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Damien Lacroix is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output spans a range of fields including biomedical engineering, surgery, and cell biology, with a particular focus on orthopedic and biomedical applications.

The researcher's publications cover multiple main fields of study: medicine, engineering, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Subfields that Lacroix has notably contributed to include biomedical engineering, surgery, cell biology, pharmacology, and orthopedics and sports medicine.

Among the main topics explored in their work are spinal fractures and fixation techniques, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, cellular mechanics and interactions, bone tissue engineering materials, 3D printing in biomedical research, pelvic and acetabular injuries, and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Damien Lacroix has published papers in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine
  • Frontiers in Surgery
  • PLoS ONE
  • Bulletin du Cancer
  • Bone Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lacroix include:

  • Changes in scaffold porosity during bone tissue engineering in perfusion bioreactors considerably affect cellular mechanical stimulation for mineralization, 2020, Bone Reports
  • Bioactive Bromotyrosine Derivatives from the Pacific Marine Sponge Suberea clavata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982), 2021, Marine Drugs
  • An extended discrete element method for the estimation of contact pressure at the ankle joint during stance phase, 2020, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine
  • Development of a Computer-Aided Design and Finite Element Analysis Combined Method for Affordable Spine Surgical Navigation With 3D-Printed Customized Template, 2021, Frontiers in Surgery
  • Revealing the nanoindentation response of a single cell using a 3D structural finite element model, 2021, Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources

Throughout their career, Lacroix has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Péter Endre Éltes, Marco Viceconti, Péter Varga, Áron Lazáry, and Gianluca Ascolani. These collaborations often span multiple publications and research projects, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to their work.

Best Publications

  • A mechano-regulation model for tissue differentiation during fracture healing: analysis of gap size and loading

    D. Lacroix;P.J. Prendergast

  • Simulation of tissue differentiation in a scaffold as a function of porosity, Young's modulus and dissolution rate: application of mechanobiological models in tissue engineering.

    Damien P. Byrne;Damien Lacroix;Josep A. Planell;Daniel J. Kelly

  • Nanotechnology in regenerative medicine: the materials side

    Elisabeth Engel;Alexandra Michiardi;Melba Navarro;Damien Lacroix

  • Finite element study of scaffold architecture design and culture conditions for tissue engineering.

    Andy L. Olivares;Èlia Marsal;Josep A. Planell;Damien Lacroix

  • Biomechanical model to simulate tissue differentiation and bone regeneration: Application to fracture healing

    D. Lacroix;P. J. Prendergast;G. Li;D. Marsh

  • In Vitro Bone Cell Models: Impact of Fluid Shear Stress on Bone Formation.

    Claudia Wittkowske;Gwendolen C. Reilly;Damien Lacroix;Cecile M. Perrault

  • The influence of the scaffold design on the distribution of adhering cells after perfusion cell seeding

    Ferry P.W. Melchels;Beatrice Tonnarelli;Andy L. Olivares;Ivan Martin

  • A finite element study of mechanical stimuli in scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.

    C. Sandino;J.A. Planell;D. Lacroix

  • Micro-finite element models of bone tissue-engineering scaffolds.

    Damien Lacroix;Arnaud Chateau;Maria-Pau Ginebra;Josep A. Planell

  • Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Glenoid Replacement Prostheses: A Comparison of Keeled and Pegged Anchorage Systems

    D. Lacroix;L. A. Murphy;P. J. Prendergast

  • Commentary: Deciphering the link between architecture and biological response of a bone graft substitute.

    M. Bohner;Y. Loosli;G. Baroud;D. Lacroix

  • How does the geometry affect the internal biomechanics of a lumbar spine bi-segment finite element model? Consequences on the validation process.

    Jérôme Noailly;Hans-Joachim Wilke;Josep A. Planell;Damien Lacroix

  • A dynamical study of the mechanical stimuli and tissue differentiation within a CaP scaffold based on micro-CT finite element models

    Clara Sandino;Damien Lacroix

  • Computational modelling of the mechanical environment of osteogenesis within a polylactic acid–calcium phosphate glass scaffold

    Jean-Louis Milan;Josep A. Planell;Damien Lacroix

  • A multi-structural single cell model of force-induced interactions of cytoskeletal components

    Sara Barreto;Casper Hyttel Clausen;Cecile M. Perrault;Daniel A. Fletcher

  • The Effect of Sustained Compression on Oxygen Metabolic Transport in the Intervertebral Disc Decreases with Degenerative Changes

    Andrea Malandrino;Jérôme Noailly;Damien Jerome Lacroix

  • Comparison of four methods to simulate swelling in poroelastic finite element models of intervertebral discs

    Fabio Galbusera;Hendrik Schmidt;Jérôme Noailly;Andrea Malandrino

  • Three-dimensional simulation of fracture repair in the human tibia.

    D. Lacroix;P.J. Prendergast

  • Simulation of fracture healing in the tibia: mechanoregulation of cell activity using a lattice modeling approach.

    Damien P. Byrne;Damien Lacroix;Patrick J. Prendergast

  • Computer-aided design and finite-element modelling of biomaterial scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

    Damien Lacroix;Josep A. Planell;Patrick J. Prendergast

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep A. Planell
Josep A. Planell Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Patrick J. Prendergast
Patrick J. Prendergast Trinity College Dublin
Marco Viceconti
Marco Viceconti University of Bologna
Elisabeth Engel
Elisabeth Engel Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
Dirk W. Grijpma
Dirk W. Grijpma University of Twente
Luca Cristofolini
Luca Cristofolini University of Bologna
Hans-Joachim Wilke
Hans-Joachim Wilke University of Ulm
Ivan Martin
Ivan Martin University Hospital of Basel
Daniel J. Kelly
Daniel J. Kelly Trinity College Dublin

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