Multi-Disciplinary Research
Our research focuses on using smart external physical cues to control adult stem cell fate. Combining temporal single cell analysis with custom fabricated high through-put cell culture systems, our multidisciplinary group spans the fields of materials, biology, and engineering.
- Single cell analysis – Advanced Atomic Force Microscopy to measure biophysical and biochemical changes in individual living cells.
Smart stimulus platforms – Custom fabricated cell culture platforms are developed in RMIT’s Micro Nano Research Facility and Advanced Manufacturing Precinct..
Personalised tissue engineering – Using external physical stimuli we can control stem cell fate to target different phenotypes, thus paving the way for personalised tissue engineering for individual patients.
Single Cell Analysis
An Innovative Toolkit
Read more about our research using Atomic Force Microscopy.Smart Stimulus Platforms
Advanced Fabrication
Read more about our facilities for 3D printing and microfabrication.Personalised Tissue Engineering
Tailoring Solutions for the Individual
Read more about how personalised tissue engineering can benefit patients on a case-by-case basis.News
ASBTE 2025 Victorian Regional Showcase
ASBTE Vic Regional Showcase 2025 Friday 28th November, members of the Gelmi Group headed down to the new The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery to [...]
Gelmi Group Takes on Brisbane for Annual ASBTE Conference 2025
The Australasian Society for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering (ASBTE) 29th Annual Conference was held in Brisbane, Australia on 22-24 April 2025. This 3-day conference saw [...]
Recent Publications
The Bionic Interface: Considering the Material Mediated Electrical Stimulation of Stem Cells
Published 29 September 2025
Live Quantitative Characterization for Stem Cell Biomechanics
Published 04 September 2025
At the Pointy End of Mechanobiology: AFM for Transient Biomechanical Analysis
Published 23 August 2025
Laser-Patterned Diamond Electrodes for Adhesion and Proliferation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Published 27 May 2025
A Visible Light-Responsive Hydrogel to Study the Effect of Dynamic Tissue Stiffness on Cellular Mechanosensing
Published 01 April 2025
Crosslinking substrate regulates frictional properties of tissue-engineered cartilage and chondrocyte response to loading
Published 27 March 2025
A thermoresponsive PEG-based methacrylate triblock terpolymer as a bioink for 3D bioprinting
Published 11 February 2025
Diamond electrodes for controlling stem cells
Published 11 December 2023
Semiconducting electrodes for neural interfacing: a review
Published 03 February 2023
Biophysical Regulations of Epigenetic State and Notch Signaling in Neural Development Using Microgroove Substrates
Published 13 July 2022
Microporosity engineered printable silk/graphene hydrogels and their cytocompatibility evaluations
Published 01 June 2022
Short-Duration High Frequency MegaHertz-Order Nanomechanostimulation Drives Early and Persistent Osteogenic Differentiation in Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Published 13 January 2022
3D Printable Soy/Silk Hybrid Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications
Published 30 August 2021
Diamond in the Rough: Toward Improved Materials for the Bone− Implant Interface
Published 25 June 2021
Nanoscale Molecular Quantification of Stem Cell–Hydrogel Interactions
Published 20 November 2020
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials: Scaffolds for Stem Cell Control
Published 30 September 2020
Bacterial-nanostructure interactions: The role of cell elasticity and adhesion forces
Published 15 June 2019
