By Professor Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina

Book Chapters

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Daamen WF; Orbanić D; Rodríguez-Cabello JC; Weiss AS, 2017, '2.18 Elastin biopolymers', in Comprehensive Biomaterials II, pp. 412 - 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.10187-0

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Daamen WF; Orbanić D; Rodríguez-Cabello JC; Weiss AS, 2017, 'Elastin Biopolymers', in Comprehensive Biomaterials II, Elsevier, pp. 412 - 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.10187-0

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Weiss AS, 2013, 'The Role of Elastin in Wound Healing and Dermal Substitute Design', in Kamolz L-P; Lumenta DB (ed.), Dermal Replacements in General, Burn, and Plastic Surgery, Springer Science & Business, pp. 57 - 66

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Daamen, WF ; Pierna, M ; Rodriguez-Cabello, JC ; Weiss, AS , 2011, 'Elastin Biopolymers', in Ducheyne P; Healy K; Hutmacher DE; Grainger DW; Kirkpatrick CJ (ed.), Comprehensive Biomaterials, Elsevier

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Daamen WF; Pierna M; Rodríguez-Cabello JC; Weiss AS, 2011, 'Elastin Biopolymers', in Comprehensive Biomaterials, Elsevier, pp. 329 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-055294-1.00071-4

Journal articles

Haghighattalab M; Maraldo A; Karimi F; Farbehi N; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2026, 'Evaluating Flow-Focused Microfluidic Device Fabrication Techniques for Silk Fibroin Microgel Production', Advanced Materials Technologies, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202501402

Giaretta J; Xie X; Spoa S; Tran HA; Farajikhah S; Talebian S; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Dehghani F, 2026, 'The Effect of Silk on the Stabilization of Labile Enzyme Lipoxygenase', Advanced Nanobiomed Research, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202500182

Och Z; Srethbhakdi L; Jalandhra GK; Tung PKM; Jouhkdar H; Jungst T; Lim KS; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2026, 'Photocrosslinked Silk Fibroin Cryogels for Engineering Complex Multilayered Materials', Advanced Functional Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202511830

Tran HA; Maraldo A; Nguyen CC; Ho TTP; Srethbhakdi L; Joukhdar H; van Hilst Q; Farajikhah S; Dehghani F; Do TN; Lim KS; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2026, 'Calcium Imparts Advanced Functionalities to Silk Hydrogels for Biofabrication and Biomedical Innovation', Advanced Functional Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202508572

Hsu CWR; Tran HA; Lau K; Li Y; Ho MH; Zhang YS; Farrugia BL; Wise SG; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Serra T; De-Juan-Pardo EM; Jansen SJ; Lim KS, 2026, 'Clinically Unmet Needs of Conventional Diabetic Foot Ulcer Dressings', ACS Materials Letters, 8, pp. 2 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c00971

Davies J; Nicotra E; Zhu K; Nguyen CC; Sharma B; Ji A; Phan PT; Wan J; Pruscino P; Truong H; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Phan HP; Hayward C; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2026, 'A Soft Robotic Model for Simulating Heart Valve Disease and Cardiac Interventions', Advanced Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202516667

Longoni A; Major GS; Arnold S; Tomkins S; Spessot E; Loeffler S; Lau K; Tan R; Harte J; Kemp R; Reynolds T; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Hooper GJ; Woodfield TBF; Kieser DC; Lim KS, 2026, 'Characterization of an Injectable Poly(vinyl alcohol)-gelatin Hydrogel for Growth Factor Delivery in an Orthopedic Application', Advanced Healthcare Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202504224

Tran HA; Maraldo A; Nguyen CC; Ho TT; Srethbhakdi L; Joukhdar H; van Hilst Q; Farajikhah S; Dehghani F; Do TN; Lim KS; Rnjak‐Kovacina J, 2026, 'Calcium Imparts Advanced Functionalities to Silk Hydrogels for Biofabrication and Biomedical Innovation (Adv. Funct. Mater. 7/2026)', Advanced Functional Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.73607

Farbehi N; Alinejad-Rokny H; Chtanova T; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2025, 'Spatial and single-cell transcriptomics unravel the complex interplay between the body and medical implants', Cell Biomaterials, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celbio.2025.100099

Jalandhra GK; Srethbhakdi L; Davies J; Nguyen CC; Phan PT; Och Z; Ashok A; Lim KS; Phan HP; Do TN; Lovell NH; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2025, 'Materials Advances in Devices for Heart Disease Interventions', Advanced Materials, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202420114

van Hilst QVC; Doan VK; Soliman BG; Li Y; Wang Y; Liu S; Lau K; Joukhdar H; He Q; Hsu CW; Xu C; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Woodfield TBF; Crowley JD; Lim KS, 2025, 'The Potential of Ruthenium(II) Tris-Bidentate Complexes as Multifunctional Photo-Initiators', Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mame.202400458

Nguyen CC; Davies J; Ashok A; Hoang TT; Ehteda A; Dang TB; Nicotra E; Tran HA; Sharma B; Zhu K; Phan PT; Ji A; Wan J; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Vittorio O; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'Motor-Free Soft Robots for Cancer Detection, Surgery, and In Situ Bioprinting', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202404623

Jiang S; Zhang A; Akhavan B; Whitelock J; Bilek MM; Wise SG; Lord MS; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2025, 'Biofunctionalization of electrospun silk scaffolds with perlecan for vascular tissue engineering', Biomaterials Science, 13, pp. 3598 - 3616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5bm00364d

Tran HA; Maraldo A; Ho TTP; Thai MT; van Hilst Q; Joukhdar H; Kordanovski M; Sahoo JK; Hartsuk O; Santos M; Wise SG; Kaplan DL; Do TN; Kilian KA; Lim KS; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2025, 'Probing the Interplay of Protein Self-Assembly and Covalent Bond Formation in Photo-Crosslinked Silk Fibroin Hydrogels', Small, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202407923

Major GS; Joukhdar H; Choi YS; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Wise SG; Ju LA; Cox TR; Xu C; Yeo GC; Young JL; Lim KS, 2025, 'Photochemistry as a tool for dynamic modulation of hydrogel mechanics', Cell Reports Physical Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2024.102366

Nguyen CC; Davies J; Ashok A; Hoang TT; Ehteda A; Dang TB; Nicotra E; Tran HA; Sharma B; Zhu K; Phan PT; Ji A; Wan J; Rnjak‐Kovacina J; Vittorio O; Phan H; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'Motor‐Free Soft Robots for Cancer Detection, Surgery, and In Situ Bioprinting (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 14/2025)', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202570083

Tran HA; Maraldo A; Ho TT; Thai MT; van Hilst Q; Joukhdar H; Kordanovski M; Sahoo JK; Hartsuk O; Santos M; Wise SG; Kaplan DL; Do TN; Kilian KA; Lim KS; Rnjak‐Kovacina J, 2025, 'Probing the Interplay of Protein Self‐Assembly and Covalent Bond Formation in Photo‐Crosslinked Silk Fibroin Hydrogels (Small 16/2025)', Small, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202570127

Braxton T; Lim K; Alcala-Orozco C; Joukhdar H; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Iqbal N; Woodfield T; Wood D; Brockett C; Yang XB, 2024, 'Mechanical and Physical Characterization of a Biphasic 3D Printed Silk-Infilled Scaffold for Osteochondral Tissue Engineering', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 10, pp. 7606 - 7618, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c01865

Santos M; Michael PL; Mitchell TC; Lam YT; Robinson TM; Moore MJ; Tan RP; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lim KS; Wise SG, 2024, 'On-Demand Bioactivation of Inert Materials With Plasma-Polymerized Nanoparticles', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202311313

Jiang S; Yang N; Tan RP; Moh ESX; Fu L; Packer NH; Whitelock JM; Wise SG; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lord MS, 2024, 'Tuning Recombinant Perlecan Domain V to Regulate Angiogenic Growth Factors and Enhance Endothelialization of Electrospun Silk Vascular Grafts', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202400855

Karimi F; Farbehi N; Ziaee F; Lau K; Monfared M; Kordanovski M; Joukhdar H; Molly TG; Nordon R; Kilian KA; Stenzel MH; Lim KS; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2024, 'Photocrosslinked Silk Fibroin Microgel Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202313354

Vuong TNAM; Bartolf-Kopp M; Andelovic K; Jungst T; Farbehi N; Wise SG; Hayward C; Stevens MC; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2024, 'Integrating Computational and Biological Hemodynamic Approaches to Improve Modeling of Atherosclerotic Arteries', Advanced Science, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202307627

Major GS; Doan VK; Longoni A; Bilek MMM; Wise SG; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Yeo GC; Lim KS, 2024, 'Mapping the microcarrier design pathway to modernise clinical mesenchymal stromal cell expansion', Trends in Biotechnology, 42, pp. 859 - 876, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.01.001

Vettori L; Tran HA; Mahmodi H; Filipe EC; Wyllie K; Liu Chung Ming C; Cox TR; Tipper J; Kabakova IV; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Gentile C, 2024, 'Silk fibroin increases the elasticity of alginate-gelatin hydrogels and regulates cardiac cell contractile function in cardiac bioinks', Biofabrication, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/ad4f1b

Maraldo A; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Marquis C, 2024, 'Tyrosine – a structural glue for hierarchical protein assembly', Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 49, pp. 633 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2024.03.014

Longoni A; Arnold S; Major GS; Jiang A; Wise LM; Hooper GJ; Kieser D; Woodfield TBF; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lim KS, 2024, 'GELATIN AND VEGF INCORPORATION IN PVA-TYRAMINE HYDROGELS AS A STRATEGY TO ENHANCE VASCULAR INFILTRATION AND TREAT AVASCULAR NECROSIS', Orthopaedic Proceedings, 106-B, pp. 15 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/1358-992x.2024.8.015

Ho TTP; Tran HA; Doan VK; Maitz J; Li Z; Wise SG; Lim KS; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2024, 'Natural Polymer-Based Materials for Wound Healing Applications', Advanced Nanobiomed Research, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202300131

Major G; Ahn M; Cho WW; Santos M; Wise J; Phillips E; Wise SG; Jang J; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Woodfield T; Lim KS, 2024, 'Programming temporal stiffness cues within extracellular matrix hydrogels for modelling cancer niches', Materials Today Bio, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2024.101004

Jiang S; Wise SG; Kovacic JC; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lord MS, 2024, 'Biomaterials containing extracellular matrix molecules as biomimetic next-generation vascular grafts', Trends in Biotechnology, 42, pp. 369 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.09.009

Ho MH; van Hilst Q; Cui X; Ramaswamy Y; Woodfield T; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Wise SG; Lim KS, 2024, 'From Adhesion to Detachment: Strategies to Design Tissue-Adhesive Hydrogels', Advanced Nanobiomed Research, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202300090

Ho MH; van Hilst Q; Cui X; Ramaswamy Y; Woodfield T; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Wise SG; Lim KS, 2024, 'From Adhesion to Detachment: Strategies to Design Tissue-Adhesive Hydrogels', ADVANCED NANOBIOMED RESEARCH, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202470021

Santos M; Michael PL; Mitchell TC; Lam YT; Robinson TM; Moore MJ; Tan RP; Rnjak‐Kovacina J; Lim KS; Wise SG, 2024, 'On‐Demand Bioactivation of Inert Materials With Plasma‐Polymerized Nanoparticles (Adv. Mater. 38/2024)', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202470308

Karimi F; Farbehi N; Ziaee F; Lau K; Monfared M; Kordanovski M; Joukhdar H; Molly TG; Nordon R; Kilian KA; Stenzel MH; Lim KS; Rnjak‐Kovacina J, 2024, 'Photocrosslinked Silk Fibroin Microgel Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications (Adv. Funct. Mater. 29/2024)', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202470158

Longoni A; Major GS; Jiang S; Farrugia BL; Kieser DC; Woodfield TBF; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lim KS, 2023, 'Pristine gelatin incorporation as a strategy to enhance the biofunctionality of poly(vinyl alcohol)-based hydrogels for tissue engineering applications', Biomaterials Science, 12, pp. 134 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3bm01172k

Kim HN; Elgundi Z; Lin X; Fu L; Tang F; Moh ESX; Jung MS; Chandrasekar K; Bartlett-Tomasetig F; Foster C; Packer NH; Whitelock JM; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lord MS, 2023, 'Engineered short forms of perlecan enhance angiogenesis by potentiating growth factor signalling', Journal of Controlled Release, 362, pp. 184 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.08.052

Grant AJ; Yang N; Moore MJ; Lam YT; Michael PL; Chan AHP; Santos M; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Tan RP; Wise SG, 2023, 'Selective NLRP3 Inflammasome Inhibitor MCC950 Suppresses Inflammation and Facilitates Healing in Vascular Materials', Advanced Science, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202300521

Moore MJ; Lam YT; Santos M; Tan RP; Yang N; Hung J; Li Z; Kilian KA; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Pitts JB; Menzel H; Wise SG, 2023, 'Evaluation of the Immune Response to Chitosan-graft-poly(caprolactone) Biopolymer Scaffolds', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 9, pp. 3320 - 3334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00553

Lau K; Fu L; Zhang A; Akhavan B; Whitelock J; Bilek MM; Lord MS; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2023, 'Recombinant perlecan domain V covalently immobilized on silk biomaterials via plasma immersion ion implantation supports the formation of functional endothelium', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 111, pp. 825 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.37525

Tran HA; Hoang TT; Maraldo A; Do TN; Kaplan DL; Lim KS; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2023, 'Emerging silk fibroin materials and their applications: New functionality arising from innovations in silk crosslinking', Materials Today, 65, pp. 244 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2023.03.027

Thai MT; Phan PT; Tran HA; Nguyen CC; Hoang TT; Davies J; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2023, 'Advanced Soft Robotic System for In Situ 3D Bioprinting and Endoscopic Surgery', Advanced Science, 10, pp. 2205656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202205656

Joukhdar H; Och Z; Tran H; Heu C; Vasquez GM; Sultana N; Stevens M; Dokos S; Lim KS; Lord MS; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2023, 'Imparting Multi-Scalar Architectural Control into Silk Materials Using a Simple Multi-Functional Ice-Templating Fabrication Platform', Advanced Materials Technologies, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202201642

Molley TG; Jiang S; Ong L; Kopecky C; Ranaweera CD; Jalandhra GK; Milton L; Kardia E; Zhou Z; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Waters SA; Toh YC; Kilian KA, 2023, 'Gas-modulating microcapsules for spatiotemporal control of hypoxia', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, pp. e2217557120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217557120

Soliman BG; Longoni A; Wang M; Li W; Bernal PN; Cianciosi A; Lindberg GCJ; Malda J; Groll J; Jungst T; Levato R; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Woodfield TBF; Zhang YS; Lim KS, 2023, 'Programming Delayed Dissolution Into Sacrificial Bioinks For Dynamic Temporal Control of Architecture within 3D-Bioprinted Constructs', Advanced Functional Materials, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202210521

Soliman BG; Longoni A; Wang M; Li W; Bernal PN; Cianciosi A; Lindberg GCJ; Malda J; Groll J; Jungst T; Levato R; Rnjak‐Kovacina J; Woodfield TBF; Zhang YS; Lim KS, 2023, 'Programming Delayed Dissolution Into Sacrificial Bioinks For Dynamic Temporal Control of Architecture within 3D‐Bioprinted Constructs (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2023)', Advanced Functional Materials, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202370047

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Choi YS; Lim KS, 2022, 'Biofabrication Applications', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202202934

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