Dr Christoph Meinert is a Senior Research Fellow at Metro North Hospital and Health Service (MNHHS) and Co-Founder & Managing Director of Gelomics Pty Ltd.
Christoph holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biotechnology from the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany and completed his PhD in Bioengineering/Regenerative Medicine at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in 2017. For his PhD thesis, Christoph received the QUT Outstanding Thesis Award (top 5% at QUT) and the Signato Foundation Medal for Research Excellence. Following the completion of his PhD, Christoph joined the research team led by Distinguished Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher as Postdoctoral Research Fellow where he performed interdisciplinary research in the fields of tissue engineering, additive biomanufacturing, cell biology, biomaterials, polymer chemistry, and mechanical engineering.
Christoph's current research at the Herston Biofabrication Institute (MNHHS) utilises state-of-the-art additive (bio-)manufacturing technologies to develop novel medical devices and tissue-engineered implants for endovascular and vascular applications.
Christoph received over AUD $5 Million in competitive research funding as Chief Investigator, AUD $100,000 start-up funding for research commercialisation, and over 15 awards and scholarships for research excellence since 2017. Christoph translated his research into multiple commercially available products and is also a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Gelomics Pty Ltd, a Brisbane-based Biotechnology company offering advanced 3D cell culture technologies for biomedical research and drug development.
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Kb9uLwAAAAJ&hl=en
Journal Article: Increased matrix stiffness suppresses ATP-induced sustained Ca2+ influx in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells
So, Choon Leng, Meinert, Christoph, Xia, Qing, Robitaille, Mélanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J and Monteith, Gregory R (2022). Increased matrix stiffness suppresses ATP-induced sustained Ca2+ influx in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Cell Calcium, 104 102569, 102569. doi: 10.1016/j.ceca.2022.102569
Journal Article: In vitro and in vivo investigation of a zonal microstructured scaffold for osteochondral defect repair
Steele, Joseph A.M., Moore, Axel C., St-Pierre, Jean-Philippe, McCullen, Seth D., Gormley, Adam J., Horgan, Conor C., Black, Cameron RM., Meinert, Christoph, Klein, Travis, Saifzadeh, Siamak, Steck, Roland, Ren, Jiongyu, Woodruff, Maria A. and Stevens, Molly M. (2022). In vitro and in vivo investigation of a zonal microstructured scaffold for osteochondral defect repair. Biomaterials, 286 121548, 121548. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121548
Journal Article: Biofabrication of small diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts
Weekes, Angus, Bartnikowski, Nicole, Pinto, Nigel, Jenkins, Jason, Meinert, Christoph and Klein, Travis J. (2022). Biofabrication of small diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts. Acta Biomaterialia, 138, 92-111. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.11.012
Soft robotic catheters for minimally invasive surgery
(2022–2026) Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Development of Soft Robotic Catheters for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Doctor Philosophy
Meinert, Christoph, Theodoropoulos, Christina, Klein, Travis J., Hutmacher, Dietmar W. and Loessner, Daniela (2018). A method for prostate and breast cancer cell spheroid cultures using gelatin methacryloyl-based hydrogels. Prostate cancer. (pp. 175-194) edited by Zoran Culig. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7845-8_10
6.7 Synovial joints: Mechanobiology and tissue engineering of articular cartilage and synovial fluid
Raleigh, A. R., McCarty, W.J., Chen, A. C., Meinert, C., Klein, T. J. and Sah, R. L. (2017). 6.7 Synovial joints: Mechanobiology and tissue engineering of articular cartilage and synovial fluid. Comprehensive Biomaterials II. (pp. 107-134) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.09304-8
So, Choon Leng, Meinert, Christoph, Xia, Qing, Robitaille, Mélanie, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J and Monteith, Gregory R (2022). Increased matrix stiffness suppresses ATP-induced sustained Ca2+ influx in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Cell Calcium, 104 102569, 102569. doi: 10.1016/j.ceca.2022.102569
Steele, Joseph A.M., Moore, Axel C., St-Pierre, Jean-Philippe, McCullen, Seth D., Gormley, Adam J., Horgan, Conor C., Black, Cameron RM., Meinert, Christoph, Klein, Travis, Saifzadeh, Siamak, Steck, Roland, Ren, Jiongyu, Woodruff, Maria A. and Stevens, Molly M. (2022). In vitro and in vivo investigation of a zonal microstructured scaffold for osteochondral defect repair. Biomaterials, 286 121548, 121548. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121548
Biofabrication of small diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts
Weekes, Angus, Bartnikowski, Nicole, Pinto, Nigel, Jenkins, Jason, Meinert, Christoph and Klein, Travis J. (2022). Biofabrication of small diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts. Acta Biomaterialia, 138, 92-111. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.11.012
Gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels for the localized delivery of Cefazolin
Vigata, Margaux, O’Connell, Cathal D., Cometta, Silvia, Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Meinert, Christoph and Bock, Nathalie (2021). Gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels for the localized delivery of Cefazolin. Polymers, 13 (22) 3960. doi: 10.3390/polym13223960
Reye, Gina, Huang, Xuan, Britt, Kara L., Meinert, Christoph, Blick, Tony, Xu, Yannan, Momot, Konstantin I., Lloyd, Thomas, Northey, Jason J., Thompson, Erik W. and Hugo, Honor J. (2021). RASSF1A suppression as a potential regulator of mechano-pathobiology associated with mammographic density in BRCA mutation Carriers. Cancers, 13 (13) 3251, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/cancers13133251
Vigata, Margaux, Meinert, Christoph, Bock, Nathalie, Dargaville, Bronwin L. and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2021). Deciphering the molecular mechanism of water interaction with gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels: role of ionic strength, pH, drug loading and hydrogel network characteristics. Biomedicines, 9 (5), 574. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9050574
Eggert, Sebastian, Gutbrod, Martin S., Liebsch, Gregor, Meier, Robert, Meinert, Christoph and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2021). Automated 3D microphysiometry facilitates high-content and highly reproducible oxygen measurements within 3D cell culture models. ACS Sensors, 6 (3) acssensors.0c02551, 1248-1260. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.0c02551
Landgraf, Marietta, Lahr, Christoph A., Sanchez-Herrero, Alvaro, Meinert, Christoph, Shokoohmand, Ali, Pollock, Pamela M., Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Shafiee, Abbas and McGovern, Jacqui A. (2020). Correction: Humanized bone facilitates prostate cancer metastasis and recapitulates therapeutic effects of Zoledronic acid in vivo. Bone Research, 8 (1) 17, 17. doi: 10.1038/s41413-020-0092-5
Hydrogels as drug delivery systems: A review of current characterization and evaluation techniques
Vigata, Margaux, Meinert, Christoph, Hutmacher, Dietmar W. and Bock, Nathalie (2020). Hydrogels as drug delivery systems: A review of current characterization and evaluation techniques. Pharmaceutics, 12 (12) 1188, 1-45. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12121188
OpenWorkstation: A modular open-source technology for automated in vitro workflows
Eggert, Sebastian, Mieszczanek, Pawel, Meinert, Christoph and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2020). OpenWorkstation: A modular open-source technology for automated in vitro workflows. HardwareX, 8 e00152, e00152. doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00152
Gelatin Methacryloyl Hydrogels Control the Localized Delivery of Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel
Vigata, Margaux, Meinert, Christoph, Pahoff, Stephen, Bock, Nathalie and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2020). Gelatin Methacryloyl Hydrogels Control the Localized Delivery of Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel. Polymers, 12 (2), 501. doi: 10.3390/polym12020501
Yang, Xin, Mohseni, Mina, Bas, Onur, Meinert, Christoph, New, Elizabeth J. and Castro, Nathan J. (2020). Type II Photoinitiator and Tuneable Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Based Materials Library for Visible Light Photolithography. Tissue Engineering Part A, 26 (5-6), 292-304. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2019.0282
Landgraf, Marietta, Lahr, Christoph A., Sanchez-Herrero, Alvaro, Meinert, Christoph, Shokoohmand, Ali, Pollock, Pamela M., Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Shafiee, Abbas and McGovern, Jacqui A. (2019). Humanized bone facilitates prostate cancer metastasis and recapitulates therapeutic effects of zoledronic acid in vivo. Bone Research, 7 (1) 31, 31. doi: 10.1038/s41413-019-0072-9
Gopal, Sahana, Chiappini, Ciro, Armstrong, James P. K., Chen, Qu, Serio, Andrea, Hsu, Chia-Chen, Meinert, Christoph, Klein, Travis J., Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Rothery, Stephen and Stevens, Molly M. (2019). Immunogold FIB-SEM: combining volumetric ultrastructure visualization with 3D biomolecular analysis to dissect cell-environment interactions. Advanced Materials, 31 (32), 1-8. doi: 10.1002/adma.201900488
Pahoff, Stephen, Meinert, Christoph, Bas, Onur, Nguyen, Long, Klein, Travis J. and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2019). Effect of gelatin source and photoinitiator type on chondrocyte redifferentiation in gelatin methacryloyl-based tissue-engineered cartilage constructs. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7 (10), 1761-1772. doi: 10.1039/c8tb02607f
Optimization of 3D bioprinting of periodontal ligament cells
Thattaruparambil Raveendran, Nimal, Vaquette, Cédryck, Meinert, Christoph, Samuel Ipe, Deepak and Ivanovski, Saso (2019). Optimization of 3D bioprinting of periodontal ligament cells. Dental Materials, 35 (12), 1683-1694. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2019.08.114
Targeting insulin-like growth factor-I and extracellular matrix interactions in melanoma progression
Murekatete, Berline, Shokoohmand, Ali, McGovern, Jacqui, Mohanty, Lipsa, Meinert, Christoph, Hollier, Brett G., Zippelius, Alfred, Upton, Zee and Kashyap, Abhishek S. (2018). Targeting insulin-like growth factor-I and extracellular matrix interactions in melanoma progression. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 583. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-19073-4
McGovern, Jacqui A., Shafiee, Abbas, Wagner, Ferdinand, Lahr, Christoph A., Landgraf, Marietta, Meinert, Christoph, Williams, Elizabeth D., Russell, Pamela J., Clements, Judith A., Loessner, Daniela, Holzapfel, Boris M., Risbridger, Gail P. and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2018). Humanization of the prostate microenvironment reduces homing of PC3 prostate cancer cells to human tissue-engineered bone. Cancers, 10 (11) 438, 438. doi: 10.3390/cancers10110438
Engineering Anisotropic Muscle Tissue using Acoustic Cell Patterning
Armstrong, James P. K., Puetzer, Jennifer L., Serio, Andrea, Guex, Anne Geraldine, Kapnisi, Michaella, Breant, Alexandre, Zong, Yifan, Assal, Valentine, Skaalure, Stacey C., King, Oisin, Murty, Tara, Meinert, Christoph, Franklin, Amanda C., Bassindale, Philip G., Nichols, Madeleine K., Terracciano, Cesare M., Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Drinkwater, Bruce W., Klein, Travis J., Perriman, Adam W. and Stevens, Molly M. (2018). Engineering Anisotropic Muscle Tissue using Acoustic Cell Patterning. Advanced Materials, 30 (43), 1802649. doi: 10.1002/adma.201802649
Bas, Onur, Lucarotti, Sara, Angella, Davide D., Castro, Nathan J., Meinert, Christoph, Wunner, Felix M., Rank, Ernst, Vozzi, Giovanni, Klein, Travis J., Catelas, Isabelle, De-Juan-Pardo, Elena M. and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2018). Rational design and fabrication of multiphasic soft network composites for tissue engineering articular cartilage: a numerical model-based approach. Chemical Engineering Journal, 340, 15-23. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.01.020
Shafiee, Abbas, McGovern, Jacqui A., Lahr, Christoph A., Meinert, Christoph, Moi, Davide, Wagner, Ferdinand, Landgraf, Marietta, De-Juan-Pardo, Elena, Mazzieri, Roberta and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2018). Immune system augmentation via humanization using stem/progenitor cells and bioengineering in a breast cancer model study. International Journal of Cancer, 143 (6), 1470-1482. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31528
Meinert, Christoph, Schrobback, Karsten, Hutmacher, Dietmar W. and Klein, Travis J. (2017). A novel bioreactor system for biaxial mechanical loading enhances the properties of tissue-engineered human cartilage. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 16997, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16523-x
Biofabricated soft network composites for cartilage tissue engineering
Bas, Onur, De-Juan-Pardo, Elena M., Meinert, Christoph, D'Angella, Davide, Baldwin, Jeremy G., Bray, Laura J., Wellard, R. Mark, Kollmannsberger, Stefan, Rank, Ernst, Werner, Carsten, Klein, Travis J., Catelas, Isabelle and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2017). Biofabricated soft network composites for cartilage tissue engineering. Biofabrication, 9 (2). doi: 10.1088/1758-5090/aa6b15
Current developments in multifunctional smart materials for 3D/4D bioprinting
Castro, Nathan J., Meinert, Christoph, Levett, Peter and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2017). Current developments in multifunctional smart materials for 3D/4D bioprinting. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, 2, 67-75. doi: 10.1016/j.cobme.2017.04.002
McGovern, J. A., Meinert, C., de Veer, S. J., Hollier, B. G., Parker, T. J. and Upton, Z. (2017). Attenuated kallikrein-related peptidase activity disrupts desquamation and leads to stratum corneum thickening in human skin equivalent models. British Journal of Dermatology, 176 (1), 145-158. doi: 10.1111/bjd.14879
Loessner, Daniela, Meinert, Christoph, Kaemmerer, Elke, Martine, Laure C., Yue, Kan, Levett, Peter A., Klein, Travis J., Melchels, Ferry P. W., Khademhosseini, Ali and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2016). Functionalization, preparation and use of cell-laden gelatin methacryloyl-based hydrogels as modular tissue culture platforms. Hepatitis Monthly, 11 (4), 727-746. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2016.037
Jeon, June E., Schrobback, Karsten, Meinert, Christoph, Sramek, Viviana, Hutmacher, Dietmar W. and Klein, Travis J. (2013). Effect of Preculture and Loading on Expression of Matrix Molecules, Matrix Metalloproteinases, and Cytokines by Expanded Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 65 (9), 2356-2367. doi: 10.1002/art.38049
Tailoring hydrogel surface properties to modulate cellular response to shear loading
Meinert, Christoph, Schrobback, Karsten, Levett, Peter A., Lutton, Cameron, Sah, Robert L. and Klein, Travis J. (2017). Tailoring hydrogel surface properties to modulate cellular response to shear loading. 9th European Elastin Meeting (EEM), Stuttgart, Germany, 17-19 June 2016. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.10.011
Soft robotic catheters for minimally invasive surgery
(2022–2026) Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Development of Soft Robotic Catheters for Minimally Invasive Surgery
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