Publications by Delphine Lorraine Perle Blondel

Synthetic dynamic hydrogels promote degradation-independent in vitro organogenesis

Matthias Lütolf, Nicolas Antoine Vincent Broguiere, Antonius Chrisnandy, Saba Rezakhani, Delphine Lorraine Perle Blondel

Epithelial organoids are most efficiently grown from mouse-tumour-derived, reconstituted extracellular matrix hydrogels, whose poorly defined composition, batch-to-batch variability and immunogenicity limit clinical applications. Efforts to replace such il ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

Bioinspired Hydrogels for 3D Organoid Culture

Matthias Lütolf, Delphine Lorraine Perle Blondel

Organoids have stepped into the limelight as unique in vitro systems for modeling organ development, function and disease. This review provides a perspective on how chemically defined, bio-inspired hydrogels could be used for replacing ill-defined matrices ...

SWISS CHEMICAL SOC2019

Engineering Dynamic Hydrogels For In Vitro Organoid Culture

Delphine Lorraine Perle Blondel

Over the past decade, methods to culture stem cells in three dimensions have opened up a plethora of new opportunities for basic and translational research in the life sciences. In particular, the use of natural extracellular matrix (ECM) surrogates, such ...

EPFL2019

Synthetic 3D PEG-Anisogel Tailored with Fibronectin Fragments Induce Aligned Nerve Extension

Matthias Lütolf, Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Delphine Lorraine Perle Blondel

An enzymatically cross-linked polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogel was engineered to promote and align nerve cells in a three-dimensional manner. To render the injectable, otherwise bioinert, PEG-based material supportive for cell growth, its mechanica ...

American Chemical Society2019