Erik Thompson
  1. Current research activities

    2. Extracellular matrix interactions, particularly hydrogels such as basement membrane matrigel; autologous tissue differentiation, cell matrix interactions; angiogenesis, vasculogenesis.

  2. Keywords

    3. Angiogenesis, extracellular matrix, adipogenesis, vasculogenesis, basement membrane

  3. End-user applications

    • Breast reconstruction
    • Tissue repair/regeneration
    • Diabetes

  4. Key publications

    5. I. Cassell, O.C.S., Morrison, W.A., Messina, A., Penington, A.J., Thompson, E.W., Stevens, G.W., Perera, J.M., Kleinman, H.K., Hurley, J.V., Romeo, R., and Knight, K.R. The influence of extracellular matrix on the generation of vascularized, engineered tissue, transplantable tissue. Ann NY Acad Sci. 944: 429-444, 2001.
    II. Angiogenesis in tissue engineered constructs. Mitchell G, Abberton KM, Lokmic Z, Messina A, Findlay M, Dolderer J, Keramidaris E, Stillaert F, Knight KR, Thompson EW, Morrison WA, Penington A. In: Progress in Microcirculation Research, Brock J (ed), Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, p 12. 2003 [ISSN 0726-0393]
    III. Generation of vascularized soft tissues using tissue engineering models. Knight KR, Messina A, Findlay M, Kelly J, Stillaert F, Dolderer J, Lokmic Z, Hakelius M, Fitzgerald A, Thompson EW, Abberton KM, Keramidaris E, Penington A, Mitchell G, Morrison WA In: Progress in Microcirculation Research, Brock J (ed), Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, p 60. 2003 [ISSN 0726-0393]
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  5. Outreach activities

    6. None as Yet.

  6. Key organisation membership

    7. Australian tissue engineering interest groups

  7. Early career researcher?

    8. No.

  8. Young investigator?

    9. No.

  9. Skills and expertise

    • Matrix biology
    • Microarray

  10. Specialist equipment and infrastructure

    • Arcturus (Stage I) PixCell II system for laser capture microdissection (LCM)
    • Fuji BAS 5000 (25 micron resolution) Phosphorimager (nylon filter arrays)
    • Perkin Elmer SDS 5700 "TaqMan" system for Real Time Quantitative RT-PCT
    • An Axon Fluorescent Scanner for fluorescent array scanning
    • Experimental Medicine & Surgery Unit (animal research facility)
  11. Contact Details 

    Associate Professor Erik Thompson
    Address: University of Melbourne Clinical Sciences Building,
    29 Regent St Fitzroy Victoria 3065
    Country: Australia
    Phone: +61 3 9288 2569
    Fax: +61 3 9288 2605
    Email: rik@medstv.unimelb.edu.au

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