Staff | Adolphe Merkle Institute | Université de Fribourg

Multilayer Dual-Porosity 3D Printed Scaffolds to Recreate the Anisotropic Microenvironment of the Hyaline Cartilage
Sandra Ramos-Díez, Luis Diaz-Gomez, Maria Paulis, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa
Materials Today Bio , 102280 (2025)

3d Soft Hydrogels Induce Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells “Deep” Quiescence
David Gomes, Timo Rademakers, Ana Fiilipa Lourenco Henriques, Andrea Roberto Calore, Clarissa Tomasina, Denis van Beurden, Jinjie Venema, Bryan Chömpff, Hong Liu, Nicole Bouvy, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Lorenzo Moroni
not found (2025)

Multilayer Dual-Porosity 3d Printed Scaffolds to Recreate the Anisotropic Microenvironment of the Hyaline Cartilage
Sandra Ramos-Díez, Luis Diaz-Gómez, María Paulis, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa
not found (2025)

A Proteomic Approach to Determine Stem Cell Skeletal Differentiation Signature on Additive Manufactured Scaffolds
Clarissa Tomasina, Ronny Mohren, Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Berta Cillero‐Pastor, Lorenzo Moroni
Small Science 4 (2024)

Developing double-crosslinking 3D printed hydrogels for bone tissue engineering
Giuseppe Barberi, Sandra Ramos-Díez, Calogero Fiorica, Fabio Salvatore Palumbo, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Giovanna Pitarresi
Reactive and Functional Polymers 203 , 106016 (2024)

rhBMP-2 induces terminal differentiation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells only by synergizing with other signals
Neda Kathami, Carolina Moreno-Vicente, Pablo Martín, Jhonatan A. Vergara-Arce, Raquel Ruiz-Hernández, Daniela Gerovska, Ana M. Aransay, Marcos J. Araúzo-Bravo, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Ander Abarrategi
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 15 (2024)

A facile strategy for tuning the density of surface-grafted biomolecules for melt extrusion-based additive manufacturing applications
I. A. O. Beeren, G. Dos Santos, P. J. Dijkstra, C. Mota, J. Bauer, H. Ferreira, Rui L. Reis, N. Neves, S. Camarero-Espinosa, M. B. Baker, L. Moroni
Bio-Design and Manufacturing 7 , 277-291 (2024)

The role of plasma-induced surface chemistry on polycaprolactone nanofibers to direct chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
Mahtab Asadian, Clarissa Tomasina, Yuliia Onyshchenko, Ke Vin Chan, Mohammad Norouzi, Jip Zonderland, Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Rino Morent, Nathalie De Geyter, Lorenzo Moroni
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 112 , 210-230 (2024)

3D Niche-Inspired Scaffolds as a Stem Cell Delivery System for the Regeneration of the Osteochondral Interface
Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Ivo Beeren, Hong Liu, David B. Gomes, Jip Zonderland, Ana Filipa H Lourenço, Denis van Beurden, Marloes Peters, David Koper, Pieter Emans, Peter Kessler, Timo Rademakers, Matthew B. Baker, Nicole Bouvy, Lorenzo Moroni
Advanced Materials 36 (2024)

Advances in Additive Manufactured Scaffolds Mimicking the Osteochondral Interface
Ivo A. O. Beeren, Pieter J. Dijkstra, Carlos Mota, Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Matthew B. Baker, Lorenzo Moroni
Advanced NanoBiomed Research 4 (2024)

Valorization of biological waste from insect-based food industry: Assessment of chitin and chitosan potential
Neda Khatami, Pedro Guerrero, Pablo Martín, Eztizen Quintela, Viviana Ramos, Laura Saa, Aitziber L. Cortajarena, Koro de la Caba, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Ander Abarrategi
Carbohydrate Polymers 324 , 121529 (2024)

Mimicking the Graded Wavy Structure of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Huipin Yuan, Pieter J. Emans, Lorenzo Moroni
Advanced Healthcare Materials 12 (2023)

Alginate-waterborne polyurethane 3D bioprinted scaffolds for articular cartilage tissue engineering
R. Olmos-Juste, G. Larrañaga-Jaurrieta, I. Larraza, S. Ramos-Diez, S. Camarero-Espinosa, N. Gabilondo, A. Eceiza
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 253 , 127070 (2023)

Low molecular weight poly((d,l)-lactide-co-caprolactone) liquid inks for diluent-free DLP printing of cell culture platforms
Sandra Ramos-Díez, Garazi Larrañaga-Jaurrieta, Leire Iturriaga, Ander Abarrategi, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa
Biomaterials Science 11 , 5163-5176 (2023)

Incorporation of strontium-containing bioactive particles into PEOT/PBT electrospun scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration
Clarissa Tomasina, Giorgia Montalbano, Sonia Fiorilli, Paulo Quadros, António Azevedo, Catarina Coelho, Chiara Vitale-Brovarone, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Lorenzo Moroni
Biomaterials Advances 149 , 213406 (2023)

Installation of click-type functional groups enable the creation of an additive manufactured construct for the osteochondral interface
Ivo A O Beeren, Pieter J Dijkstra, Ana Filipa H Lourenço, Ravi Sinha, David B Gomes, Hong Liu, Nicole Bouvy, Matthew B Baker, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Lorenzo Moroni
Biofabrication (2022)

Recent advances and future perspectives of porous materials for biomedical applications
Maria Soledad Orellano, Oihane Sanz, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Ana Beloqui, Marcelo Calderón
Nanomedicine 17 , 197-200 (2022)

3D Printed Dual‐Porosity Scaffolds: The Combined Effect of Stiffness and Porosity in the Modulation of Macrophage Polarization
Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Maria Carlos‐Oliveira, Hong Liu, João F. Mano, Nicole Bouvy, Lorenzo Moroni
Advanced Healthcare Materials 11 , 2101415 (2022)

4D Printed Shape Morphing Biocompatible Materials Based on Anisotropic Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles
Tobias Kuhnt, Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Milad Takhsha Ghahfarokhi, Mariana Arreguín, Riccardo Cabassi, Franca Albertini, Daniel Nieto, Matthew B. Baker, Lorenzo Moroni
Advanced Functional Materials 32 (2022)

Controlling tosylation versus chlorination during end group modification of PCL
Ivo A.O. Beeren, Pieter J. Dijkstra, Philippe Massonnet, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Matthew B. Baker, Lorenzo Moroni
European Polymer Journal 180 , 111576 (2022)

Strategies to Introduce Topographical and Structural Cues in 3D‐Printed Scaffolds and Implications in Tissue Regeneration
Leire Iturriaga, Kyle D. Van Gordon, Garazi Larrañaga-Jaurrieta, Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa
Advanced NanoBiomed Research 1 , 2100068 (2021)

Janus 3D printed dynamic scaffolds for nanovibration-driven bone regeneration
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Lorenzo Moroni
Nature Communications 12 (2021)

Biomimetic scaffolds obtained by electrospinning of collagen-based materials: Strategies to hinder the protein denaturation
Giorgia Montalbano, Clarissa Tomasina, Sonia Fiorilli, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Chiara Vitale-Brovarone, Lorenzo Moroni
Materials 14 , 4360 (2021)

Additive manufacturing of nanocellulose based scaffolds for tissue engineering: Beyond a reinforcement filler
Tobias Kuhnt, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa
Carbohydrate Polymers 252 , 117159 (2021)

Bioprinting: From Tissue and Organ Development to in Vitro Models
Carlos Mota, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Matthew B. Baker, Paul Wieringa, Lorenzo Moroni
Chemical Reviews 120 , 10547-10607 (2020)

Janus 3D printed dynamic scaffolds for nanodeflection-driven bone regeneration
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Lorenzo Moroni
other (2020)

Mechanosensitive regulation of stanniocalcin-1 by zyxin and actin-myosin in human mesenchymal stromal cells
Jip Zonderland, David B. Gomes, Yves Pallada, Ivan L. Moldero, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Lorenzo Moroni
Stem Cells 38 , 948-959 (2020)

Additive Manufactured, Highly Resilient, Elastic and Biodegradable Poly(ester)urethane Scaffolds with Chondroinductive Properties for Cartilage Tissue Engineering
S. Camarero-Espinosa, C. Tomasina, A. Calore, L. Moroni
Materials Today Bio 6 , 100051 (2020)

Additive manufacturing of an elastic poly(ester)urethane for cartilage tissue engineering
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Andrea Calore, Arnold Wilbers, Jules Harings, Lorenzo Moroni
Acta Biomaterialia 102 , 192-204 (2020)

Editorial: Novel Composites and Multi-Material Assembly Approaches for Tissue Regeneration
Ravi Sinha, Fergal J. O'Brien, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8 (2020)

Hybrid Polyester-Hydrogel Electrospun Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications
Ana Rita Gonçalves de Pinho, Ines Odila, Anne Leferink, Clemens van Blitterswijk, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Lorenzo Moroni
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 7 (2019)

Bioprinting Vasculature: Materials, Cells and Emergent Techniques.
Clarissa Tomasina, Tristan Bodet, Carlos Mota, Lorenzo Moroni, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa
Materials 12 , 2701 (2019)

Combinatorial presentation of cartilage-inspired peptides on nanopatterned surfaces enables directed differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells towards distinct articular chondrogenic phenotypes
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Justin J. Cooper-White
Biomaterials 210 , 105-115 (2019)

Materials for the Spine: Anatomy, Problems, and Solutions
Brody A. Frost, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, E. Johan Foster
Materials 12 , 253 (2019)

Poly(caprolactone-co-trimethylenecarbonate) urethane acrylate resins for digital light processing of bioresorbable tissue engineering implants
Tobias Kuhnt, Ramiro Marroquín García, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Aylvin Dias, A. Tessa ten Cate, Clemens A. van Blitterswijk, Lorenzo Moroni, Matthew B. Baker
Biomaterials Science 7 , 4984-4989 (2019)

Current characterization methods for cellulose nanomaterials.
E. Johan Foster, Robert J. Moon, Umesh P. Agarwal, Michael J. Bortner, Julien Bras, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Kathleen J. Chan, Martin J. D. Clift, Emily D. Cranston, Stephen J. Eichhorn, Douglas M. Fox, Wadood Y. Hamad, Laurent Heux, Bruno Jean, Matthew Korey, World Nieh, Kimberly J. Ong, Michael S. Reid, Scott Renneckar, Rose Roberts, Jo Anne Shatkin, John Simonsen, Kelly Stinson-Bagby, Nandula Wanasekara, Jeff Youngblood
Chemical Society Reviews 47 , 2609-2679 (2018)

Tailorable Surface Morphology of 3D Scaffolds by Combining Additive Manufacturing with Thermally Induced Phase Separation.
Andrea Di Luca, Joost R. de Wijn, Clemens A. van Blitterswijk, Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Lorenzo Moroni
Macromolecular Rapid Communications 38 , 1700186 (2017)

Implantable nanocomposite materials

International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials 2017 (2017)

Hierarchical “As-Electrospun” Self-Assembled Fibrous Scaffolds Deconvolute Impacts of Chemically Defined Extracellular Matrix- and Cell Adhesion-Type Interactions on Stem Cell Haptokinesis
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Ilaria Stefani, Justin Cooper-White
ACS Macro Letters 6 , 1420-1425 (2017)

Tailoring biomaterial scaffolds for osteochondral repair
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Justin Cooper-White
International Journal of Pharmaceutics 523 , 476-489 (2016)

Elucidating the Potential Biological Impact of Cellulose Nanocrystals
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Carola Endes, Silvana Mueller, Alke Petri-Fink, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Christoph Weder, Martin Clift, E. Foster
Fibers 4 , 21 (2016)

Directed cell growth in multi-zonal scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Christoph Weder, E. Johan Foster
Biomaterials 74 , 42-52 (2016)

A critical review of the current knowledge regarding the biological impact of nanocellulose
C. Endes, S. Camarero-Espinosa, S. Mueller, E. J. Foster, A. Petri-Fink, B. Rothen-Rutishauser, C. Weder, M. J. D. Clift
Journal of Nanobiotechnology 14 (2016)

Articular cartilage: from formation to tissue engineering
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, E. Johan Foster, Christoph Weder
Biomaterials Science 4 , 734-767 (2016)

Cellulose nanocrystal driven crystallization of poly(d,l-lactide) and improvement of the thermomechanical properties
Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Dylan J. Boday, Christoph Weder, E. Johan Foster
Journal of Applied Polymer Science 132 , n/a-n/a (2014)

An in vitro testing strategy towards mimicking the inhalation of high aspect ratio nanoparticles
Carola Endes, Otmar Schmid, Calum Kinnear, Silvana Mueller, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Dimitri Vanhecke, E Johan Foster, Alke Petri-Fink, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Christoph Weder, Martin JD Clift
Particle and Fibre Toxicology 11 (2014)

Mechanical and shape-memory properties of poly(mannitol sebacate)/cellulose nanocrystal nanocomposites
Águeda Sonseca, Sandra Camarero‐Espinosa, Laura Peponi, Christoph Weder, E. Johan Foster, José M. Kenny, Enrique Giménez
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 52 , 3123-3133 (2014)

Isolation of Thermally Stable Cellulose Nanocrystals by Phosphoric Acid Hydrolysis
Sandra Camarero Espinosa, Tobias Kuhnt, E. Johan Foster, Christoph Weder
Biomacromolecules 14 , 1223-1230 (2013)

Phosphatidyl Serine Containing Liposomes on Titania: Phase Behaviour, Bilayer Formation, and Lipid Asymmetry
Sandra Camarero, Cornelis Lütgebaucks, Rik Matena, Marta Gallego, Hanna Wacklin, Ilya Reviakine
Biophysical Journal 100 , 330a (2011)

Full cell infiltration and thick tissue formation in vivo in tailored electrospun scaffolds
Jip Zonderland, Silvia Rezzola, David Gomes, Sandra Camarero Espinosa, Ana Henriques Ferreira Lourenço, Andrada Serafim, Izabela Cristina Stancu, David Koper, Hong Liu, Pamela Habibovic, Peter Kessler, Marloes Peters, Peter Emans, Nicole Bouvy, Paul Wieringa, Lorenzo Moroni
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