As a biomedical microtechnologist, I am passionate about integrating promising upcoming micromaterials and (micro)technologies into the fields of medical biology, cell-based therapies and clinical diagnostics. After my PhD in Tissue Engineering at University of Twente, I performed postdocs at KU Leuven and Harvard-MIT, where I became subgroup leader, after which I accepted a Tenure track position at University of Twente. I have a Visible research track, strong expertise and experimental background in: I) tissue engineering, II) microfluidic technology, III) organs-on-a-chip, IV) (stem) cell biology; and V) biomimetic biomaterials. This has led to numerous papers in high-ranked journals including Cell Stem Cell, Nature Communications, Small, Advanced Functional Materials, and PNAS. I have had the honour to have been awarded with Veni, Vidi, and ERC Starting grants as well as multiple early career and presentation awards.  

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Expertise

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    • Cartilage
    • Cells
    • Mesenchymal Stem Cell
    • Chondrocyte
    • Tissues
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Differentiation
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

    • Stem Cell

Organisations

Publications

2024

Covalent On-Cell Conjugation of Biomaterials Through Oxidative Phenolic Coupling Regulates Stem Cell Fate via Intracellular Biophysical Programming (2024)Advanced functional materials (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Johnbosco, C., Becker, M., Willemen, N., Meteling, M., Govindaraj, K., Kamperman, T. & Leijten, J.https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202418963High-Throughput Single-Cell Analysis of Local Nascent Protein Deposition in 3D Microenvironments via Extracellular Protein Identification Cytometry (EPIC) (2024)Advanced materials. Article 2415981 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Meteling, M., Johnbosco, C., Wolfel, A., Conceição, F., Govindaraj, K., Teixeira, L. M. & Leijten, J.https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202415981Upscaling Osteoclast Generation by Enhancing Macrophage Aggregation Using Hollow Microgels (2024)Small, 20(46). Article 2403272. Husch, J. F. A., Araújo-Gomes, N., Willemen, N. G. A., Cofiño-Fabrés, C., van Creij, N., Passier, R., Leijten, J. & van den Beucken, J. J. J. P.https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202403272Synergistic effect of Hypoxic Conditioning and Cell-Tethering Colloidal Gels enhanced Productivity of MSC Paracrine Factors and Accelerated Vessel Regeneration (2024)Advanced materials. Article 2408488 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Lee, M. C., Lee, J. S., Kim, S., Jamaiyar, A., Wu, W., Gonzalez, M. L., Durán, T. C. A., Madrigal-Salazar, A. D., Bassous, N., Carvalho, V., Choi, C., Kim, D. S., Seo, J. W., Rodrigues, N., Teixeira, S. F. C. F., Alkhateeb, A. F., Soto, J. A. L., Hussain, M. A., Leijten, J., … Shin, S. R.https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408488Microfluidic Generation of Thin-Shelled Polyethylene Glycol-Tyramine Microgels for Non-Invasive Delivery of Immunoprotected β-Cells (2024)Advanced healthcare materials, 13(25). Article 2301552. Araújo-Gomes, N., Zoetebier-Liszka, B., van Loo, B., Becker, M., Nijhuis, S., Smink, A. M., de Haan, B. J., de Vos, P., Karperien, M. & Leijten, J.https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202301552Injectable Self-Oxygenating Cardio-Protective and Tissue Adhesive Silk-Based Hydrogel for Alleviating Ischemia After Mi Injury (2024)Small, 20(32). Article 2312261. Hassan, S., Rezaei, Z., Luna, E., Yilmaz-Aykut, D., Lee, M. C., Perea, A. M., Jamaiyar, A., Bassous, N., Hirano, M., Tourk, F. M., Choi, C., Becker, M., Yazdi, I., Fan, K., Avila-Ramirez, A. E., Ge, D., Abdi, R., Fisch, S., Leijten, J., … Shin, S. R.https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202312261Photoannealing of Microtissues Creates High-Density Capillary Network Containing Living Matter in a Volumetric-Independent Manner (2024)Advanced materials, 36(28). Article 2308949. Schot, M., Becker, M., Paggi, C. A., Gomes, F., Koch, T., Gensheimer, T., Johnbosco, C., Nogueira, L. P., van der Meer, A., Carlson, A., Haugen, H. & Leijten, J.https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202308949Engineering Synthetic Erythrocytes as Next-Generation Blood Substitutes (2024)Advanced functional materials, 34(28). Article 2315879. Gomes, F. L., Jeong, S. H., Shin, S. R., Leijten, J. & Jonkheijm, P.https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202315879Towards single-cell bioprinting: micropatterning tools for organ-on-chip development (2024)Trends in biotechnology, 42(6), 739-759. Bosmans, C., Ginés Rodriguez, N., Karperien, M., Malda, J., Moreira Teixeira, L., Levato, R. & Leijten, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.11.014An oxygenating colloidal bioink for the engineering of biomimetic tissue constructs (2024)Bio-Design and Manufacturing, 7(3), 240-261. Jeong, S. H., Hiemstra, J., Blokzijl, P. V., Damian-Ferrara, R., dos Santos, D. M., da Fonseca, J. H. L., Kang, M. H., Kim, J., Yilmaz-Aykut, D., Cham-Pérez, M. L. L., Leijten, J. & Shin, S. R.https://doi.org/10.1007/s42242-024-00281-7

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