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Dr. X. Frank Walboomers since 2001 is appointed as assistant professor at the Biomaterials research group. Specialization is the design or optimization of biomaterials and medical devices for clinical use.
Dr. X. Frank Walboomers

Research interests include general biomaterials, surface modification of (dental) implant materials, dialysis catheters, biosensors, bone tissue engineering, bioactive coatings, cell biomechanics, and dental pulp stem cells.
 
Recent key publications

Evans MD, McFarland GA, Taylor S, Walboomers XF. The response of healing corneal epithelium to grooved polymer surfaces. Biomaterials 2005; 26:1703-1711.

Walboomers XF, Jansen JA. Bone tissue induction, using a COLLOSS® -filled titanium fibre mesh scaffolding material. Biomaterials 2005; 26:4779-85

Nienhuijs ME, Walboomers XF, Merkx MA, Stoellinga PJ, Jansen JA. Bone-like tissue formation using an equine COLLOSS® E-filled titanium scaffolding material. Biomaterials 2006; 27:3109-14.

Zhang W, Walboomers XF, Kuppevelt TH van, Daamen WF, Bian Z, Jansen JA. The performance of human dental pulp stem cells on different three-dimensional scaffold materials Biomaterials 2006; 27:5658–5668

Loesberg WA, Walboomers XF, Delft FC van, Loon JJ van, Jansen JA. The threshold at which substrate nanogroove dimensions may influence fibroblast alignment and adhesion. Biomaterials 2007; 28:3944-51.