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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For developments in photothermal and theranostic therapies and bioabsorbed scaffolds for tissue regeneration.
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Jennifer L. West is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research spans several intersecting fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Engineering. Within these broad disciplines, their work is especially concentrated in Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, and Surgery.

Their research focuses on several key topics, notably 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Biochemical and Structural Characterization, and Nerve Injury and Regeneration.

Jennifer L. West has contributed to numerous publications, with recent notable papers including:

  • "Synthetic ECM: Bioactive Synthetic Hydrogels for 3D Tissue Engineering" (2020), published in Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • "3D printing of high-strength, porous, elastomeric structures to promote tissue integration of implants" (2020), published in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
  • "Modulating Functionalized Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate Hydrogel Mechanical Properties through Competitive Crosslinking Mechanics for Soft Tissue Applications" (2020), published in Polymers
  • "Hydrogel biomaterials to support and guide vascularization" (2020), published in Progress in Biomedical Engineering
  • "Tunable PEG Hydrogels for Discerning Differential Tumor Cell Response to Biomechanical Cues" (2022), published in Advanced Biology

The venues where Jennifer L. West most frequently publishes include Bioconjugate Chemistry and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), each featuring multiple papers. Other venues of publication include Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Polymers, and Progress in Biomedical Engineering.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jennifer L. West include Rachel Chapla, Rachel R. Katz, Joshua A. Hammer, T. Curtis Shoyer, and Kasie L. Collins.

The scientist has received professional recognition through several awards, such as being named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016 and elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering the same year for work involving photothermal and theranostic therapies and bioabsorbed scaffolds for tissue regeneration. They have also been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumors under magnetic resonance guidance

    L. R. Hirsch;R. J. Stafford;J. A. Bankson;S. R. Sershen

  • Photo-thermal tumor ablation in mice using near infrared-absorbing nanoparticles.

    D.Patrick O'Neal;Leon R. Hirsch;Naomi J. Halas;J.Donald Payne

  • IMMUNOTARGETED NANOSHELLS FOR INTEGRATED CANCER IMAGING AND THERAPY

    Christopher Loo;Amanda Lowery;Naomi Halas;Jennifer West

  • Photopolymerizable hydrogels for tissue engineering applications.

    Kytai Truong Nguyen;Jennifer L. West

  • Near-Infrared Resonant Nanoshells for Combined Optical Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

    André M Gobin;Min Ho Lee;Naomi J Halas;William D James

  • Nanoshell-enabled photonics-based imaging and therapy of cancer.

    Christopher Loo;Alex Lin;Leon Hirsch;Min Ho Lee

  • The Differential Cytotoxicity of Water-Soluble Fullerenes

    Christie M. Sayes;John D. Fortner;Wenh Guo;Delina Lyon

  • Engineered Nanomaterials for Biophotonics Applications: Improving Sensing, Imaging, and Therapeutics

    Jennifer L. West;Naomi J. Halas

  • Functionalization density dependence of single-walled carbon nanotubes cytotoxicity in vitro

    Christie M. Sayes;Feng Liang;Jared L. Hudson;Joe Mendez

  • Correlating Nanoscale Titania Structure with Toxicity: A Cytotoxicity and Inflammatory Response Study with Human Dermal Fibroblasts and Human Lung Epithelial Cells

    Christie M. Sayes;Rajeev Wahi;Preetha A. Kurian;Yunping Liu

  • A New Era for Cancer Treatment: Gold‐Nanoparticle‐Mediated Thermal Therapies

    Laura C. Kennedy;Lissett R. Bickford;Nastassja A. Lewinski;Andrew J. Coughlin

  • Temperature-sensitive polymer/nanoshell composites for photothermally modulated drug delivery

    Jennifer L. West;Scott R. Sershen;Nancy J. Halas;Steven J. Oldenburg

  • A whole blood immunoassay using gold nanoshells.

    L R Hirsch;J B Jackson;A Lee;N J Halas

  • Nano-C60 cytotoxicity is due to lipid peroxidation.

    Christie M. Sayes;Andre M. Gobin;Kevin D. Ausman;Joe Mendez

  • Smooth muscle cell growth in photopolymerized hydrogels with cell adhesive and proteolytically degradable domains: synthetic ECM analogs for tissue engineering.

    Brenda K. Mann;Andrea S. Gobin;Annabel T. Tsai;Rachael H. Schmedlen

  • Gold nanoshell-localized photothermal ablation of prostate tumors in a clinical pilot device study

    Ardeshir R. Rastinehad;Harry Anastos;Ethan Wajswol;Jared S. Winoker

  • Polymeric biomaterials with degradation sites for proteases involved in cell migration

    Jennifer L. West;Jeffrey A. Hubbell

  • Photocrosslinkable polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels that can be modified with cell adhesion peptides for use in tissue engineering.

    Rachael H. Schmedlen;Kristyn S. Masters;Jennifer L. West

  • 3D Biofabrication Strategies for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

    Piyush Bajaj;Ryan M. Schweller;Ali Khademhosseini;Jennifer L. West

  • Tethered-TGF-β increases extracellular matrix production of vascular smooth muscle cells

    Brenda K Mann;Rachael H Schmedlen;Jennifer L West

Frequent Co-Authors

Naomi J. Halas
Naomi J. Halas Rice University
Rebekah A. Drezek
Rebekah A. Drezek Rice University
Alan R. Davis
Alan R. Davis Baylor College of Medicine
James J. Moon
James J. Moon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Vicki L. Colvin
Vicki L. Colvin Brown University
Jeffrey A. Hubbell
Jeffrey A. Hubbell New York University
Richard D. Averitt
Richard D. Averitt University of California, San Diego
Kirill V. Larin
Kirill V. Larin University of Houston
Susan M. Blaney
Susan M. Blaney Baylor College of Medicine
Brian Johnstone
Brian Johnstone Oregon Health & Science University

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