Kapsa, Robert M. I.

Research Areas

0299 - OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Research Overview

Professor Robert Kapsa is a molecular and cell biologist who has worked extensively on the development of autologous cell-based regenerative solutions for diseased and damaged nerve and muscle tissue. Evolving from these challenging interests, Prof. Kapsa has developed concurrent activities in Gene Therapy, Adult Stem Cell Biology and Biomaterials Development & Application, largely focused on repair of muscle in the mdx model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and other models of muscle deficiency, as well as on repair and regeneration of nerve tissues.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	A simple technique for development of fibres with programmable microsphere concentration gradients for local protein delivery Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 7 Pages 556 - 565 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2019	Fabrication of a Biocompatible Liquid Crystal Graphene Oxide–Gold Nanorods Electro- and Photoactive Interface for Cell Stimulation Published In Advanced Healthcare Materials Volume 8 Pages 1801321-1 - 1801321- ISSN 2192-2659 Altmetric
2019	Lubricin on Platinum Electrodes: A Low-Impedance Protein-Resistant Surface Towards Biomedical Implantation Published In ChemElectroChem Volume 6 Pages 1939 - 1943 ISSN 2196-0216 Altmetric
2019	Optimising the biocompatibility of 3D printed photopolymer constructs in vitro and in vivo Published In Biomedical Materials Volume 14 Pages 035007-1 - 035007-12 ISSN 1748-6041 Altmetric
2019	Strategies for neural control of prosthetic limbs: From electrode interfacing to 3D printing Published In Materials Volume 12 Pages 1927-1 - 1927-14 ISSN 1996-1944 Altmetric
2018	Engineering skeletal muscle - from two to three dimensions Published In Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Volume 12 Pages e1 - e6 ISSN 1932-6254 Altmetric
2018	Tailoring the mechanical properties of gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels through manipulation of the photocrosslinking conditions Published In Soft Matter Volume 14 Pages 2142 - 2151 ISSN 1744-6848 Altmetric
2018	Three-dimensional neural cultures produce networks that mimic native brain activity Published In Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Volume 12 Pages 490 - 493 ISSN 1932-6254 Altmetric
2017	Electrical stimulation using conductive polymer polypyrrole counters reduced neurite outgrowth of primary prefrontal cortical neurons from NRG1-KO and DISC1-LI mice Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 42525 -1 - 42525 -8 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	Handheld Co-Axial Bioprinting: Application to in situ surgical cartilage repair Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 5837-1 - 5837-12 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	In vivo biocompatibility of porous and non-porous polypyrrole based trilayered actuators Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Volume 28 Pages 172-1 - 172-10 ISSN 0957-4530 Altmetric
2016	Cell compatible encapsulation of filaments into 3D hydrogels Published In Biofabrication Volume 8 Pages 025013-1 - 025013-13 ISSN 1758-5082 Altmetric
2016	Combination of agrin and laminin increase acetylcholine receptor clustering and enhance functional neuromuscular junction formation in vitro Published In Developmental Neurobiology Volume 76 Pages 551 - 565 ISSN 1932-846X Altmetric
2016	Conductive composite fibres from reduced graphene oxide and polypyrrole nanoparticles Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 4 Pages 1142 - 1149 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2016	Correlation of impedance and effective electrode area of dextran sulfate doped PEDOT modified electrodes Published In Journal of Electrochemical Society Volume 163 Pages H534 - H540 ISSN 1945-7111 Altmetric
2016	Development of the Biopen: a handheld device for surgical printing of adipose stem cells at a chondral wound site Published In Biofabrication Volume 8 Pages 015019-1 - 015019-13 ISSN 1758-5082 Altmetric
2016	Effective area and charge density of dextran sulphate doped PEDOT modified electrodes Published In Synthetic Metals Volume 220 Pages 394 - 401 ISSN 0379-6779 Altmetric
2016	Functional 3D neural mini-tissues from printed gel-based bioink and human neural stem cells Published In Advanced Healthcare Materials Volume 5 Pages 1429 - 1438 ISSN 2192-2659 Altmetric
2016	Preparation, characterization and in vitro evaluation of electrically conducting poly(ε-caprolactone)-based nanocomposite scaffolds using PC12 cells Published In Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A Volume 104 Pages 853 - 865 ISSN 1549-3296 Altmetric
2016	Use of conducting polymers to facilitate neurite branching in schizophrenia-related neuronal development Published In Biomaterials Science Volume 4 Pages 1244 - 1251 ISSN 2047-4849 Altmetric
2015	Can the wet - State conductivity of hydrogels be improved by incorporation of spherical conducting nanoparticles? Published In MRS Online Proceedings Volume 1717 Pages 1 - 6 Altmetric
2015	Correlation of the impedance and effective electrode area of doped PEDOT modified electrodes for brain-machine interfaces Published In The Analyst Volume 140 Pages 3164 - 3174 ISSN 1364-5528 Altmetric
2015	Electrical stimulation using conductive polymer polypyrrole promotes differentiation of human neural stem cells: a biocompatible platform for translational neural tissue engineering Published In Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods Volume 21 Pages 385 - 393 ISSN 1937-3384 Altmetric
2015	From nanoparticles to fibres: effect of dispersion composition on fibre properties Published In Journal of Nanoparticle Research Volume 17 Pages 237-1 - 237-11 ISSN 1388-0764 Altmetric
2015	Influence of biopolymer loading on the physiochemical and electrochemical properties of inherently conducting polymer biomaterials Published In Synthetic Metals Volume 200 Pages 40 - 47 ISSN 0379-6779 Altmetric
2015	Is a ‘last chance’ treatment possible after an irreversible brain intervention? Published In AJOB Neuroscience Volume 6 Page p. W1
2014	Automated quantification of neurite outgrowth orientation distributions on patterned surfaces Published In Journal of Neural Engineering Volume 11 Pages 1 - 13 ISSN 1741-2552 Altmetric
2014	Controlling brain cells with light: ethical considerations for optogenetic clinical trials Published In American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience Volume 5 Pages 3 - 11 ISSN 2150-7759 Altmetric
2014	Influence of biodopants on PEDOT biomaterial polymers: using QCM-D to characterize polymer interactions with proteins and living cells Published In Advanced Materials Interfaces Volume 1 Pages 1300122-1 - 1300122-12 Altmetric
2014	Optical and electrochemical methods for determining the effective area and charge density of conducting polymer modified electrodes for neural stimulation Published In Analytical Chemistry Volume 87 Pages 738 - 746 ISSN 0003-2700 Altmetric
2014	Recent advances in nerve tissue engineering Published In International Journal of Artificial Organs Volume 37 Pages 277 - 291 ISSN 0261-989X Altmetric
2013	Bio-ink properties and printability for extrusion printing living cells Published In Journal of Biomaterials Science: Polymer Edition Volume 1 Pages 763 - 773 ISSN 0920-5063 Altmetric
2013	Bionic materials for neuromuscular restoration and maintenance Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 15 Pages 324 - 324 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2013	Conducting polymer coated neural recording electrodes Published In Journal of Neural Engineering Volume 10 Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 1741-2552 Altmetric
2013	Engineering a multimodal nerve conduit for repair of injured peripheral nerve Published In Journal of Neural Engineering Volume 10 Pages 1 - 17 ISSN 1741-2552 Altmetric
2013	In vitro growth and differentiation of primary myoblasts on thiophene based conducting polymers Published In Biomaterials Science Volume 1 Pages 983 - 995 ISSN 2047-4849 Altmetric
2013	Peptide nucleic acids for selective inhibition of cells containing the Mdx dystrophin locus Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 15 Pages 311 - 340 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2012	Efficacy testing as a primary purpose of phase 1 clinical trials: is it applicable to first-in-human bionics and optogenetics trials? Published In American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience Volume 3 Pages 20 - 22 ISSN 2150-7759 Altmetric
2012	Electrical stimulation of myoblast proliferation and differentiation on aligned nanostructured conductive polymer platforms Published In Advanced Healthcare Materials Volume 1 Pages 801 - 808 ISSN 2192-2659 Altmetric
2012	Fibronectin and bovine serum albumin adsorption and conformational dynamics on inherently conducting polymers: A QCM-D study Published In Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids Volume 28 Pages 8433 - 8445 ISSN 0743-7463 Altmetric
2012	Inhibition of smooth muscle cell adhesion and proliferation on heparin-doped polypyrrole Published In Acta Biomaterialia Volume 8 Pages 194 - 200 ISSN 1742-7061 Altmetric
2012	Organic bionics: a new dimension in neural communications Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 22 Pages 2003 - 2014 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2011	Microstructured hybrid conducting polymer platforms for skeletal muscle Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 13 Pages 429 - 430 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2011	Molecular systems for improving gene mutation correction in muscle disease Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 13 Pages 437 - 438 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2011	Nanostructured conducting polymer scaffolds for skeletal muscle growth Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 13 Pages 439 - 440 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2010	Creating Conductive Structures for Cell Growth: Growth and alignment of Myogenic cell types on polythiophenes. Published In Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A Volume 95A Pages 256 - 268 ISSN 1549-3296 Altmetric
2009	A conducting-polymer platform with biodegradable fibers for stimulation and guidance of axonal growth Published In Advanced Materials Volume 21 Pages 4393 - 4397 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2009	Development of hybrid systems for cell-mediated muscle regeneration: advanced electromaterials and wet-spun biodegradable fibers Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 11 Pages 847 - 847 ISSN 1099-498X
2009	Sca-1 and c-kit and muscle remodelling by non-hemopoietic cone marrow cells Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 11 Pages 856 - 856 ISSN 1099-498X
2009	Skeletal muscle cell proliferation and differentiation on polypyrrole substrates doped with extracellular matrix components Published In Biomaterials Volume 30 Pages 5292 - 5304 ISSN 0142-9612 Altmetric
2009	Targeted corrective gene conversion (TCGC): Molecular systems for improved correction of gene mutations in muscle Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 11 Pages 856 - 856 Altmetric
2009	Wet-spun biodegradable fibers on conducting platforms: novel architectures for muscle regeneration Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 19 Pages 3381 - 3388 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2007	The effect of polypyrrole with incorporated neurotrophin-3 on the promotion of neurite outgrowth from auditory neurons Published In Biomaterials Volume 28 Pages 513 - 523 ISSN 0142-9612 Altmetric

Book

Year	Title
2012	Organic Bionics Publisher Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2013	Incorporating biodopants into PEDOT conducting polymers: impact of biodopant on polymer properties and biocompatibility Published In MRS Proceedings, 1569 Pages 225 - 230 Altmetric
2013	Living fibres: 3D hydrogel fibres for tissue engineering Published In Fiber Society Spring Technical Conference Pages 252 - 253
2013	Precision wet-spinning of cell-impregnated alginate fibres for tissue engineering Published In Fiber Society Spring Technical Conference Pages 246 - 247
2011	Cellsnake: A new active contour technique for cell/fibre segmentation Published In 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2011 Pages 2153 - 2156 Altmetric
2011	Nanostructured conducting polymer-carbon nanotube scaffolds for skeletal muscle engineering Published In 24th European Conference on Biomaterials - Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018 - 2020	Ultra-low fouling electrodes Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2018	Electrophysiology Facility for Cell Phenotyping and Drug Discovery Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2014 - 2017	Application of intelligent conducting polymers for treating schizophrenia and allied disorders focusing on neuronal outgrowth, myelination and synaptogenesis Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2014	Biopolymer Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Repair Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2010	Advanced Materials for Stents Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2010	Advanced polymer systems for the delivery of anti-epileptic drugs to the CNS Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2010	Multimodal Woven BioPolymer Fibre Conduits for Remodelling Damaged Peripheral Nerve Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2010	Three dimensional polymer structures for bionic applications Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Super Science Fellowship
2009	Polymers for skeletal muscle Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2008	Functionalised nanostructured polythiophenes: novel platforms for bionics Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
	ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Centres of Excellence

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Biofabrication of Three-Dimensional Neural Tissue Constructs from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells	Barsby, Tom
Doctor of Philosophy	Design of an Integrated Multi-Well Cell Culture System for Functional Tissue Constructs.	Shekibi, Bijan
Doctor of Philosophy	Modelling Schizophrenia Using 3D Neural Tissues	Guerrieri-Cortesi, Kyle
Doctor of Philosophy	Electrode Systems for Controlled-Phenotype Cell Propagation	Dennaoui, Jessair

Education And Training

B.Sc., Monash University, Hons, First Class
Ph.D. in Medicine, University of Melbourne

Research Areas

0299 - OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Research Overview

Professor Robert Kapsa is a molecular and cell biologist who has worked extensively on the development of autologous cell-based regenerative solutions for diseased and damaged nerve and muscle tissue. Evolving from these challenging interests, Prof. Kapsa has developed concurrent activities in Gene Therapy, Adult Stem Cell Biology and Biomaterials Development & Application, largely focused on repair of muscle in the mdx model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and other models of muscle deficiency, as well as on repair and regeneration of nerve tissues.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	A simple technique for development of fibres with programmable microsphere concentration gradients for local protein delivery Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 7 Pages 556 - 565 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2019	Fabrication of a Biocompatible Liquid Crystal Graphene Oxide–Gold Nanorods Electro- and Photoactive Interface for Cell Stimulation Published In Advanced Healthcare Materials Volume 8 Pages 1801321-1 - 1801321- ISSN 2192-2659 Altmetric
2019	Lubricin on Platinum Electrodes: A Low-Impedance Protein-Resistant Surface Towards Biomedical Implantation Published In ChemElectroChem Volume 6 Pages 1939 - 1943 ISSN 2196-0216 Altmetric
2019	Optimising the biocompatibility of 3D printed photopolymer constructs in vitro and in vivo Published In Biomedical Materials Volume 14 Pages 035007-1 - 035007-12 ISSN 1748-6041 Altmetric
2019	Strategies for neural control of prosthetic limbs: From electrode interfacing to 3D printing Published In Materials Volume 12 Pages 1927-1 - 1927-14 ISSN 1996-1944 Altmetric
2018	Engineering skeletal muscle - from two to three dimensions Published In Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Volume 12 Pages e1 - e6 ISSN 1932-6254 Altmetric
2018	Tailoring the mechanical properties of gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels through manipulation of the photocrosslinking conditions Published In Soft Matter Volume 14 Pages 2142 - 2151 ISSN 1744-6848 Altmetric
2018	Three-dimensional neural cultures produce networks that mimic native brain activity Published In Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Volume 12 Pages 490 - 493 ISSN 1932-6254 Altmetric
2017	Electrical stimulation using conductive polymer polypyrrole counters reduced neurite outgrowth of primary prefrontal cortical neurons from NRG1-KO and DISC1-LI mice Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 42525 -1 - 42525 -8 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	Handheld Co-Axial Bioprinting: Application to in situ surgical cartilage repair Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 5837-1 - 5837-12 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	In vivo biocompatibility of porous and non-porous polypyrrole based trilayered actuators Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Volume 28 Pages 172-1 - 172-10 ISSN 0957-4530 Altmetric
2016	Cell compatible encapsulation of filaments into 3D hydrogels Published In Biofabrication Volume 8 Pages 025013-1 - 025013-13 ISSN 1758-5082 Altmetric
2016	Combination of agrin and laminin increase acetylcholine receptor clustering and enhance functional neuromuscular junction formation in vitro Published In Developmental Neurobiology Volume 76 Pages 551 - 565 ISSN 1932-846X Altmetric
2016	Conductive composite fibres from reduced graphene oxide and polypyrrole nanoparticles Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 4 Pages 1142 - 1149 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2016	Correlation of impedance and effective electrode area of dextran sulfate doped PEDOT modified electrodes Published In Journal of Electrochemical Society Volume 163 Pages H534 - H540 ISSN 1945-7111 Altmetric
2016	Development of the Biopen: a handheld device for surgical printing of adipose stem cells at a chondral wound site Published In Biofabrication Volume 8 Pages 015019-1 - 015019-13 ISSN 1758-5082 Altmetric
2016	Effective area and charge density of dextran sulphate doped PEDOT modified electrodes Published In Synthetic Metals Volume 220 Pages 394 - 401 ISSN 0379-6779 Altmetric
2016	Functional 3D neural mini-tissues from printed gel-based bioink and human neural stem cells Published In Advanced Healthcare Materials Volume 5 Pages 1429 - 1438 ISSN 2192-2659 Altmetric
2016	Preparation, characterization and in vitro evaluation of electrically conducting poly(ε-caprolactone)-based nanocomposite scaffolds using PC12 cells Published In Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A Volume 104 Pages 853 - 865 ISSN 1549-3296 Altmetric
2016	Use of conducting polymers to facilitate neurite branching in schizophrenia-related neuronal development Published In Biomaterials Science Volume 4 Pages 1244 - 1251 ISSN 2047-4849 Altmetric
2015	Can the wet - State conductivity of hydrogels be improved by incorporation of spherical conducting nanoparticles? Published In MRS Online Proceedings Volume 1717 Pages 1 - 6 Altmetric
2015	Correlation of the impedance and effective electrode area of doped PEDOT modified electrodes for brain-machine interfaces Published In The Analyst Volume 140 Pages 3164 - 3174 ISSN 1364-5528 Altmetric
2015	Electrical stimulation using conductive polymer polypyrrole promotes differentiation of human neural stem cells: a biocompatible platform for translational neural tissue engineering Published In Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods Volume 21 Pages 385 - 393 ISSN 1937-3384 Altmetric
2015	From nanoparticles to fibres: effect of dispersion composition on fibre properties Published In Journal of Nanoparticle Research Volume 17 Pages 237-1 - 237-11 ISSN 1388-0764 Altmetric
2015	Influence of biopolymer loading on the physiochemical and electrochemical properties of inherently conducting polymer biomaterials Published In Synthetic Metals Volume 200 Pages 40 - 47 ISSN 0379-6779 Altmetric
2015	Is a ‘last chance’ treatment possible after an irreversible brain intervention? Published In AJOB Neuroscience Volume 6 Page p. W1
2014	Automated quantification of neurite outgrowth orientation distributions on patterned surfaces Published In Journal of Neural Engineering Volume 11 Pages 1 - 13 ISSN 1741-2552 Altmetric
2014	Controlling brain cells with light: ethical considerations for optogenetic clinical trials Published In American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience Volume 5 Pages 3 - 11 ISSN 2150-7759 Altmetric
2014	Influence of biodopants on PEDOT biomaterial polymers: using QCM-D to characterize polymer interactions with proteins and living cells Published In Advanced Materials Interfaces Volume 1 Pages 1300122-1 - 1300122-12 Altmetric
2014	Optical and electrochemical methods for determining the effective area and charge density of conducting polymer modified electrodes for neural stimulation Published In Analytical Chemistry Volume 87 Pages 738 - 746 ISSN 0003-2700 Altmetric
2014	Recent advances in nerve tissue engineering Published In International Journal of Artificial Organs Volume 37 Pages 277 - 291 ISSN 0261-989X Altmetric
2013	Bio-ink properties and printability for extrusion printing living cells Published In Journal of Biomaterials Science: Polymer Edition Volume 1 Pages 763 - 773 ISSN 0920-5063 Altmetric
2013	Bionic materials for neuromuscular restoration and maintenance Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 15 Pages 324 - 324 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2013	Conducting polymer coated neural recording electrodes Published In Journal of Neural Engineering Volume 10 Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 1741-2552 Altmetric
2013	Engineering a multimodal nerve conduit for repair of injured peripheral nerve Published In Journal of Neural Engineering Volume 10 Pages 1 - 17 ISSN 1741-2552 Altmetric
2013	In vitro growth and differentiation of primary myoblasts on thiophene based conducting polymers Published In Biomaterials Science Volume 1 Pages 983 - 995 ISSN 2047-4849 Altmetric
2013	Peptide nucleic acids for selective inhibition of cells containing the Mdx dystrophin locus Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 15 Pages 311 - 340 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2012	Efficacy testing as a primary purpose of phase 1 clinical trials: is it applicable to first-in-human bionics and optogenetics trials? Published In American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience Volume 3 Pages 20 - 22 ISSN 2150-7759 Altmetric
2012	Electrical stimulation of myoblast proliferation and differentiation on aligned nanostructured conductive polymer platforms Published In Advanced Healthcare Materials Volume 1 Pages 801 - 808 ISSN 2192-2659 Altmetric
2012	Fibronectin and bovine serum albumin adsorption and conformational dynamics on inherently conducting polymers: A QCM-D study Published In Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids Volume 28 Pages 8433 - 8445 ISSN 0743-7463 Altmetric
2012	Inhibition of smooth muscle cell adhesion and proliferation on heparin-doped polypyrrole Published In Acta Biomaterialia Volume 8 Pages 194 - 200 ISSN 1742-7061 Altmetric
2012	Organic bionics: a new dimension in neural communications Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 22 Pages 2003 - 2014 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2011	Microstructured hybrid conducting polymer platforms for skeletal muscle Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 13 Pages 429 - 430 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2011	Molecular systems for improving gene mutation correction in muscle disease Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 13 Pages 437 - 438 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2011	Nanostructured conducting polymer scaffolds for skeletal muscle growth Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 13 Pages 439 - 440 ISSN 1099-498X Altmetric
2010	Creating Conductive Structures for Cell Growth: Growth and alignment of Myogenic cell types on polythiophenes. Published In Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A Volume 95A Pages 256 - 268 ISSN 1549-3296 Altmetric
2009	A conducting-polymer platform with biodegradable fibers for stimulation and guidance of axonal growth Published In Advanced Materials Volume 21 Pages 4393 - 4397 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2009	Development of hybrid systems for cell-mediated muscle regeneration: advanced electromaterials and wet-spun biodegradable fibers Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 11 Pages 847 - 847 ISSN 1099-498X
2009	Sca-1 and c-kit and muscle remodelling by non-hemopoietic cone marrow cells Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 11 Pages 856 - 856 ISSN 1099-498X
2009	Skeletal muscle cell proliferation and differentiation on polypyrrole substrates doped with extracellular matrix components Published In Biomaterials Volume 30 Pages 5292 - 5304 ISSN 0142-9612 Altmetric
2009	Targeted corrective gene conversion (TCGC): Molecular systems for improved correction of gene mutations in muscle Published In Journal of Gene Medicine Volume 11 Pages 856 - 856 Altmetric
2009	Wet-spun biodegradable fibers on conducting platforms: novel architectures for muscle regeneration Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 19 Pages 3381 - 3388 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2007	The effect of polypyrrole with incorporated neurotrophin-3 on the promotion of neurite outgrowth from auditory neurons Published In Biomaterials Volume 28 Pages 513 - 523 ISSN 0142-9612 Altmetric

Book

Year	Title
2012	Organic Bionics Publisher Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2013	Incorporating biodopants into PEDOT conducting polymers: impact of biodopant on polymer properties and biocompatibility Published In MRS Proceedings, 1569 Pages 225 - 230 Altmetric
2013	Living fibres: 3D hydrogel fibres for tissue engineering Published In Fiber Society Spring Technical Conference Pages 252 - 253
2013	Precision wet-spinning of cell-impregnated alginate fibres for tissue engineering Published In Fiber Society Spring Technical Conference Pages 246 - 247
2011	Cellsnake: A new active contour technique for cell/fibre segmentation Published In 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2011 Pages 2153 - 2156 Altmetric
2011	Nanostructured conducting polymer-carbon nanotube scaffolds for skeletal muscle engineering Published In 24th European Conference on Biomaterials - Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018 - 2020	Ultra-low fouling electrodes Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2018	Electrophysiology Facility for Cell Phenotyping and Drug Discovery Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2014 - 2017	Application of intelligent conducting polymers for treating schizophrenia and allied disorders focusing on neuronal outgrowth, myelination and synaptogenesis Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2014	Biopolymer Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Repair Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2010	Advanced Materials for Stents Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2010	Advanced polymer systems for the delivery of anti-epileptic drugs to the CNS Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2010	Multimodal Woven BioPolymer Fibre Conduits for Remodelling Damaged Peripheral Nerve Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2010	Three dimensional polymer structures for bionic applications Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Super Science Fellowship
2009	Polymers for skeletal muscle Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2008	Functionalised nanostructured polythiophenes: novel platforms for bionics Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
	ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Centres of Excellence

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Biofabrication of Three-Dimensional Neural Tissue Constructs from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells	Barsby, Tom
Doctor of Philosophy	Design of an Integrated Multi-Well Cell Culture System for Functional Tissue Constructs.	Shekibi, Bijan
Doctor of Philosophy	Modelling Schizophrenia Using 3D Neural Tissues	Guerrieri-Cortesi, Kyle
Doctor of Philosophy	Electrode Systems for Controlled-Phenotype Cell Propagation	Dennaoui, Jessair

Education And Training

B.Sc., Monash University, Hons, First Class
Ph.D. in Medicine, University of Melbourne

Kapsa, Robert M. I. Professor

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Research Overview

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Selected Publications

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Education And Training

Overview

Research Areas

Research Overview

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Book

Conference Paper

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Education And Training

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