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A Thermoresponsive and Magnetic Colloid for 3D Cell Expansion and Reconfiguration (2014)
Journal Article
Saunders, B. R., Gould, T., Saeed, A. O., Francini, N., White, L., Dixon, J. E., …Shakesheff, K. M. (2015). A Thermoresponsive and Magnetic Colloid for 3D Cell Expansion and Reconfiguration. Advanced Materials, 27(4), 662-668. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201403626

A dual thermoresponsive and magnetic colloidal gel matrix is described for enhanced stem-cell culture. The combined properties of the material allow enzyme-free passaging and expansion of mesenchymal stem cells, as well as isolation of cells postcult... Read More about A Thermoresponsive and Magnetic Colloid for 3D Cell Expansion and Reconfiguration.

Transient Accumulation of 5-Carboxylcytosine Indicates Involvement of Active Demethylation in Lineage Specification of Neural Stem Cells (2014)
Journal Article
Wheldon, L. M., Abakir, A., Ferjentsik, Z., Dudnakova, T., Strohbuecker, S., Christie, D., …Ruzov, A. (2014). Transient Accumulation of 5-Carboxylcytosine Indicates Involvement of Active Demethylation in Lineage Specification of Neural Stem Cells. Cell Reports, 7(5), 1353-1361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.05.003

5-Methylcytosine (5mC) is an epigenetic modification involved in regulation of gene activity during differentiation. Tet dioxygenases oxidize 5mC to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5-formylcytosine (5fC), and 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC). Both 5fC and 5... Read More about Transient Accumulation of 5-Carboxylcytosine Indicates Involvement of Active Demethylation in Lineage Specification of Neural Stem Cells.

A novel technique for the production of electrospun scaffolds with tailored three-dimensional micro-patterns employing additive manufacturing (2014)
Journal Article
Rogers, C. M., Morris, G. E., Gould, T. W., Bail, R., Toumpaniari, S., Harrington, H., …Rose, F. R. A. J. (2014). A novel technique for the production of electrospun scaffolds with tailored three-dimensional micro-patterns employing additive manufacturing. Biofabrication, 6(3), 035003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5082/6/3/035003

Electrospinning is a common technique used to fabricate fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. There is now growing interest in assessing the ability of collector plate design to influence the patterning of the fibres during the elect... Read More about A novel technique for the production of electrospun scaffolds with tailored three-dimensional micro-patterns employing additive manufacturing.

Combined hydrogels that switch human pluripotent stem cells from self-renewal to differentiation (2014)
Journal Article
Dixon, J. E., Shah, D. A., Rogers, C., Hall, S., Weston, N., Parmenter, C. D., …Shakesheff, K. M. (2014). Combined hydrogels that switch human pluripotent stem cells from self-renewal to differentiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(15), 5580-5585. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319685111

The ability of materials to define the architecture and microenvironment experienced by cells provides new opportunities to direct the fate of human pluripotent stem cells (HPSCs) [Robinton DA, Daley GQ (2012) Nature 481(7381):295-305]. However, the... Read More about Combined hydrogels that switch human pluripotent stem cells from self-renewal to differentiation.