Associate Professor David Nisbet
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David Nisbet is an Associate Professor in the Research School of Engineering at the Australian National University and the Head of the Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials. Dave joined the ANU after completing his PhD at Monash University and postdoctoral Fulbright scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dave is passionate about developing novel biomaterials, and particularly about seeing the biomaterials developed for clinical applications. His research groups consist of team of engineerings, chemists, and biologists, all working together to create novel materials to help combat injury and disease. |
Current Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr Yi WangYi is investigating the use of self-assembling peptides for viral vector gene delivery. Our recent work has shown that by altering the electrostatic interactions of these materials, they can operate successfully as gene delivery vehicles. Yi is investigating this process in 3D cell cultures and is considering the controlled delivery of genetic material for the treatment of disease.
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Dr Kiara BruggemanKiara's research focuses on incorporating therapeutic drugs into these materials to further promote regeneration. The chemical instability of these drugs (lasting only about an hour in living tissue before degrading) presents an obstacle to long term delivery, and she has been investigating ways to stabilise these drugs using biomaterials in order to prevent degradation to provide long term therapeutic benefit.
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Current PhD Students
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Ms Arianna CembranArianna’s project is focused on the implementation of novel nanomaterials with the gene therapy as a treatment for neurodegenerative diseases. The idea is to use viral vectors to extend the duration neurotrophic factors delivery in the CNS. The Nisbet group has engineering programmable SAPs that improve the spatial and temporal controlled delivery of therapeutic transgenes. She is investigating this project both in vitro and in vivo.
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Mr Deepu AshokDeepu’s research is focussed on developing novel strategies against the rise of superbugs. He is studying two main antibacterial mechanisms – anti biofouling and bactericidal and working on incorporating them onto solid surfaces as an alternative to the conventional antibiotic prophylaxis. The research here gives utmost significance to its translation to the real world, to combat hospital-acquired infections and marine biofouling.
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To see previous PhD students, click here.
Undergraduate Students
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