Traian Chirila
  1. Current research activities

    2. The three major projects in my department that are relevant to tissue engineering include:

    I. Non-biodegradable scaffolds for artificial cornea
    II. Novel one-step process for the production of biodegradable porous scaffolds
    III. Molecular mechanism of calcification of polymer implants

  2. Keywords

    3. polymers, biomaterials, polymer scaffolds for TE, biocompatibility, ocular implants, polymer matrix for sustained release of drugs.

  3. End-user applications

    • Improved ocular implants
    • Simpler ways to produce porous scaffolds

  4. Key publications

    5. I. T.V.Chirila et al. Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) sponges as implant materials: in vivo and in vitro evaluation of cellular invasion. Biomaterials, 14(1): 26-38, 1993
    II. T.V.Chirila et al. Interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) as a permanent between the elements of a new type of artificial cornea. J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 28(6): 745-753, 1994
    III. T.V.Chirila. Modern artificial corneas: the use of porous polymers. Trends Polym. Sci., 2(9): 296-300, 1994
    IV. T.V.Chirila et al. Artificial cornea. Prog. Polym. Sci.,_23(3): 447-473, 1998
    V. G.W.Plant, T.V.Chirila, A.R.Harvey. Implantation of collagen IV/poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels containing Schwann cells into the lesioned rat optic tract. Cell Transplantation, 7(4): 381-391, 1998

  5. Outreach activities

    6. Member in organizing committees of 98 Workshop on Tissue Engineering, Tianjin, China, 1998; The First international Conference on Medical Implants, Bethesda, USA, 2003.

    Lectures presented at:
    The 2nd Cottesloe Beach Symposium: Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Perth, Australia, 2002 (“Non-biodegradable polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering”).

    Bioscience Frontiers for the Real World 2002 Conference: Frontiers in Tissue Engineering,

    Brisbane, Australia, 2002 (“Biointegration of non-biodegradable matrix: the artificial cornea story”).

  6. Key organisation membership

    7. Australian tissue engineering interest groups (STEAM)
    Australian Society for Biomaterials

  7. Early career researcher?

    8. No.

  8. Young investigator?

    9. No.

  9. Skills and expertise

    • polymer synthesis
    • evaluation of biomaterials

  10. Specialist equipment and infrastructure

    • Fully equipped laboratories for organic and polymer synthesis
    • Rheometer
    • Fully equipped tissue culture laboratory
    • Microscopy and histopathology facilities

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