Alberto Saiani

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Professor of Molecular Materials

The University of Manchester

United Kingdom

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Alberto Saiani is a Professor of Molecular Materials at the University of Manchester, UK. His research focuses on the development and application of self-assembling peptide hydrogels, with recent articles exploring topics such as hydrogel design for cancer modeling, bone defect reconstruction, and the thermal properties of nanocomposites. He is particularly interested in the interactions and mechanics of peptide networks and their potential for various biomedical applications.

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Acellular / Smart Materials - 3D Architecture: UK RMP Hub

Open Date: 2018-04-15

Close Date: 2023-04-14

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Developing a technological platform based on the fundamental understanding of peptide self-assembly for the design of novel biomaterials

Open Date: 2013-07-31

Close Date: 2018-07-30

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Self assembling peptide hydrogels for human stem cell culture

Open Date: 2012-03-31

Close Date: 2013-08-30

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A confocal system for biomaterials and tissue engineering

Open Date: 2008-10-28

Close Date: 2009-10-27

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Rationally designed self assembled peptide scaffolds for tissue regeneration

Open Date: 2006-04-26

Close Date: 2009-11-26

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Aravind Vijayaraghavan

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Modelling Cancer Pathophysiology: Mechanisms and Changes in the Extracellular Matrix During Cancer Initiation and Early Tumour Growth

Effect of C-Terminal Residue on the Phase Behavior and Properties of β-Sheet Forming Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogels

Hydrogel “Affinity Trap” for microRNAs with a Self-Assembling Fluorescent “Split-Probe” to Monitor Their Expression and Degradation

Tenascin-c functionalised self-assembling peptide hydrogels for critical-sized bone defect reconstruction

Sizes effect of the graphene nanoplatelets on the thermal, and tensile properties of the segmented thermoplastics polyurethane nanocomposites

Effects of fiber spatial distribution and relative orientation on the percolation and mechanics of stochastic fiber networks: A model of peptide hydrogels

Investigating the co-assembly of amphipathic peptides

RGD‐functionalised self‐assembling peptide hydrogel induces a proliferative profile in human osteoblasts in vitro

Toward Water-Resistant, Tunable Perovskite Absorbers Using Peptide Hydrogel Additives

Effect of Peptide–Polymer Host–Guest Electrostatic Interactions on Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogels Structural and Mechanical Properties and Polymer Diffusivity

Citric acid is more effective than sodium thiosulfate in chelating calcium in a dissolution model of calcinosis

Controlling Doxorubicin Release from a Peptide Hydrogel through Fine-Tuning of Drug–Peptide Fiber Interactions

Advancing Our Understanding of the Chronically Denervated Schwann Cell: A Potential Therapeutic Target?

Hydrogels from the Assembly of SAA/Elastin-Inspired Peptides Reveal Non-Canonical Nanotopologies

Thermal, Mechanical, and Morphological Characterisations of Graphene Nanoplatelet/Graphene Oxide/High-Hard-Segment Polyurethane Nanocomposite: A Comparative Study

Acidic and basic self-assembling peptide and peptide-graphene oxide hydrogels: characterisation and effect on encapsulated nucleus pulposus cells

Substrate Stiffness-Driven Membrane Tension Modulates Vesicular Trafficking via Caveolin-1

Analysis of the Foaming Window for Thermoplastic Polyurethane with Different Hard Segment Contents

Neutrally charged self-assembling peptide hydrogel recapitulates in vitro mechanisms of breast cancer progression

Self-Assembling Polypeptide Hydrogels as a Platform to Recapitulate the Tumor Microenvironment

TGF-β3-loaded graphene oxide - self-assembling peptide hybrid hydrogels as functional 3D scaffolds for the regeneration of the nucleus pulposus

Collaborators (16)

Aravind Vijayaraghavan

Jonathan Anthony Williams

Mohamed Elsawy

Aline Saiani

Adam Reid

Xuzhao Liu

Aleksandr Mironov

Brigida Bochicchio

Nigel Hodson

Richard E. P. Winpenny

Fernando Villafañe

Armando Del Rio Hernandez

Wendy Flavell

Luis Larrea Murillo

Andrew Thomas

Antonio LAEZZA

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