Mechanical and biochemical mapping of human auricular cartilage for reliable assessment of tissue-engineered constructs

Luc Nimeskern; Mieke M Pleumeekers; Duncan J Pawson; Wendy LM Koevoet; Iina Lehtoviita; Michael B Soyka; Christof Roeoesli; David Holzmann; Gerjo JVM van Osch; Ralph Mueller; Kathryn S Stok

Journal article

Mechanical and biochemical mapping of human auricular cartilage for reliable assessment of tissue-engineered constructs

Luc Nimeskern, Mieke M Pleumeekers, Duncan J Pawson, Wendy LM Koevoet, Iina Lehtoviita, Michael B Soyka, Christof Roeoesli, David Holzmann, Gerjo JVM van Osch, Ralph Mueller, Kathryn S Stok

Journal of Biomechanics | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.05.019

University of Melbourne Researchers

Kathryn Stok Author Biomedical Engineering

Grants

Awarded by Swiss National Science Foundation

Awarded by ERA-NET/EuroNanoMed

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the donors and their families who enabled this research, and Dr. GJ. Kleinrensink, Y. van Steinvoort and B.J. Korstanje (Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Dr. Nicole Rotter (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany) for their assistance in obtaining human donor tissue. This study was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (NRP63) and ERA-NET/EuroNanoMed (EAREG-406340-131009/1).