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Clemens van Blitterswijk

Clemens van Blitterswijk

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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
131
Citations
56805
World Ranking
392
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2012 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Overview

Clemens van Blitterswijk is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. The scientist's research portfolio spans the fields of Engineering, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Surgery, and Cell Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics including 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, and Pancreatic function and diabetes.

Recent papers authored by Clemens van Blitterswijk show a concentration on biomimetic models and tissue engineering approaches. Notable publications include:

  • 3D Lung-on-Chip Model Based on Biomimetically Microcurved Culture Membranes (2022, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering)
  • Overcoming kidney organoid challenges for regenerative medicine (2020, npj Regenerative Medicine)
  • Realizing tissue integration with supramolecular hydrogels (2021, Acta Biomaterialia)
  • 3D alveolar in vitro model based on epithelialized biomimetically curved culture membranes (2020, Biomaterials)
  • Bioprinting Via a Dual-Gel Bioink Based on Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) and Solubilized Extracellular Matrix towards Cartilage Engineering (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Stefan Giselbrecht (22 collaborations)
  • Vanessa L.S. LaPointe (16 collaborations)
  • Roman Truckenmüller (14 collaborations)
  • Pamela Habibović (9 collaborations)
  • Lorenzo Moroni (9 collaborations)

Common publication venues for Clemens van Blitterswijk's work are Advanced Materials, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Biomaterials, Advanced Healthcare Materials, and Materials Today Bio.

Best Publications

  • Engineering vascularized skeletal muscle tissue.

    Shulamit Levenberg;Shulamit Levenberg;Jeroen Rouwkema;Mara Macdonald;Evan S. Garfein

  • Vascularization in tissue engineering

    Jeroen Rouwkema;Nicolas C. Rivron;Clemens A. van Blitterswijk

  • Spheroid culture as a tool for creating 3D complex tissues

    Eelco Fennema;Nicolas Rivron;Jeroen Rouwkema;Clemens van Blitterswijk

  • Osteoinductive ceramics as a synthetic alternative to autologous bone grafting

    Huipin Yuan;Hugo Fernandes;Pamela Habibovic;Jan de Boer

  • Design of porous scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering using a three-dimensional fiber-deposition technique.

    T.B.F. Woodfield;J. Malda;J. de Wijn;F. Peters

  • Cationic polymers and their therapeutic potential

    Sangram Keshari Samal;Mamoni Dash;Sandra Van Vlierberghe;David L. Kaplan

  • Bone regeneration: molecular and cellular interactions with calcium phosphate ceramics.

    Florence Barrère;Clemens A van Blitterswijk;Klaas de Groot

  • 3D microenvironment as essential element for osteoinduction by biomaterials.

    Pamela Habibovic;Huipin Yuan;Chantal M. van der Valk;Gert Meijer

  • Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite Coating on Metal Implants

    Pamela Habibovic;Florence Barrere;Clemens A. van Blitterswijk;Klaas de Groot

  • Enzyme-catalyzed crosslinkable hydrogels: emerging strategies for tissue engineering.

    Liliana S. Moreira Teixeira;Jan Feijen;Clemens A. van Blitterswijk;Pieter J. Dijkstra

  • 3D fiber-deposited scaffolds for tissue engineering: Influence of pores geometry and architecture on dynamic mechanical properties

    L. Moroni;J.R. de Wijn;C.A. van Blitterswijk

  • Osteoinductive biomaterials: current knowledge of properties, experimental models and biological mechanisms.

    Ana M C Barradas;Huipin Yuan;Clemens A van Blitterswijk;Pamela Habibovic

  • Injectable chitosan-based hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering

    R. Jin;L.S. Moreira Teixeira;P.J. Dijkstra;P.J. Dijkstra;M. Karperien

  • A calcium-induced signaling cascade leading to osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.

    Ana M.C. Barradas;Hugo A.M. Fernandes;Nathalie Groen;Yoke Chin Chai

  • Effects of the architecture of tissue engineering scaffolds on cell seeding and culturing

    Ferry P. W. Melchels;Ana M. C. Barradas;Clemens A. van Blitterswijk;Jan de Boer

  • Blastocyst-like structures generated solely from stem cells

    Nicolas C. Rivron;Nicolas C. Rivron;Javier Frias-Aldeguer;Javier Frias-Aldeguer;Erik J. Vrij;Jean Charles Boisset

  • Bone ingrowth in porous titanium implants produced by 3D fiber deposition

    Jia Ping Li;Pamela Habibovic;Mirella van den Doel;Clayton E. Wilson

  • Cell-Based Bone Tissue Engineering

    Gert J Meijer;Joost D de Bruijn;Ron Koole;Clemens A van Blitterswijk

  • An algorithm-based topographical biomaterials library to instruct cell fate

    Hemant V. Unadkat;Marc Hulsman;Kamiel Cornelissen;Bernke J. Papenburg

  • Influence of ionic strength and carbonate on the Ca-P coating formation from SBF×5 solution

    F Barrere;C.A van Blitterswijk;K de Groot;P Layrolle

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan de Boer
Jan de Boer Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Lorenzo Moroni
Lorenzo Moroni Maastricht University
Marcel Karperien
Marcel Karperien University of Twente
Dimitrios Stamatialis
Dimitrios Stamatialis University of Twente
Matthias Wessling
Matthias Wessling RWTH Aachen University
Pieter J. Dijkstra
Pieter J. Dijkstra University of Twente
Wouter J.A. Dhert
Wouter J.A. Dhert Utrecht University
Jan Feijen
Jan Feijen University of Twente
K. de Groot
K. de Groot University of Twente

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