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Ziv K, Nuhn H, Ben-Haim Y, Sasportas LS, Kempen PJ, Niedringhaus TP, Hrynyk M, Sinclair R, Barron AE, Gambhir SS, “A tunable silk-alginate hydrogel scaffold for stem cell culture and transplantation,” Biomaterials 2014, 35, 3736-3743. pdf reprint

Beenken-Rothkopf LN, Karfeld-Sulzer LS, Zhang X, Kissler H, Michie SA, Kaufman DB, Fontaine MJ, Barron AE, “Protein polymer hydrogels: Effects of endotoxin on biocompatibility,” Journal of Biomaterials Applications 2013, 28, 395-406. pdf reprint

Beenken-Rothkopf LN, Karfeld-Sulzer LS, Davis NE, Forster R, Barron AE, Fontaine MJ, “The incorporation of extracellular matrix proteins in protein polymer hydrogels to improve encapsulated beta-cell function,” Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science 2013, 43, 111-121. pdf reprint

Xu Y, Huang W, Ren G, Qi S, Jiang H, Miao Z, Liu H, Lucente E, Bu L, Shen B, Barron A, Cheng Z, “A Four-Arm Star-Shaped Poly(ethylene glycol) (StarPEG) Platform for Bombesin Peptide Delivery to Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptors in Prostate Cancer,” ACS Macro Letters 2012, 1, 753-757. pdf reprint

Steele JA, Barron AE, Carmona E, Halle J, Neufeld RJ, “Encapsulation of protein microfiber networks supporting pancreatic islets,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2012, 100A, 3384-3391. pdf reprint

Davis NE, Beenken-Rothkopf LN, Mirsoian A, Kojic N, Kaplan DL, Barron AE, Fontaine MJ, “Enhanced function of pancreatic islets co-encapsulated with ECM proteins and mesenchymal stromal cells in a silk hydrogel,” Biomaterials 2012; 33, 6691-6697. pdf reprint

Hrynyk M, Martins-Green M, Barron AE, Neufeld RJ, “Alginate-PEG Sponge Architecture and Role in the Design of Insulin Release Dressings,” Biomacromolecules 2012, 13, 1478-1485. pdf reprint

Ding S, Pinkas DM, Barron AE, “Synthesis and Assembly of Functional High Molecular Weight Adiponectin Multimers in an Engineered Strain of Escherichia coli”, Biomacromolecules 2012, 13, 1035-1042. pdf reprint

Wang X, Albrecht JC, Lin JS, Barron AE, “Monodisperse, "Highly" positively charged protein polymer drag-tags generated in an intein-mediated purification system used in free-solution electrophoretic separations of DNA,” Biomacromolecules 2012, 13, 117-123. pdf reprint

Lin JS, Albrecht JC, Meagher RJ, Wang X, Barron AE, “Completely monodisperse, highly repetitive proteins for Bioconjugate capillary electrophoresis: development and characterization,” Biomacromolecules 2011, 12, 2275-84. pdf reprint

Pinkas DM, Ding S, Raines RT, Barron AE, “Tunable, post-translational hydroxylation of collagen domains in Escherichia coli,” ACS Chemical Biology 2011, 6, 320-324. pdf reprint

Karfeld-Sulzer L, Waters EA, Kohlmeir EK, Kissler H, Zhang X, Kaufman DB, Barron, AE, Meade TJ, “Protein polymer MRI contrast agents: longitudinal analysis of biomaterials in vivo,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2011, 65, 220-228. pdf reprint

Ding S, Wang XX, Barron AE, “Protein polymers: gene libraries open up,” Nature Materials 2011, 10, 83-84. pdf reprint

Hrynyk M, Martins-Green M, Barron AE, Neufeld RJ, “Sustained prolonged topical delivery of bioactive human insulin for potential treatment of cutaneous wounds,” International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2010, 398, 146-154.

Davis NE, Ding S, Forster RE, Pinkas DM, Barron AE, “Modular enzymatically crosslinked protein polymer hydrogels for in situ gelation,” Biomaterials 2010, 31, 7288-7297. pdf reprint

Karfeld-Sulzer LS, Waters EA, Davis NE, Meade TJ, Barron AE, “Multivalent protein polymer MRI contrast agents: controlling relaxivity via modulation of amino acid sequence,” Biomacromolecules 2010, 11, 1429-1436. pdf reprint

Statz AR, Kuang J, Ren C, Barron AE, Szleifer I, Messersmith PB, “Experimental and theoretical investigation of chain length and surface coverage on fouling of surface-grafted polypeptoids”, Biointerphases 2009, accepted, in press. pdf reprint

Rea JC, Gibly RF, Davis NE, Barron AE, Shea LD, “Engineering surfaces for substrate-mediated gene delivery using recombinant proteins,” Biomacromolecules 2009, 10, 2779–2786. pdf reprint

Davis N, Karfeld-Sulzer L, Ding S, Barron AE, "Synthesis and characterization of a new class of cationic protein polymers for multivalent display and biomaterial applications," Biomacromolecules 2009, 10, 1125-1134 pdf reprint

Statz AR, Barron AE, Messersmith PB, "Protein, cell and bacterial fouling resistance of polypeptoid-modified surfaces: effect of side chain chemistry," Soft Matter 2008, 4: 131-139. pdf reprint

Karfeld LS, Bull SR, Davis NE, Meade TJ, Barron AE, "Use of a Genetically Engineered Protein for the Design of a Multivalent MRI Contrast Agent," Bioconjugate Chem. 2007, 18: 1697-1700. pdf reprint

Statz AR, Meagher RJ, Barron AE, Messersmith PB, "New peptidomimetic polymers for antifouling surfaces," Journal of the American Chemical Society 2005, 127: 7972-7973. (Communication) pdf reprint

Sanborn TJ, Messersmith PB, Barron AE, "In situ crosslinking of a biomimetic peptide-PEG hydrogel via thermally triggered activation of Factor XIII," Biomaterials 2002, 23: 2703-2710. pdf reprint