Bastiaan Ippel successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled “Functional Supramolecular Additives”, on 24 September 2019. Papers featured in his thesis include Supramolecular antifouling additives for robust and efficient functionalization of elastomeric materials: molecular design matters, Introduction of nature´s complexity in engineered blood-compatible biomaterials and Cell and protein fouling properties of polymeric mixtures containing supramolecular poly(ethylene […]

Ronald van Gaal obtained his doctorate by successfully defending his PhD thesis, titled “Living kidney membranes based on supramolecular materials”, on 5 September 2019. Papers included in his thesis are Functional peptide presentation on different hydrogen bonding biomaterials using supramolecular additives, Renal epithelial monolayer formation on monomeric and polymeric catechol functionalized supramolecular biomaterials and Antimicrobial […]

Patricia Dankers received the Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award during a PMSE Symposium at the ACS in San Diego, August 2019. The prize was given to her by prof. Craig Hawker after a very interesting symposium. A summary about the award and article about this years winner Patricia dankers can be found on their […]

We are looking for talented postdoctoral researchers that have affinity with the development of materials for engineering kidney or heart tissues. You will work in the RegMedXB program which is a national initiative to create innovative materials solutions for regenerative medicine. We ask for a background in chemistry and/or (bio)materials science, with a large affinity […]

The research of Dan Jing Wu on temperature-responsive biomaterials that can contract and relax on their own was featured on Business News Radio (BNR) in their Science Today item. On these biomaterials cardiac cells can be cultured and stimulated through growth factors and other queues. The goal of this research is to in the end […]

Business News Radio (BNR) highlighted in their Science Today item our research on the development of a hydrogel which incapsulates anti-cancer drugs targeting peritoneal cancer. These gels are studied by Peter-Paul Fransen, who was interviewd by BNR, and Geert van Almen in collaboration with Maastricht UMC+ and Catarina Hospital Eindhoven, with sponsoring from KWF (Dutch […]

Matilde Putti successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled “Engineered Bioactive Supramolecular Materials Based on Ureido-Pyrimidinones”, on 18 June 2019. Papers featured in her thesis include A supramolecular platform for the introduction of Fc-fusion bioactive proteins on biomaterial surfaces and Influence of the assembly state on the functionality of a supramolecular jagged1-mimicking peptide additive