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Contact Details

Email
khoon.lim@otago.ac.nz
Position
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine (Christchurch)
Research summary
Bioengineering; tissue regeneration

Research

Associate Professor Khoon Lim is a biomedical engineer with specialisation in polymer chemistry. His research focus is on using a class of polymers known as hydrogels as tissue engineering matrices for a variety of applications.

His research technology platform involves photo-polymerisable hydrogel bioinks for 3D bioprinting of functional tissues and also delivery of bioactive molecules to promote tissue regeneration.

Associate Professor Lim's research projects include:

  • Developing new bioinks for 3D Bioprinting of functional tissues
  • Hydrogels for smart delivery of growth factors to promote bone vascularisation
  • Engineering 3D cancer models for high-throughput drug screening
  • Delivery of brain derived growth factor for improved post-stroke recovery
  • Engineering silk as tissue engineering matrices.

Associate Professor Lim is currently an Associate Investigator on the Centre of Research Excellence in Medical Technologies (MedTech CoRE), Affiliate Investigator on the Maurice Wilkins Centre (MWC) for Molecular Diversity and Executive Committee member of the Australasian Society of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (ASBTE).

Publications

Prados-Martin, L., Tran, H. A., Mota, C., Jang, J., Zenobi-Wong, M., Daly, A. C., … Woodfield, T., … Lim, K. S. (2026). Advances in light-based 3D bioprinting. Biofabrication, 18, 033001. doi: 10.1088/1758-5090/ae7208 Journal - Research Other

He, Q., Sohail, A., Brooks, H. J. L., Gordon, K. C., Lim, K. S., & Crowley, J. D. (2026). Water-soluble ammonium BODIPYs: Synthesis, photophysics, photogelation, and antimicrobial activity. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 21(9), e70761. doi: 10.1002/asia.70761 Journal - Research Article

Wise, J. A., Currie, M. J., Woodfield, T. B. F., Lim, K. S., & Phillips, E. (2026). Gelatin-methacryloyl hydrogel stiffness influences epithelial-mesenchymal transition in MCF7 but not MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells in 3D culture. Biology Open, 15(2), bio062242. doi: 10.1242/bio.062212 Journal - Research Article

Longoni, A., Major, G. S., Arnold, S., Tomkins, S., Spessot, E., Loeffler, S., … Harte, J., Kemp, R., … Hooper, G. J., Woodfield, T. B. F., Kieser, D. C., & Lim, K. S. (2026). Characterization of an injectable poly(vinyl alcohol)-gelatin hydrogel for growth factor delivery in an orthopedic application. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 15(20), e04224. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202504224 Journal - Research Article

He, Q., Morison, S., Prados-Martin, L., McAdam, C. J., Brooks, H. J. L., Gordon, K. C., Lim, K. S., & Crowley, J. D. (2026). Water-soluble cobalt(III)–polypyridyl complexes: Synthesis, structures and properties. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 29, e202500561. doi: 10.1002/ejic.202500561 Journal - Research Article

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