Professor Anthony Weiss
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology
G08 - Biochemistry Building |
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Research interests
The Weiss Lab's research focuses on the assembly of human elastic tissue, damage and its repair. We are very interested in the amazing, self-assembling elastic protein tropoelastin and the use of synthetic elastin to repair elastic tissues in skin, artery, bladder and lung.
Current national competitive grants*
2012
Versatile elastin based hybrid hydrogels for chondrocyte transplantation and repair
Weiss A, Dehghani F
ARC Discovery Projects ($280,000 over 3 years)
Bioengineering Endovascular Prostheses with Proactive Biocompatibility
Ng M, Weiss A, Bilek M
NHMRC Project Grants ($606,325 over 3 years)
2011
Multifuntional surfaces for implantable biomedical devices
Bilek M, Weiss A, McKenzie D
ARC Linkage Projects ($540,000 over 2 years)
2010
Tropoelastin: functional analysis of the cell interactive domain
Weiss A
ARC Discovery Project ($450,000 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
PhD and Masters project opportunities
Elastic tissue engineering: regenerative medicine of skin or artery