Allan Coombes
  1. Current research activities

    2. Development of microporous polymeric matrices, biocomposites and bioactive fibres for scaffold production.

  2. Keywords

    3. biomaterials, surface modification, advanced drug delivery, tissue engineering.

  3. End-user applications

    • Nerve regeneration
    • Skin substitutes
    • Angiogenesis

  4. Key publications

    5. I. MR Williamson, AGA Coombes. Gravity spinning of polycaprolactone fibres for applications in tissue engineering. Biomaterials, 25 (2004) 459-465
    II. AGA Coombes, E Verderio, B Shaw, X Li, M Griffin, S Downes. Biocomposites of non-crosslinked natural and synthetic polymers. Biomaterials. 23 (2002) 2113-2118
    III. AGA Coombes, SC Rizzi, M Williamson, JE Barralet, S Downes, WA Wallace. Precip[itation casting of polycaprolactone for applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery. Biomaterials In press.
    IV. AGA Coombes, JD Heckman. Gel casting of resorbable polymers. Biomaterials 13 (1992) 217-224.
    V. N-T Dai, MR Williamson, N Khammo, EF Adams, AGA Coombes.Composite cell support membranes based on collagen and polycaprolactone for tissue engineering of skin. Biomaterials In press.

  5. Outreach activities

    6. None as yet.

  6. Key organisation membership

    7. None as yet.

  7. Early career researcher?

    8. No.

  8. Young investigator?

    9. No.

  9. Skills and expertise

    • design, formulation and physico-chemical characterisation of drug delivery systems
    • biomaterials design, formulation and physico-chemical characterisation

  10. Specialist equipment and infrastructure

    • UNSW Electron microscopy (including AFM, and others),
    • surface characterization, mass spectrophmetry (via Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility),
    • membrane filtration (bench and pilot scale).

     

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