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Overview

Helmut Thissen is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and materials science, with a particular focus on biomedical engineering, molecular biology, and biomaterials.

The scientist's work concentrates on a range of interdisciplinary topics that address both fundamental and applied aspects of biomedical research and materials science. Principal areas of study include 3D printing in biomedical research, polymer surface interaction studies, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, antimicrobial agents and applications, bone tissue engineering materials, nanowire synthesis and applications, and neuroscience and neural engineering.

Thissen has contributed to research published in multiple prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ACS Omega
  • Biomaterials Science

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, often appearing together in multiple publications. Frequent co-authors include Nicolas H. Voelcker, Paul Pasic, Roey Elnathan, Christopher D. Easton, and Peter Kingshott.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Thissen cover diverse topics related to biomaterials and their applications:

  • Precision Surface Microtopography Regulates Cell Fate via Changes to Actomyosin Contractility and Nuclear Architecture, 2021, Advanced Science
  • In Situ Surface Modification of Microfluidic Blood-Brain-Barriers for Improved Screening of Small Molecules and Nanoparticles, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Multifunctional cold spray coatings for biological and biomedical applications: A review, 2022, Progress in Surface Science
  • Antifibrotic strategies for medical devices, 2020, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Cell-laden injectable microgels: Current status and future prospects for cartilage regeneration, 2021, Biomaterials

Best Publications

  • Effects of cloud-point grafting, chain length, and density of PEG layers on competitive adsorption of ocular proteins

    Peter Kingshott;Helmut Thissen;Hans J. Griesser

  • Stimuli-responsive interfaces and systems for the control of protein-surface and cell-surface interactions.

    Martin A. Cole;Nicolas H. Voelcker;Helmut Thissen;Hans Joerg Griesser

  • The control of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation and in vivo infection rates by covalently bound furanones.

    E.B.H. Hume;J. Baveja;B. Muir;T.L. Schubert

  • Advances in Microfluidic Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Models.

    Arianna Oddo;Bo Peng;Ziqiu Tong;Yingkai Wei

  • Ultrasensitive probing of the protein resistance of PEG surfaces by secondary ion mass spectrometry

    Peter Kingshott;Sally L. McArthur;Sally L. McArthur;Helmut Thissen;David G. Castner

  • High density binding of proteins and peptides to poly(D,L-lactide) grafted with polyacrylic acid.

    G.C.M. Steffens;L. Nothdurft;G. Buse;H. Thissen

  • The influence of nanostructured materials on biointerfacial interactions.

    Peter Koegler;Andrew Clayton;Helmut Thissen;Gil Nonato C. Santos

  • Microfluidic Encapsulation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Articular Cartilage Tissue Regeneration

    Fanyi Li;Fanyi Li;Vinh X. Truong;Helmut Thissen;Jessica E. Frith

  • Cartilage tissue formation through assembly of microgels containing mesenchymal stem cells

    Fanyi Li;Vinh X. Truong;Philipp Fisch;Clara Levinson

  • Facile One‐Step Micropatterning Using Photodegradable Gelatin Hydrogels for Improved Cardiomyocyte Organization and Alignment

    Kelly M. C. Tsang;Nasim Annabi;Francesca Ercole;Kun Zhou

  • Screening Mesenchymal Stem Cell Attachment and Differentiation on Porous Silicon Gradients

    Peng Yuan Wang;Lauren R. Clements;Helmut Thissen;Andrew Jane

  • Clinical observations of biofouling on PEO coated silicone hydrogel contact lenses

    Helmut Thissen;Thomas R Gengenbach;Renee du Toit;Deborah F Sweeney

  • Dopamine-assisted immobilization of poly(ethylene imine) based polymers for control of cell-surface interactions

    Wei-Bor Tsai;Chih Yuan Chien;Helmut Thissen;Juin Yih Lai

  • Photodegradable Gelatin-Based Hydrogels Prepared by Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry for Cell Encapsulation and Release

    Vinh X. Truong;Kelly M. Tsang;Kelly M. Tsang;George P. Simon;Richard L. Boyd

  • Multifunctional cold spray coatings for biological and biomedical applications: A review

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  • Patterned and switchable surfaces for biomolecular manipulation

    Andrew Hook;Nicolas Voelcker;Nicolas Voelcker;Helmut Thissen

  • Modulation of human multipotent and pluripotent stem cells using surface nanotopographies and surface-immobilised bioactive signals: A review.

    Peng Yuan Wang;Helmut Thissen;Peter Kingshott

  • Surface manipulation of biomolecules for cell microarray applications.

    Andrew Leslie Hook;Andrew Leslie Hook;Helmut Werner Thissen;Nicolas Hans Voelcker

  • Nanometer thickness laser ablation for spatial control of cell attachment

    H Thissen;J P Hayes;P Kingshott;G Johnson

  • Two-dimensional patterning of thin coatings for the control of tissue outgrowth

    Helmut Thissen;Graham Johnson;Patrick G. Hartley;Peter Kingshott

  • Modulation of human mesenchymal and pluripotent stem cell behavior using biophysical and biochemical cues: A review

    Sheryl Ding;Peter Kingshott;Helmut Thissen;Martin Pera

  • Synthetic biodegradable microparticles for articular cartilage tissue engineering

    H. Thissen;K.-Y. Chang;T. A. Tebb;W.-B. Tsai

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas H. Voelcker
Nicolas H. Voelcker Monash University
Peter Kingshott
Peter Kingshott Swinburne University of Technology
Hans J. Griesser
Hans J. Griesser University of South Australia
Richard A. Evans
Richard A. Evans Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
John S. Forsythe
John S. Forsythe Monash University
Anton Y. Peleg
Anton Y. Peleg Monash University
Thomas R. Gengenbach
Thomas R. Gengenbach Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Christopher D. Easton
Christopher D. Easton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Mark D. P. Willcox
Mark D. P. Willcox University of New South Wales
Naresh Kumar
Naresh Kumar University of New South Wales

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