Heilshorn Biomaterials Group

Materials Science & Engineering Department
Stanford University

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Implantable Materials for Regenerative Medicine


Injectable Materials for Cell Transplantation


In Vitro Mimics of
Tissue Architecture



Microfluidics for
Cell Migration and Chemotaxis


Biotemplates for
Inorganic Nanoparticles
  Selected Publications
2011        2010        2009        2008        2007        2006
*links to articles are provided for convenience only; access to online material may require a subscription
2011
Aguado BA, Mulyasasmita W, Su J, Lampe KJ, Heilshorn SC. Improving viability of stem cells during syringe needle flow through the design of hydrogel cell carriers. Tissue Engineering Part A, in presslink to article
Schoen AP, Schoen DT, Huggins KN, Arunigirinathan MA, Heilshorn SC. Template Engineering Through Epitope Recognition: A modular, biomimetic strategy for inorganic nanomaterial synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133:18202-18207link to article
Mulyasasmita W, Lee JS, Heilshorn SC. Molecular-level engineering of protein physical hydrogels for predictive sol-gel phase behavior. Biomacromolecules, 2011, 12:3406-3411link to article
Shamloo A, Xu H, Heilshorn SC. Mechanisms of VEGF-induced path-finding by endothelial sprouts in biomaterials. Tissue Engineering Part A, in presslink to article
Nevill JT, Mo A, Cord BJ, Palmer TD, Poo MM, Lee LP, Heilshorn SC. Vacuum soft lithography for one-step patterning of multiple biomolecules to direct neuronal polarization. Soft Matter, 2011, 7:343-347. link to article
*This article was featured on the cover of Soft Matter
Romano N, Sengupta D, Chung C, Heilshorn S. Protein-engineered biomaterials: Nanoscale mimics of the extracellular matrix. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 2011, 1810:339-349. link to article
*This is a peer-reviewed, invited review article for a special issue on Emerging Applications of Nanotechnologies in Biomedicine
2010
Kuhnert F, Mancuso MR, Shamloo A, Wang HT, Choksi V, Florek M, Su H, Fruttiger M, Young WL, Heilshorn SC, Kuo CJ. Essential regulation of CNS angiogenesis by the orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR124. Science, 2010, 330:985-989. link to article
Schoen DT*, Schoen AP*, Hu L, Kim HS, Heilshorn SC, Cui Y. High Speed Water Sterilization Using One Dimensional Nanostructures. Nano Letters, 2010, 10:3628-3632. link to article
Shamloo A, Heilshorn SC. Matrix Density Mediates Polarization and Lumen Formation of Endothelial Sprouts in VEGF Gradients. Lab on a Chip, 2010, 10:3061-3068. link to article
*This article was featured on the cover of Lab on a Chip
Shelly M, Lim BK, Cancedda L, Heilshorn SC, Gao H, Poo MM. Local and long-range reciprocal regulation of cAMP and cGMP in axon/dendrite formation. Science, 2010, 327:547-552. link to article
Sengupta D, Heilshorn SC. Protein-engineered biomaterials: Highly tunable tissue engineering scaffolds. Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews, 2010, 16:285-293. link to article
*This article was featured on the cover of Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews
Straley KS, Wong Po Foo C, Heilshorn SC. Biomaterial design strategies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries. Journal of Neurotrauma, 2010, 27:1-19. link to article
2009
Wong Po Foo C, Lee JS, Mulyasasmita W, Parisi-Amon A, Heilshorn SC. Two-component protein-engineered physical hydrogels for cell encapsulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2009, 105:22067-22072link to article
Straley KS and Heilshorn SC. Dynamic, three-dimensional pattern formation within enzyme-responsive hydrogels. Advanced Materials, 2009, 21:4148-4152.   Press release   link to article
*This article was featured on the cover of Advanced Materials
Straley KS and Heilshorn SC. Design and adsorption of modular engineered proteins to prepare customized, neuron-compatible coatings. Frontiers in Neuroengineering, 2009, 2:9. link to article
Wilson RJ, Hu W, Wong Po Foo C, Koh AL, Gaster RS, Earhart CM, Fu A, Heilshorn SC, Sinclair R, Wang SX. Formation and properties of magnetic chains for 100 nm nanoparticles used in separations of molecules and cells. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2009, 321:1452-1458. link to article
Wang S, Wong Po Foo C, Warrier A, Poo MM, Heilshorn SC, Zhang X. Gradient lithography of engineered proteins to fabricate 2D and 3D cell culture environments. Biomedical Microdevices, 2009, 11:1127-1134. link to article
Straley K, Heilshorn SC. Independent tuning of multiple biomaterial properties using protein engineering.  Soft Matter, 2009, 5:114-124. link to article
2008
Shamloo A, Ma N, Poo MM, Sohn L, Heilshorn SC. Endothelial cell polarization and chemotaxis in a microfluidic device.   Lab on a Chip, 2008, 8:1292-1299. link to article
2007
Shelly M, Cancedda L, Heilshorn S, Sumbre G, Poo M.  LKB1/STRAD promotes axon initiation during neuronal polarization.  Cell, 2007, 129:565-577. link to article
Carrico IS, Maskarinec SA, Heilshorn SC, Mock ML, Liu JC, Nowatzki PJ, Franck C, Ravichandran G, Tirrell D.  Lithographic patterning of photoreactive cell-adhesive proteins.   Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129:4874-4875. link to article
2006 and prior
Heilshorn SC,  Liu JC, DiZio KA, Tirrell DA.  Cell-binding domain context affects cell behavior on engineered proteins.  Biomacromolecules, 2005, 6:318-323. link to article
Liu JC, Heilshorn SC, Tirrell DA.  Comparative cell response to artificial extracellular matrix proteins containing the RGD and  CS5 cell-binding domains.  Biomacromolecules, 2004, 5:497-504. link to article
Heilshorn SC, DiZio KA, Welsh ER, Tirrell DA.  Endothelial cell adhesion to the fibronectin CS5 domain in artificial  extracellular matrix proteins.  Biomaterials, 2003, 24:4245-4252. link to article
Glenn RW, Sine MR, Evans MD, Carethers ME, Heilshorn SC "Liquid personal cleansing compositions which contain a  complex coacervate for improved sensory perception", U.S. patents #6,028,043 (2000), #5,932,528 (1999), #5,858,938 (1999),  #5,716,920 (1998). Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company.
*links to articles are provided for convenience only; access to online material may require a subscription


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