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Biomass Transformation Lab (ULB-BTL)
https://biomatter.ulb.be/

English name: Biomatter unit
Parent institute: Université Libre de Bruxelles; Faculté des Sciences Appliquées (ULB), more

MRG keywords (3) : Biotechnology; Nutrition; Pollutants
Address:
CPCP 165/61
Avenue F.D. Roosevelt
1050 Brussel
Belgium
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Type: Scientific

Persons (2) Top | Publications 

Abstract:
The BioMatter lab conducts research on the following topics:
  • valorisation of by-products such as polymers, bioactive molecules, and structures to obtain raw materials, improving the functional properties of biopolymers (e.g. alginate, hyaluronic acid, and collagen) through modification and consequently developing high-value processes and products for biomedical and tissue engineering applications;
  • relationships between structure and material properties of polysaccharides with a focus on the development of natural polymers e.g. polysaccharides into hierarchical structures such as scaffolds and hydrogels for tissue engineering applications such as skin wound healing;
  • additive manufacturing of biomaterials with a focus on improving the functional properties of biopolymers such as keratin and developing new bioinks for bioprinting from biotransformation of biomass with tailored degradation kinetic properties.


The laboratory studies marine oligosaccharides and marine fish collagen as a potential bioagent for biomaterials engineering. Further, the group is using cutting-edge biofabrication techniques to demonstrate the potential of 3D bacterial constructs, for instance with respect to green bioremediation for the removal of hazardous environmental pollutants or to develop innovative food products.

Publications (7) Top | Persons 
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  • Peer reviewed article Okoro, O.V.; Nie, L.; Gunduz, O.; Ulag, S.; Hamidi, M.; Shavandi, A. (2023). Technoeconomic assessment of biopolymer production from crustacean waste with the UK as a case study. Sustainability 15(3): 2280. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15032280, more
  • Peer reviewed article Jafari, H.; Alimoradi, H.; Delporte, C.; Bernaerts, K.V.; Heidari, R.; Podstawczyk, D.; Niknezhad, S.V.; Shavandi, A. (2022). An injectable, self-healing, 3D printable, double network co-enzymatically crosslinked hydrogel using marine poly- and oligo-saccharides for wound healing application. Applied Materials Today 29: 101581. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2022.101581, more
  • Peer reviewed article Jafari, H.; Delporte, C.; Bernaerts, K.V.; Alimoradi, H.; Nie, L.; Podstawczyk, D.; Tam, K.C.; Shavandi, A. (2022). Synergistic complexation of phenol functionalized polymer induced in situ microfiber formation for 3D printing of marine-based hydrogels. Green Chem. 24(6): 2409-2422. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc04347a, more
  • Peer reviewed article Jafari, H.; Delporte, C.; Bernaerts, K.V.; De Leener, G.; Luhmer, M.; Nie, L.; Shavandi, A. (2021). Development of marine oligosaccharides for potential wound healing biomaterials engineering. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 7: 100113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100113, more
  • Peer reviewed article Jafari, H.; Bernaerts, K.V.; Dodi, G.; Shavandi, A. (2020). Chitooligosaccharides for wound healing biomaterials engineering. Mater. Sci. Eng. C, Biomim. Mater., Sens. Syst. 117: 111266. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111266, more
  • Peer reviewed article Jafari, H.; Lista, A.; Siekapen, M.M.; Ghaffari-Bohlouli, P.; Nie, L.; Alimoradi, H.; Shavandi, A. (2020). Fish collagen: extraction, characterization, and applications for biomaterials engineering. Polymers 12(10): 2230. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3390/polym12102230, more
  • Peer reviewed article Shavandi, A.; Jalalvandi, E. (2019). Biofabrication of bacterial constructs: new three-dimensional biomaterials. Bioengineering-Basel 6(2): 44. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering6020044, more

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