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Overview

Katharina Maniura-Weber is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, focusing significantly on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, Rehabilitation, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics in biomedical research with a strong emphasis on materials designed for biological applications. Key research areas include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Wound Healing and Treatments, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, and Antimicrobial agents and applications.

Maniura-Weber has contributed to several high-impact publications. Selected recent papers include:

  • Macromechanics and polycaprolactone fiber organization drive macrophage polarization and regulate inflammatory activation of tendon in vitro and in vivo, 2020, Biomaterials
  • Silk fibroin/sericin 3D sponges: The effect of sericin on structural and biological properties of fibroin, 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Antibacterial, Cytocompatible, Sustainably Sourced: Cellulose Membranes with Bifunctional Peptides for Advanced Wound Dressings, 2020, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Multifunctional Biomaterials: Combining Material Modification Strategies for Engineering of Cell-Contacting Surfaces, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Nylon-6/chitosan core/shell antimicrobial nanofibers for the prevention of mesh-associated surgical site infection, 2020, Journal of Nanobiotechnology

The frequent co-authors associated with Maniura-Weber include:

  • Markus Rottmar
  • Qun Ren
  • René M. Rossi
  • Flavia Zuber
  • Fei Pan

Maniura-Weber has published extensively in scientific journals such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Small, Advanced Functional Materials, and Journal of Nanobiotechnology.

Best Publications

  • Critical aspects of using bacterial cell viability assays with the fluorophores SYTO9 and propidium iodide

    Philipp Stiefel;Sabrina Schmidt-Emrich;Katharina Maniura-Weber;Qun Ren

  • 3D Printed Enzymatically Biodegradable Soft Helical Microswimmers

    Xiaopu Wang;Xiao-Hua Qin;Chengzhi Hu;Anastasia Terzopoulou

  • Differential regulation of osteogenic differentiation of stem cells on surface roughness gradients.

    Ana B. Faia-Torres;Stefanie Guimond-Lischer;Markus Rottmar;Mirren Charnley

  • Molecular and biophysical mechanisms regulating hypertrophic differentiation in chondrocytes and mesenchymal stem cells.

    Deborah Studer;Christopher Millan;Ece Öztürk;Katharina Maniura-Weber

  • Transient overexpression of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is sufficient to stimulate mitochondrial DNA transcription, but not sufficient to increase mtDNA copy number in cultured cells

    Katharina Maniura-Weber;Steffi Goffart;Heike L. Garstka;Julio Montoya

  • The role of nanostructures and hydrophilicity in osseointegration: In-vitro protein-adsorption and blood-interaction studies.

    Brigitte S. Kopf;Sylvie Ruch;Simon Berner;Nicholas D. Spencer

  • Osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in the absence of osteogenic supplements: A surface-roughness gradient study

    Ana B. Faia-Torres;Mirren Charnley;Tolga Goren;Stefanie Guimond-Lischer

  • Role of the Surface Nanoscale Roughness of Stainless Steel on Bacterial Adhesion and Microcolony Formation

    Songmei Wu;Stefanie Altenried;Andi Zogg;Flavia Zuber

  • Near-Infrared Light-Sensitive Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel Photoresist for Spatiotemporal Control of Cell-Instructive 3D Microenvironments.

    Xiao-Hua Qin;Xiaopu Wang;Markus Rottmar;Bradley J. Nelson

  • Nanostructured surface topographies have an effect on bactericidal activity

    Songmei Wu;Flavia Zuber;Katharina Maniura-Weber;Juergen Brugger

  • Antibacterial Au nanostructured surfaces

    Songmei Wu;Songmei Wu;Flavia Zuber;Juergen Brugger;Katharina Maniura-Weber

  • Biodegradable Bicomponent Fibers from Renewable Sources: Melt‐Spinning of Poly(lactic acid) and Poly[(3‐hydroxybutyrate)‐co‐(3‐hydroxyvalerate)]

    Rudolf Hufenus;Felix A. Reifler;Katharina Maniura-Weber;Adriaan Spierings

  • Simultaneous detection of pH value and glucose concentrations for wound monitoring applications

    D.A. Jankowska;M.B. Bannwarth;C. Schulenburg;G. Faccio

  • Structure and morphology of electrospun polycaprolactone/gelatine nanofibres

    D. Kołbuk;D. Kołbuk;P. Sajkiewicz;K. Maniura-Weber;G. Fortunato

  • Macromechanics and polycaprolactone fiber organization drive macrophage polarization and regulate inflammatory activation of tendon in vitro and in vivo

    Angelina D. Schoenenberger;Herbert Tempfer;Christine Lehner;Jasmin Egloff

  • TEMPO-Oxidized Nanofibrillated Cellulose as a High Density Carrier for Bioactive Molecules

    Ramon Weishaupt;Gilberto Siqueira;Mark Schubert;Philippe Tingaut

  • From Structure to Function: pH-Switchable Antimicrobial Nano-Self-Assemblies.

    Mark Gontsarik;Anan Yaghmur;Qun Ren;Katharina Maniura-Weber

  • Impaired mitochondrial Ca2+ homeostasis in respiratory chain-deficient cells but efficient compensation of energetic disadvantage by enhanced anaerobic glycolysis due to low ATP steady state levels.

    Jürgen-Christoph von Kleist-Retzow;Hue-Tran Hornig-Do;Matthias Schauen;Sabrina Eckertz

  • Steering surface topographies of electrospun fibers: understanding the mechanisms.

    Gökçe Yazgan;Ruslan I. Dmitriev;Vasundhara Tyagi;James Jenkins

  • Antimicrobial Peptide-Driven Colloidal Transformations in Liquid-Crystalline Nanocarriers.

    Mark Gontsarik;Mark Gontsarik;Matthias T. Buhmann;Anan Yaghmur;Qun Ren

  • Enhanced differentiation of human osteoblasts on Ti surfaces pre-treated with human whole blood.

    Brigitte S. Kopf;Angela Schipanski;Markus Rottmar;Simon Berner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilberto Siqueira
Gilberto Siqueira Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Dirk Hegemann
Dirk Hegemann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Peter Wick
Peter Wick Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Laurence A. Bindoff
Laurence A. Bindoff Haukeland University Hospital
Marcus Textor
Marcus Textor ETH Zurich
Rui L. Reis
Rui L. Reis University of Minho
Nuno M. Neves
Nuno M. Neves University of Minho
Mark Helm
Mark Helm Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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