Professor John Whitelock

Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
 

Related Website: http://www.gsbme.unsw.edu.au/ProfilePerson.cfm?id=27

Expertise by Technology/Scientific Area:
- Biomaterial synthesis, degradation, toxicology, biocompatability
- Scaffold architecture, fabrication, characterisation
- Developmental biology related to regenerative medicine
- Cell culture, cell manipulation
- Cell-biomaterial surface interactions
- Mechanotransduction, topographical cues
- Maintenance of phenotype in 3D scaffolds
- Molecular signalling, including growth factors
- Gene transfection
- Vasculogenesis & angiogenesis
- Inflammation
- Imaging & diagnosis of relevant disease states

Clinical areas:
- Musculoskeletal disease and conditions (Osteoarthritis; Cartilage injury; Orthopaedics)
- Cardiovascular diseases (Vascular diseases)
- Dermatology/Epithelial (Wound Healing)