Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

1. Leach JB, XQ Brown, JG Jacot, PA DiMilla, JY Wong. (2007) Neurite outgrowth and branching of PC12 cells on very soft substrates sharply decreases below a threshold of substrate rigidity. Journal of Neural Engineering 4:26-34. [PDF reprint]
   
   
2. Koester S, JB Leach, B Struth, T Pfohl, JY Wong. (2007) Visualization of type I collagen self-assembly induced by tunable pH gradients. Langmuir 23:357-359.  [PDF reprint]
   
   
3. Leach JB (2006). Tissue-Engineered Peripheral Nerve. In: Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, editor: Metin Akay, publisher: Wiley, 6: 3568-3578. [PDF reprint]
   
   
4. Leach, JB, JB Wolinsky, P Stone, JY Wong. (2005) Crosslinked alpha-elastin biomaterials: Towards a processable elastin mimetic scaffold. Acta Biomaterialia 1:155-164. [PDF reprint]
   
   
5. Leach JB, CE Schmidt (2005). Characterization of protein release from photocrosslinkable hyaluronic acid-polyethylene glycol hydrogels. Biomaterials 26:125-135. [PDF reprint]
   
   
6. Wong JY, JB Leach, XQ Brown (2004). Balance of chemistry, topography, and mechanics at the cell-biomaterial interface: Issues and challenges for assessing the role of substrate mechanics on cell response. Surface Science 570:119-133. [PDF reprint]
   
   
7. Leach JB, KA Bivens, CN Collins, CE Schmidt (2004). Development of photocrosslinked hyaluronic acid-polyethylene glycol-peptide composite hydrogels for soft tissue engineering. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 70A:74-82. [PDF reprint]
   
   
8. Baier Leach J*, CE Schmidt (2004). Hyaluronan. In: Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, editors: GE Wnek, GL Bowlin, publisher: Marcel Dekker, p. 779-89. [PDF reprint]
   
   
9. Baier Leach J*, KA Bivens, CW Patrick, Jr., CE Schmidt (2003). Photocrosslinked hyaluronic acid hydrogels: natural, biodegradable tissue engineering scaffolds. Biotechnology & Bioengineering 82:578-89. [PDF reprint]
   
   
10. Schmidt CE, J Baier Leach* (2003). Neural tissue engineering: strategies for repair and regeneration. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 5:293-347. [PDF reprint]
    
    
11. Fischbeck JA, JM Baier*, R Akella, D Hern-Anderson, CE Schmidt (2001). Genetic modification of alpha-Gal expression in xenogeneic endothelial cells yields a complex immunological response. Tissue Engineering 7:743-56.  [PDF reprint]
    
    
12. Schmidt CE, JM Baier* (2000). Acellular vascular tissues: natural biomaterials for tissue repair and tissue engineering. Biomaterials 21:2215-31. [PDF reprint]

Conference Proceedings and Other Publications

1. Acosta MA, Y Kostov, JB Leach. (2007) Microfluidic bioreactors as tools for monitoring cell microenvironment. Colegio de Químicos de Puerto Rico, 1:14-15. [PDF reprint]
   
   
2. Lombardo L, R Reeves, A Ribeiro, JB Leach. (2007) Tailoring the architecture of tissue engineering scaffolds using crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose hydrogels. ACS-PMSE Preprints, 97:313, 2007 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. [PDF reprint]
   
   
3. Lombardo L, R Reeves, A Ribeiro, JB Leach. (2007) Crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose hydrogels: Versatile platforms for studying cellular behavior in 3D biomaterials. Transactions of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials 30:25, 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. [PDF reprint]
   
   
4. Acosta M, Y Kostov, JB Leach. (2007) Microfluidic bioreactors as tools for monitoring cell microenvironment. Transactions of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials 30:56, 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. [PDF reprint]
   
   
5. Koester S, JB Leach, T Pfohl, JY Wong. (2006) A visual and quantitative analysis of collagen self-assembly under microfluidic hydrodynamic flow. Transactions of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials 29:144, 2006 Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
   
   
6. Koester S, JB Leach, JY Wong, T Pfohl. (2005) Microaligned collagen matrices by hydrodynamic focusing: Controlling the pH-induced self-assembly. MRS Symposia Proceedings, 0898-L05-21, 2005 Annual Fall Meeting, Boston, MA. [PDF reprint]
   
   
7. Koester S, JB Leach, T Pfohl, JY Wong (2005). Microaligned collagen matrices by hydrodynamic focusing: Controlling the alignment and pH-Induced self-assembly of collagen. AIChE Proceedings, p. 4256, 2005 Annual Fall Meeting, Austin, TX.
   
   
8. Leach JB, CE Schmidt (2004). Photocrosslinkable hyaluronic acid hydrogels for tissue engineering. MRS Symposia Proceedings, EXS-1:33-35, 2003 Annual Fall Meeting, Boston, MA.
   
   
9. Baier Leach J*, CW Patrick, Jr., CE Schmidt (2002). Directing tissue regeneration via hyaluronic acid hydrogel scaffolds. Engineering in Medicine and Biology: Proceedings 2nd Joint EMBS/BMES Conference, 1: 753-4, Houston, TX.

* Jennie B. Leach is also listed as J.M. Baier and J. Baier Leach.