PhD Candidate
Research focus
Gretel is developing 3D hydrogel matrices with encapsulated adipocytes for fat grafting and in vitro models of breast cancer.
She is supervised by Professor Tim Woodfield and Associate Professor Khoon Lim.
Publications
Mekhileri, N. V., Major, G., Lim, K., Mutreja, I., Chitcholtan, K., Phillips, E., Hooper, G., & Woodfield, T. (2022). Biofabrication of modular spheroids as tumour-scale microenvironments for drug screening. Advanced Healthcare Materials. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202201581
Longoni, A., Major, G., Atienza-Roca, P., Wise, L., Hooper, G., Kieser, D., Woodfield, T., … Lim, K. (2022). Gelatin incorporation in VEGF-loaded PVA-Tyramine hydrogels to enhance cellular interaction and vascular infiltration. Tissue Engineering Part A, 28(Suppl. 3), (pp. 642). doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2022.29036.abstracts
Major, G., Longoni, A., Simcock, J., Lim, K., & Woodfield, T. (2022). Developing next generation adipose tissue grafts for soft tissue reconstruction. Tissue Engineering Part A, 28(Suppl. 3), (pp. 187). doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2022.29036.abstracts
Major, G. (2022, April). Developing next generation adipose tissue grafts for soft tissue reconstruction. Keynote presentation at the Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (ASBTE) 27th annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Soliman, B. G., Major, G. S., Atienza-Roca, P., Murphy, C. A., Longoni, A., Alcala-Orozco, C. R., … Woodfield, T. B. F., & Lim, K. S. (2022). Development and characterization of gelatin-norbornene bioink to understand the interplay between physical architecture and micro-capillary formation in biofabricated vascularized constructs. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 11(2), 2101873. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202101873
Filipe, E. C., Parker, A. L., Cadell, A. L., Major, G., Croucher, D. R., & Cox, T. R. (2021). In vitro 3D models of tunable stiffness. In U. S. Stein (Ed.), Metastasis: Methods and Protocols: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2294). (pp. 27-42). New York, NY: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1350-4_3
Chapter in Book - Research
Major, G. S., Simcock, J. W., Woodfield, T. B. F., & Lim, K. S. (2022). Overcoming functional challenges in autologous and engineered fat grafting trends. Trends in Biotechnology, 40(1), 77-92. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.04.006
Journal - Research Article
Mekhileri, N. V., Major, G., Lim, K., Mutreja, I., Chitcholtan, K., Phillips, E., Hooper, G., & Woodfield, T. (2022). Biofabrication of modular spheroids as tumour-scale microenvironments for drug screening. Advanced Healthcare Materials. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202201581
Journal - Research Article
Soliman, B. G., Major, G. S., Atienza-Roca, P., Murphy, C. A., Longoni, A., Alcala-Orozco, C. R., … Woodfield, T. B. F., & Lim, K. S. (2022). Development and characterization of gelatin-norbornene bioink to understand the interplay between physical architecture and micro-capillary formation in biofabricated vascularized constructs. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 11(2), 2101873. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202101873
Journal - Research Article
Perry, J., Ashford, B., Thind, A. S., Gauthier, M.-E., Minaei, E., Major, G., … Ranson, M. (2020). Comprehensive mutational and phenotypic characterization of new metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma cell lines reveal novel drug susceptibilities. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(24), 9536. doi: 10.3390/ijms21249536
Journal - Research Article
Chitty, J. L., Skhinas, J. N., Filipe, E. C., Wang, S., Rodriquez Cupello, C., Grant, R. D., … Major, G., … Cox, T. R. (2020). The Mini-Organo: A rapid high-throughput 3D coculture organotypic assay for oncology screening and drug development. Cancer Reports, 3(1), e1209. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1209
Journal - Research Other
Elgundi, Z., Papanicolaou, M., Major, G., Cox, T. R., Melrose, J., Whitelock, J. M., & Farrugia, B. L. (2020). Cancer metastasis: The role of the extracellular matrix and the heparan sulfate proteoglycan perlecan. Frontiers in Oncology, 9, 1482. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01482
Journal - Research Other
Longoni, A., Major, G., Atienza-Roca, P., Wise, L., Hooper, G., Kieser, D., Woodfield, T., … Lim, K. (2022). Gelatin incorporation in VEGF-loaded PVA-Tyramine hydrogels to enhance cellular interaction and vascular infiltration. Tissue Engineering Part A, 28(Suppl. 3), (pp. 642). doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2022.29036.abstracts
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Major, G., Longoni, A., Simcock, J., Lim, K., & Woodfield, T. (2022). Developing next generation adipose tissue grafts for soft tissue reconstruction. Tissue Engineering Part A, 28(Suppl. 3), (pp. 187). doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2022.29036.abstracts
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Major, G. (2022, April). Developing next generation adipose tissue grafts for soft tissue reconstruction. Keynote presentation at the Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (ASBTE) 27th annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
