012). Development of a skin culture model using a bioreactor with a combination of shear and compressive mechanical stimulation. In JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Vol. 6 (pp. 342). WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2012 Clark, A. M., Melchels, F. P. W., Dargaville, T. R., Timms, P., Beagley, K., & Hutmacher, D. W. (2012). A biodegradable, delayed burst-release device for the delivery of vaccine 'booster shots'. In JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Vol. 6 (pp. 325). WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2012 Levett, P. A., Melchels, F. P., Schrobback, K., Hutmacher, D. W., Malda, J., & Klein, T. J. (2012). Photocrosslinkable hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering. In JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Vol. 6 (pp. 68). WILEY-BLACKWELL.
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2012 Yong, M., Melchels, F., Vaquette, C., Hutmacher, D., Adam, C., Domingos, M., & Bartolo, P. (2012). Polycaprolactone-based scaffold plus BMP-2 in a sheep thoracic spine fusion model. In P. J. Bartolo, A. C. S. DeLemos, A. P. O. Tojeira, A. M. H. Pereira, A. J. Mateus, A. L. A. Mendes, . . . T. M. D. Ferreira (Eds.), Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advanced Research and Rapid Prototyping (pp. 89-92). PORTUGAL, Polytechn Inst Leiria, Sch Technol & Management, Leiria: CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP.
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2010 Seck, T. M., Melchels, F. P. W., Feijen, J., & Grijpma, D. W. (2010). Designed biodegradable hydrogel structures prepared by stereolithography using poly(ethylene glycol)/poly(d,l-lactide)-based resins. In Journal of Controlled Release Vol. 148 (pp. 34-41). NETHERLANDS, Egmond aan Zee: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.
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2008 Melchels, F. P. W., Grijpma, D. W., & Feijen, J. (2008). Properties of porous structures prepared by stereolithography using a polylactide resin. In JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE Vol. 132 (pp. E71-E73). ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.
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2008 Pu, F. R., Rhodes, N. P., Melchels, F., Grijpma, D. W., & Hunt, J. A. (2008). Evaluation of osteogenic human multipotent precursor cells from peripheral blood on PLA-based scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. In 8th World Biomaterials Congress 2008 Vol. 2 (pp. 981).
2008 Melchels, F. P. W., Grijpma, D. W., & Feijen, J. (2008). Properties of photo-cured poly(D,L-lactide) networks. In 8th World Biomaterials Congress 2008 Vol. 3 (pp. 1524).
2008 Jansen, J., Melchels, F. P. W., Grijpma, D. W., & Feijen, J. (2008). PDLLA-fumarate/NVP resin for bone tissue engineering applications. In 8th World Biomaterials Congress 2008 Vol. 3 (pp. 1587).
2006 Melchels, F. P., Grijpma, D. W., & Feijen, J. (2006). Photo-crosslinking of functionalised lactide oligomers for the fabrication of osteochondral tissue engineering scaffolds.. In Journal of Controlled Release Official Journal of the Controlled Release Society Vol. 116 (pp. e98-100). Netherlands: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.
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2006 Grijpma, D. W., Melchels, F. P. W., Hou, Q., & Feijen, J. (2006). Methacrylate-functionalized oligomers based on lactide, E-caprolactone and trimethylene carbonate for application in stereo-lithography. In Materials Research Innovations Vol. 10 (pp. 81-82). SINGAPORE, Singapore: MATRICE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED.
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- Melchels, F. P. W. (n.d.). Preparation of advanced porous structures by stereolithography for application in tissue engineering.
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