Stephanie Willerth

Research

3d Printing Alzhemer'S Disease Bioinks Biomaterials Controlled Drug Delivery Drug Screening Neuroscience Regenerative Medicine

Latest papers

Brain organoids: building higher-order complexity and neural circuitry models.
Trends in biotechnology · 2025
Precision Stealth Nanofibers via PET-RAFT Polymerisation: Synthesis, Crystallization-driven Self-assembly and Cellular Uptake Studies.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
Extrusion and Microfluidic-based Bioprinting to Fabricate Biomimetic Tissues and Organs.
Advanced materials technologies · 2020

All 5 publications

Latest funding

L2M NSERC: 3D bioprinted artificial skin for testing dermatological products
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Development of novel bioinks for 3D printing the neuromuscular junction
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Development of a novel bioink containing nanocellulose crystals for tissue engineering
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$278,000

All 41 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Brain organoids: building higher-order complexity and neural circuitry models.

Maisumu G, Willerth S, Nestor MW, Waldau B, Schülke S, Nardi FV, Ahmed O, Zhou Y, Durens M, Liang B, Yakoub AM

Trends in biotechnology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.02.009 PMID: 40221251

02

Precision Stealth Nanofibers via PET-RAFT Polymerisation: Synthesis, Crystallization-driven Self-assembly and Cellular Uptake Studies.

Street STG, Shteinberg E, Hernandez JDG, Parkin HC, Harniman RL, Willerth S, Manners I

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

DOI: 10.1002/chem.202500108 PMID: 39994427

03

Extrusion and Microfluidic-based Bioprinting to Fabricate Biomimetic Tissues and Organs.

Davoodi E, Sarikhani E, Montazerian H, Ahadian S, Costantini M, Swieszkowski W, Willerth S, Walus K, Mofidfar M, Toyserkani E, Khademhosseini A, Ashammakhi N

Advanced materials technologies2020

DOI: 10.1002/admt.201901044 PMID: 33072855

04

The 2019 Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering.

King MR, Willerth S

Cellular and molecular bioengineering2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12195-019-00599-8 PMID: 31719919

05

Guggulsterone-releasing microspheres direct the differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells into neural phenotypes.

Agbay A, De La Vega L, Nixon G, Willerth S

Biomedical materials (Bristol, England)2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/aaaa77 PMID: 29368696

L2M NSERC: 3D bioprinted artificial skin for testing dermatological products

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Willerth, Stephanie SM

Keywords: 3D printing; additive manufacturing; biomaterials; cell biology; cell culture; drug testing; fibroblasts; skin; toxicity

$20,000

Development of novel bioinks for 3D printing the neuromuscular junction

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Willerth, Stephanie SM

Keywords: 3d bioprinting; biomaterials; cell biology; muscle; neuroscience; stem cells; tissue engineering

$25,000

Development of a novel bioink containing nanocellulose crystals for tissue engineering

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Willerth, Stephanie SM

Keywords: 3D bioprinting; biomaterials; materials science; nanocellulose; regenerative medicine; stem cells; tissue engineering

$278,000

Development of HeartPrint Bioink

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Willerth, Stephanie

$20,000

NSERC CREATE Training Program in 3D Printing Technology and Materials (3DPTM)

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Li, Hongbin H

$750,000

3D bioprinting next generation brain organoids for identifying drug targets for Alzheimer's disease

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Willerth, Stephanie M

Keywords: 3d Printing; Alzhemer'S Disease; Bioinks; Biomaterials; Controlled Drug Delivery; Drug Screening; Neuroscience; Regenerative Medicine; Tissue Engineering

$489,600

Facility for Real Time Imaging of 3D Bioprinted Neural Tissues

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Willerth, Stephanie

$150,000

Prevalence of COVID19 in populations through wastewater surveillance_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Buckley, Heather

$50,000

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Madden, John

Keywords: Nanomaterials Biomaterials Spinal cord injury Nerve regeneration Biomedical implants Surgical robotics Minimally invasive procedures Tissue engineering Electric, Magnetic and Acoustic Field Alignment of Materials Neuropharmacology Localized drug delivery Neural stimulation Multimodal biomedical imaging Biosensors

$8,025,000

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Madden, John

Keywords: Nanomaterials; Biomaterials; Spinal cord injury; Nerve regeneration; Biomedical implants; Surgical robotics; Minimally invasive procedures; Tissue engineering; Electric, Magnetic and Acoustic Field Alignment of Materials; Neuropharmacology; Localized drug delivery; Neural stimulation; Multimodal biomedical imaging; Biosensors

$8,000,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Konrad Walus

Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: 3d Printing Dear Professor Willerth, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Brain organoids: building higher-order complexity and neural circuitry models." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "L2M NSERC: 3D bioprinted artificial skin for testing dermatological products" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]