Prof. Dr.-Ing. Laura De Laporte
Laura De Laporte develops biohybrid and bioinspired materials for advanced medical applications, for example to replicate the complex structure of natural tissues. To achieve this, she is working on new synthetic material concepts and new methods of manufacture, combining engineering, chemistry and biology to design biomaterials that control and direct the interaction with cells. Her team designs low-invasive, polymeric regenerative hydrogel therapies, consisting of nano –and micron-scale building blocks that orient after injection to repair anisotropic tissues, such as the spinal cord. In addition, dynamic hydrogels are created for drug delivery and to study mechanobiology.
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Laura De Laporte studied chemical engineering at Ghent University (Belgium). She received her PhD from Northwestern University (Evanston, USA) in the group of Prof. Lonnie Shea, where she developed guided implants for nerve regeneration. At EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland), she researched regenerative hydrogels in the group of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell. From 2013 to 2018, Laura De Laporte led a junior research group at DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials in Aachen and was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council in 2015. In October 2017, she completed her habilitation at the Department of Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University. In 2018, she was one of five excellent female researchers who have received funding from the Leibniz Programme for female Professors and became an associate professor in the Chemistry Department with the teaching and research area Advanced Materials for Biomedicine. Since 2021, she is also part of the Institute for Applied Medical Engineering and affiliated to the University Hospital RWTH Aachen. In 2022, De Laporte received an ERC Consolidator Grant for the "Heartbeat" project. Since November 2024, she is head of the Chair of Macromolecular Materials for Medicine at RWTH Aachen University.
Selected professional functions, honors and awards
- Since 2021 Board of International Society of Biofabrication (ISBF)
- 2020-2021 Associated Editor ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- Since 2020 Editorial Advisory Board Advanced Healthcare Materials
- 2019 Steinhofer Lecture
- 2018 Young Investigator Award - Engineering Conferences International
- 2016 Max Buchner Research Foundation
- 2008–2009 Terminal Year Richter Fellowship, Northwestern University
- 2008 AIChE Women's Initiatives Committee Travel Award, USA
- 2006-2008 Conference Travel Grant, Northwestern University (annual)
- 2006 CGM Travel Fellowship Award, USA
- 2004–2005 International Doctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University
Publications
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Engineering the Acoustic Response and Drug Loading Capacity of PBCA-Based Polymeric Microbubbles with Surfactants
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00416 | Molecular Pharmaceutics | 2022 | |
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Enhanced Stable Cavitation and Nonlinear Acoustic Properties of Poly(Butyl Cyanoacrylate) Polymeric Microbubbles after Bioconjugation
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01021 | ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering | 2022 | |
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Fabrication of pH-Degradable Supramacromolecular Microgels with Tunable Size and Shape via Droplet-Based Microfluidics
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.02.065 | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 2022 | |
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Functionalized Microgel Rods Interlinked into Soft Macroporous Structures for 3D Cell Culture
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https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202103554 | Advanced Science | 2022 | |
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High Macromolecular Crowding in Liposomes from Microfluidics
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https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202201169 | Advanced Science | 2022 | |
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How do the Local Physical, Biochemical, and Mechanical Properties of an Injectable Synthetic Anisotropic Hydrogel Affect Oriented Nerve Growth?
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202202468 | Advanced Functional Materials | 2022 | |
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Interlinked Macroporous 3d Scaffolds from Microgel Rods
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https://doi.org/10.3791/64010 | Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments | 2022 | |
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Liposome Manufacturing under Continuous Flow Conditions: Towards a Fully Integrated Set-up with in-Line Control of Critical Quality Attributes
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https://doi.org/10.1039/D2LC00463A | Lab on a Chip | 2022 | |
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Pre-Programmed Rod-Shaped Microgels to Create Multi-Directional Anisogels for 3d Tissue Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202202430 | Advanced Functional Materials | 2022 | |
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Anisometric Microstructures to Determine Minimal Critical Physical Cues Required for Neurite Alignment
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202100874 | Advanced Healthcare Materials | 2021 | |
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Bicyclic RGD peptides enhance nerve growth in synthetic PEG-based Anisogels
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https://doi.org/10.1039/D0BM02051F | Biomaterials Science | 2021 | |
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Controlling Structure with Injectable Biomaterials to Better Mimic Tissue Heterogeneity and Anisotropy
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202002221 | Advanced Healthcare Materials | 2021 |
