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Mikhail V. Tsurkan
Researcher at Leibniz Association
Publications - 80
Citations - 3822
Mikhail V. Tsurkan is an academic researcher from Leibniz Association. The author has contributed to research in topics: Self-healing hydrogels & Sponge. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 76 publications receiving 3098 citations. Previous affiliations of Mikhail V. Tsurkan include Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology & Queensland University of Technology.
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Chitin and Chitosan in Selected Biomedical Applications
A. Anitha,S. Sowmya,P.T. Sudheesh Kumar,S. Deepthi,Krishna Prasad Chennazhi,Hermann Ehrlich,Mikhail V. Tsurkan,Rangasamy Jayakumar +7 more
TL;DR: An overview of the key features of CT and CS membranes and scaffolds such as their biodegradability, cytocompatibility and mechanical properties toward applications in tissue engineering and wound healing are provided.
Discovery of 505-million-year old chitin in the basal demosponge Vauxia gracilenta - Supplementary information
Hermann Ehrlich,J. Keith Rigby,Joseph P. Botting,Mikhail V. Tsurkan,Carsten Werner,Petra Schwille,Zdeněk Petrášek,Andrzej Pisera,Paul Simon,V N Sivkov,Denis V. Vyalikh,Serguei L. Molodtsov,Denis V. Kurek,Martin Kammer,S. Hunoldt,René Born,Dawid Stawski,A. Steinhof,Vasilii V. Bazhenov,Thorsten Geisler +19 more
TL;DR: The discovery of 505–million-year-old chitin is presented, found in exceptionally well preserved Vauxia gracilenta sponges from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, indicating that, given the right fossilization conditions, chit in is stable for much longer than previously suspected.
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Glycosaminoglycan-based hydrogels to modulate heterocellular communication in in vitro angiogenesis models
TL;DR: It was shown that a particular type of soft, matrix metalloproteinase-degradable hydrogel containing covalently bound integrin ligands and reversibly conjugated pro-angiogenic growth factors could boost the development of highly branched, interconnected, and lumenized endothelial capillary networks.
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Defined polymer-peptide conjugates to form cell-instructive starPEG-heparin matrices in situ
Mikhail V. Tsurkan,Karolina Chwalek,Silvana Prokoph,Andrea Zieris,Kandice R. Levental,Uwe Freudenberg,Carsten Werner +6 more
TL;DR: Poly(ethylene glycol)-peptide- and glycosaminoglycan- peptide conjugates obtained by a regio-selective amino acid protection strategy are converted into cell-instructive hydrogel matrices capable of inducing morphogenesis in embedded human vascular endothelial cells and dorsal root ganglia.
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Mineralization of the metre-long biosilica structures of glass sponges is templated on hydroxylated collagen
Hermann Ehrlich,Rainer Deutzmann,Eike Brunner,Enrico Cappellini,Hannah E.C. Koon,Caroline Solazzo,Yang Yue,David A. Ashford,Jane Thomas-Oates,Markus Lubeck,Carsten Baessmann,Tobias Langrock,Ralf Hoffmann,Gert Wörheide,Joachim Reitner,Paul Simon,Mikhail V. Tsurkan,Aleksander V Ereskovsky,Aleksander V Ereskovsky,Denis V. Kurek,Denis V. Kurek,Vasily V. Bazhenov,Vasily V. Bazhenov,S. Hunoldt,Michael Mertig,Denis V. Vyalikh,Denis V. Vyalikh,Serguei L. Molodtsov,Serguei L. Molodtsov,Kurt Kummer,Kurt Kummer,Hartmut Worch,Victor Smetacek,Matthew J. Collins +33 more
TL;DR: Using slow-alkali etching of biosilica, the organic fraction was revealed to be dominated by a hydroxylated fibrillar collagen that contains an unusual [Gly-3Hyp-4Hyp] motif, which is speculated to be predisposed for silica precipitation, and provides a novel template for biosilicification in nature.