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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Sharon Gerecht is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broader areas, subfields of focus include Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Immunology, and Immunology and Allergy.

The main topics covered by their research encompass 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism.

Recent publications by Sharon Gerecht include:

  • Hydrogel Network Dynamics Regulate Vascular Morphogenesis, 2020, published in Cell Stem Cell
  • Hydrogels with tunable mechanical plasticity regulate endothelial cell outgrowth in vasculogenesis and angiogenesis, 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • The next generation of endothelial differentiation: Tissue-specific ECs, 2021, published in Cell Stem Cell
  • iPSC-derived endothelial cell response to hypoxia via SDF1a/CXCR4 axis facilitates incorporation to revascularize ischemic retina, 2020, published in JCI Insight
  • Stiffening Matrix Induces Age-Mediated Microvascular Phenotype Through Increased Cell Contractility and Destabilization of Adherens Junctions, 2022, published in Advanced Science

Frequent collaborators in their work include Dimitris Ntekoumes, Lakshmi Santhanam, Wei Zhao, Hawley C. Pruitt, and Rahel Schnellmann.

Their research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Advanced Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Physiology
  • Cell Stem Cell

Awards received by Sharon Gerecht include:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2020
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2019
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2016

Best Publications

  • Hyaluronic acid hydrogel for controlled self-renewal and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells

    Sharon Gerecht;Jason A. Burdick;Lino S. Ferreira;Seth A. Townsend

  • Dextran hydrogel scaffolds enhance angiogenic responses and promote complete skin regeneration during burn wound healing

    Guoming Sun;Xianjie Zhang;Yu I. Shen;Raul Sebastian

  • Bioactive hydrogel scaffolds for controllable vascular differentiation of human embryonic stem cells.

    Lino S. Ferreira;Sharon Gerecht;Jason Fuller;Hester F. Shieh

  • Vascular Progenitor Cells Isolated From Human Embryonic Stem Cells Give Rise to Endothelial and Smooth Muscle–Like Cells and Form Vascular Networks In Vivo

    Lino S. Ferreira;Sharon Gerecht;Hester F. Shieh;Nicki Watson

  • Electrical stimulation of human embryonic stem cells: cardiac differentiation and the generation of reactive oxygen species.

    Elena Serena;Elisa Figallo;Nina Tandon;Christopher Cannizzaro

  • Micro-bioreactor array for controlling cellular microenvironments.

    Elisa Figallo;Christopher Cannizzaro;Sharon Gerecht;Jason A. Burdick

  • Self-organized vascular networks from human pluripotent stem cells in a synthetic matrix

    Sharon Gerecht;Sravanti Kusuma

  • The effect of actin disrupting agents on contact guidance of human embryonic stem cells

    Sharon Gerecht;Christopher J. Bettinger;Zhitong Zhang;Jeffrey T. Borenstein

  • Human embryonic stem cell transplantation to repair the infarcted myocardium

    Jonathan Leor;Sharon Gerecht;Smadar Cohen;Liron Miller

  • Controlled activation of morphogenesis to generate a functional human microvasculature in a synthetic matrix.

    Donny Hanjaya-Putra;Vivek Bose;Yu I. Shen;Jane Yee

  • Biomimetic approach to cardiac tissue engineering

    M Radisic;H Park;S Gerecht;C Cannizzaro

  • Acellular and cellular approaches to improve diabetic wound healing.

    Hongkwan Cho;Michael R. Blatchley;Elia J. Duh;Sharon Gerecht

  • Enhancement of In Vitro Capillary Tube Formation by Substrate Nanotopography.

    Christopher J. Bettinger;Zhitong Zhang;Sharon Gerecht;Jeffrey T. Borenstein

  • Derivation and maturation of synthetic and contractile vascular smooth muscle cells from human pluripotent stem cells

    Maureen Wanjare;Sharon Gerecht

  • Engineered Biopolymeric Scaffolds for Chronic Wound Healing.

    Laura E. Dickinson;Sharon Gerecht

  • Functional neovascularization of biodegradable dextran hydrogels with multiple angiogenic growth factors.

    Guoming Sun;Yu I. Shen;Sravanti Kusuma;Karen Fox-Talbot

  • To Serve and Protect: Hydrogels to Improve Stem Cell-Based Therapies

    Jason A. Burdick;Robert L. Mauck;Sharon Gerecht

  • A physical sciences network characterization of non-tumorigenic and metastatic cells

    David B. Agus;Jenolyn F. Alexander;Wadih Arap;Shashanka Ashili

  • Review: in vitro microvessel models

    Max I. Bogorad;Jackson DeStefano;Johan Karlsson;Andrew D. Wong

  • Hypoxia-inducible hydrogels

    Kyung Min Park;Sharon Gerecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Columbia University
Jason A. Burdick
Jason A. Burdick University of Colorado Boulder
Hai-Quan Mao
Hai-Quan Mao Johns Hopkins University
Linzhao Cheng
Linzhao Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lino Ferreira
Lino Ferreira University of Coimbra
M. Celeste Simon
M. Celeste Simon University of Pennsylvania
Peter C. Searson
Peter C. Searson Johns Hopkins University
Charles Steenbergen
Charles Steenbergen Johns Hopkins University
Christopher J. Bettinger
Christopher J. Bettinger Carnegie Mellon University

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