Jing Yang

Contact

• workRoom D208 Biodiscovery Institute
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work01157484690
• jing.yang@nottingham.ac.uk

Expertise Summary

biomaterials; material-cell interactions; 3D printing

Teaching Summary

Module convenor, Bacterial and Fungal Infections, MPharm year 1

Module contributor, Future Medicines, MPharm year 4

Module contributor, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, MSci Year 2

Research Summary

My research focuses on biomaterials and 3D (bio)printing for medical/regenerative devices and regenerative medicine.

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57203085329

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8822-7124

Selected Publications

• MAJED MAJRASHI, ANNA KOTOWSKA, DAVID SCURR, JACQUELINE M. HICKS, AMIR GHAEMMAGHAMI and JING YANG, 2023. Sustained Release of Dexamethasone from 3D-Printed Scaffolds Modulates Macrophage Activation and Enhances Osteogenic Differentiation ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
• DEWEI QIU, CHUANLIANG CAO, ARUNA PRASOPTHUM, ZHENCHANG SUN, SHAN ZHANG, HANWEN YANG, ZHIYONG XU, JUN TAO, FANRONG AI and JING YANG, 2023. Elucidating osseointegration in vivo in 3D printed scaffolds eliciting different foreign body responses. Materials Today Bio. 22, 100771
• LAURA RUIZ-CANTU, ANDREW GLEADALL, CALLUM FARIS, JOEL SEGAL, KEVIN SHAKESHEFF and JING YANG, 2020. Multi-material 3D bioprinting of porous constructs for cartilage regeneration Materials Science & Engineering C.
• MISTRY P, AIED A, ALEXANDER M, SHAKESHEFF K, BENNETT A and YANG J, 2017. Bioprinting using mechanically robust core-shell cell-laden hydrogel strands, Macromolecular Bioscience. 17(6), 1-8

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Module convenor, Bacterial and Fungal Infections, MPharm year 1

Module contributor, Future Medicine, MPharm year 4

Module contributor, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, MSci Year 2

• GEORGE LOXLEY, CONSUELO COSER, AMIR GHAEMMAGHAMI and JING YANG, 2025. Long-term interleukin-4 release from 3D printable affinity hydrogels promotes M2-like macrophage polarisation in vitro. Biomaterials Science. 13(9), 2489-2502
• SHUAI FAN, JUNLONG ZHONG, JIACHAO XIONG, FANRONG AI, HONGGUI YU, ZHIMING LIU, WEN TAN, QIN WU, ZHENHAI ZHOU, JING YANG and KAI CAO, 2025. Loofah-Inspired Biomimetic Scaffold with Triaxial Anisotropy for Spatiotemporally Guided Cortical-Cancellous Bone Reconstruction. Chemical Engineering Journal.
• CONSUELO COSER, AMIR GHAEMMAGHAMI and JING YANG, 2025. Soft tissue-mimicking hydrogel stiffness modulates polarisation of human monocyte-derived macrophages. Biomaterials Science.
• DEWEI QIU, CHUANLIANG CAO, ARUNA PRASOPTHUM, ZHENCHANG SUN, SHAN ZHANG, HANWEN YANG, ZHIYONG XU, JUN TAO, FANRONG AI and JING YANG, 2023. Elucidating osseointegration in vivo in 3D printed scaffolds eliciting different foreign body responses. Materials Today Bio. 22, 100771
• MAJED MAJRASHI, ANNA KOTOWSKA, DAVID SCURR, JACQUELINE M. HICKS, AMIR GHAEMMAGHAMI and JING YANG, 2023. Sustained Release of Dexamethasone from 3D-Printed Scaffolds Modulates Macrophage Activation and Enhances Osteogenic Differentiation ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
• CHENJIA ZHAO, JINGYUAN JI, TIANJUN YIN, JING YANG, YUAN PANG and WEI SUN, 2021. Affinity-Controlled Double-Network Hydrogel Facilitates Long-Term Release of Anti-Human Papillomavirus Protein Biomedicines. 9(10), 1298
• CHUANLIANG CAO, PENGREN HUANG, ARUNA PRASOPTHUM, ANDREW PARSONS, FANRONG AI and JING YANG, 2021. Characterisation of bone regeneration in 3D printed ductile PCL/PEG/hydroxyapatite scaffolds with high ceramic microparticle concentrations Biomaterials Science.
• LAURA RUIZ-CANTU, ANDREW GLEADALL, CALLUM FARIS, JOEL SEGAL, KEVIN SHAKESHEFF and JING YANG, 2020. Multi-material 3D bioprinting of porous constructs for cartilage regeneration Materials Science & Engineering C.
• PRINA, ELISABETTA, AMER, MAHETAB H, SIDNEY, LAURA, TROMAYER, MAXIMILIAN, MOORE, JONATHAN, LISKA, ROBERT, BERTOLIN, MARINA, FERRARI, STEFANO, HOPKINSON, ANDREW, DUA, HARMINDER, YANG, JING, WILDMAN, RICKY and ROSE, FELICITY R A J, 2020. Bioinspired Precision Engineering of Three-Dimensional Epithelial Stem Cell Microniches. Advanced biosystems. e2000016
• LARA FIGUEIREDO, CATHERINE LE VISAGE, PIERRE WEISS and JING YANG, 2020. Quantifying Oxygen Levels in 3D Bioprinted Cell-Laden Thick Constructs with Perfusable Microchannel Networks Polymers. 12(6), 1260
• HODA M. ELTAHER, FATIMA E. ABUKUNNA, LAURA RUIZ-CANTU, ZACK STONE, JING YANG and JAMES E. DIXON, 2020. Human-scale Tissues with Patterned Vascular Networks by Additive Manufacturing of Sacrificial Sugar-Protein Composites Acta Biomaterialia.
• ARUNA PRASOPTHUM, ZEXING DENG, ILYAS M. KHAN, ZHANHAI YIN, BAOLIN GUO and JING YANG, 2020. Three dimensional printed degradable and conductive polymer scaffolds promote chondrogenic differentiation of chondroprogenitor cells Biomaterials Science.
• OMAR A. HAMID, HODA M. ELTAHER, VIRGINIE SOTTILE and JING YANG, 2020. 3D bioprinting of a stem cell-laden, multi-material tubular composite: An approach for spinal cord repair Materials Science and Engineering: C. 111707
• DUAN, HUYANG, CAO, CHUANLIANG, WANG, XIAOLEI, TAO, JUN, LI, CHEN, XIN, HONGBO, YANG, JING, SONG, YULIN and AI, FANRONG, 2020. Magnesium-alloy rods reinforced bioglass bone cement composite scaffolds with cortical bone-matching mechanical properties and excellent osteoconductivity for load-bearing bone in vivo regeneration. Scientific reports. 10(1), 18193
• MAX DOOLEY, ARUNA PRASOPTHUM, ZHIYU LIAO, FARIS SINJAB, JANE MCLAREN, FELICITY ROSE, JING YANG and IOAN NOTINGHER, 2019. Spatially-offset Raman spectroscopy for monitoring mineralization of bone tissue engineering scaffolds: feasibility study based on phantom samples. Biomedical Optics Express. 10(4), 1691-1706
• ARUNA PRASOPTHUM, MICK COOPER, KEVIN SHAKESHEFF and JING YANG, 2019. 3D printed scaffolds with controlled micro-/nano-porous surface topography direct chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(21), 18896-18906
• ARUNA PRASOPTHUM, KEVIN SHAKESHEFF and JING YANG, 2018. Direct three-dimensional printing of polymeric scaffolds with nanofibrous topography Biofabrication. 10(2), 025002
• GLEADALL, ANDREW, VISSCHER, DAFYDD, YANG, JING, THOMAS, DANIEL and SEGAL, JOEL, 2018. Review of additive manufactured tissue engineering scaffolds: relationship between geometry and performance BURNS & TRAUMA. 6,
• MISTRY P, AIED A, ALEXANDER M, SHAKESHEFF K, BENNETT A and YANG J, 2017. Bioprinting using mechanically robust core-shell cell-laden hydrogel strands, Macromolecular Bioscience. 17(6), 1-8
• NIE M, MISTRY P, YANG J and TAKEUCHI S, 2017. Microfluidic enabled rapid bioprinting of hydrogel µfiber based porous constructs In: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
• PRINA, ELISABETTA, MISTRY, PRITESH, SIDNEY, LAURA E., YANG, JING, WILDMAN, RICKY D., BERTOLIN, MARINA, BREDA, CLAUDIA, FERRARI, BARBARA, BARBARO, VANESSA, HOPKINSON, ANDREW, DUA, HARMINDER S., FERRARI, STEFANO and ROSE, FELICITY R. A. J., 2017. 3D Microfabricated Scaffolds and Microfluidic Devices for Ocular Surface Replacement: a Review STEM CELL REVIEWS AND REPORTS. 13(3), 430-441
• RUIZ-CANTU, L., GLEADALL, A., FARIS, C., SEGAL, J., SHAKESHEFF, K. and YANG, J., 2016. Characterisation of the surface geometry of 3D printed scaffolds for cell infiltration and surgical suturing Biofabrication. 8(1), 015016
• ELTAHER HM, YANG J, SHAKESHEFF K and DIXON JE, 2016. Highly efficient intracellular transduction in three-dimensional gradients for programming cell fate Acta Biomaterialia. 41, 181-192
• ADLINGTON, KEVIN, NGUYEN, NAM T., EAVES, ELIZABETH, YANG, JING, CHANG, CHIEN-YI, LI, JIANING, GOWER, ALEXANDRA L., STIMPSON, AMY, ANDERSON, DANIEL G., LANGER, ROBERT, DAVIES, MARTYN C., HOOK, ANDREW L., WILLIAMS, PAUL, ALEXANDER, MORGAN R. and IRVINE, DEREK J., 2016. Application of Targeted Molecular and Material Property Optimization to Bacterial Attachment-Resistant (Meth)acrylate Polymers BIOMACROMOLECULES. 17(9), 2830-2838
• LIAO, ZHIYU, SINJAB, FARIS, NOMMEOTS-NOMM, AMY, JONES, JULIAN, RUIZ CANTU, LAURA, YANG, JING, ROSE, FELICITY and NOTINGHER, IOAN, 2016. Feasibility of spatially-offset Raman spectroscopy for in-vitro and in-vivo monitoring mineralisation of bone tissue-engineering scaffolds, Analytical Chemistry. 89(1), 847-853
• YANG, J. and GILMORE, I., 2015. Application of secondary ion mass spectrometry to biomaterials, proteins and cells: a concise review Materials Science and Technology. 31(2), 131-136
• SAWKINS, M J, MISTRY, P, BROWN, B N, SHAKESHEFF, K M, BONASSAR, L J and YANG, J, 2015. Cell and protein compatible 3D bioprinting of mechanically strong constructs for bone repair.: (one of ten highlighted papers in Biofabrication 2015) Biofabrication. 7(3), 035004
• SHABAN KHALED, JONATHAN BURLEY, MORGAN ALEXANDER, JING YANG and CLIVE ROBERTS, 2015. 3D printing of tablets containing multiple drugs with defined release profiles International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 494(2), 643-650
• SHABAN KHALED, JONATHAN BURLEY, MORGAN ALEXANDER, JING YANG and CLIVE ROBERTS, 2015. 3D printing of five-in-one dose combination polypill with defined immediate and sustained release profiles Journal of Controlled Release. 217, 308-314
• EPA, V. C., HOOK, A. L., CHANG, C., YANG, J., LANGER, R., ANDERSON, D. G., WILLIAMS, P., DAVIES, M. C., ALEXANDER, M. R. and WINKLER, D. A., 2014. Modelling and Prediction of Bacterial Attachment to Polymers ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS. 24(14), 2085-2093
• RASHIDI, HASSAN, YANG, JING and SHAKESHEFF, KEVIN M., 2014. Surface engineering of synthetic polymer materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE. 2(10), 1318-1331
• HOOK, A.L., CHANG, C.-Y., YANG, J., ATKINSON, S., LANGER, R., ANDERSON, D.G., DAVIES, M.C., WILLIAMS, P. and ALEXANDER, M.R., 2013. Discovery of novel materials with broad resistance to bacterial attachment using combinatorial polymer microarrays Advanced Materials. 25(18), 2542-2547
• HOOK AL, CHANG C, YANG J, SCURR DJ, LANGER R, ANDERSON DG, ATKINSON S, WILLIAMS P, DAVIES MC and ALEXANDER MR, 2012. Polymer Microarrays For High Throughput Discovery Of Biomaterials. Journal Of Visualized Experiments : Jove.
• HOOK, A.L., CHANG C.-Y., YANG, J., LUCKETT, J., COCKAYNE, A., ATKINSON, S., MEI, Y., BAYSTON, R., IRVINE, D.J., LANGER, R., ANDERSON, D.G., WILLIAMS, P., DAVIES, M.C. and ALEXANDER, M.R., 2012. Combinatorial discovery of polymers resistant to bacterial attachment Nature Biotechnology. 30(9), 868-875
• EPA, C., YANG, J., MEI, Y., HOOK, A.L., LANGER, R., ANDERSON, D.G., DAVIES, M.C., ALEXANDER, M.R. and WINKLER, D.A., 2012. Modelling human embryoid body cell adhesion to a combinatorial library of polymer surfaces. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22, 20902-20906
• SAHA, K., MEI, Y., REISTERER, C.M., PYZOCHA, N.K., YANG, J., MUFFAT, J., DAVIES, M.C., ALEXANDER, M.R., LANGER, R., ANDERSON, D.G. and JAENISCH, R., 2011. Surface-engineered substrates for improved human pluripotent stem cell culture under fully defined conditions Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108(46), 18714-18719
• HOOK, AL, YANG, J, CHEN, XY, ROBERTS, CJ, MEI, Y, ANDERSON, DG, LANGER, R, ALEXANDER, MR and DAVIES, MC, 2011. Polymers With Hydro-Responsive Topography Identified Using High Throughput Afm Of An Acrylate Microarray Soft Matter. 7(16), 7194-7197
• YANG, J. and ALEXANDER, M. R., 2011. Techniques for analysing biomaterial surface chemistry. In: Surface modification of biomaterials: methods, analysis and applications Woodhead Publishing. 205-231
• MEI, Y., SAHA, K., BOGATYREV, S.R., YANG, J., HOOK, A.L., KALCIOGLU, Z.I., CHO, S.-W., MITALIPOVA, M., PYZOCHA, N., ROJAS, F., VAN VLIET, K.J., DAVIES, M.C., ALEXANDER, M.R., LANGER, R., JAENISCH, R. and ANDERSON, D.G., 2010. Combinatorial development of biomaterials for clonal growth of human pluripotent stem cells Nature Materials. 9(9), 768-778
• YANG, J., MEI, Y., HOOK, A.L., TAYLOR, M., URQUHART, A.J., BOGATYREV, S.R., LANGER, R., ANDERSON, D.G., DAVIES, M.C. and ALEXANDER, M.R., 2010. Polymer surface functionalities that control human embryoid body cell adhesion revealed by high throughput surface characterization of combinatorial material microarrays Biomaterials. 31(34), 8827-8838
• YANG, J., ROSE, F.R.A.J., GADEGAARD, N. and ALEXANDER, M.R., 2009. A high-throughput assay of cell-surface interactions using topographical and chemical gradients Advanced Materials. 21(3), 300-304
• YANG, J., ROSE, F.R.A.J., GADEGAARD, N. and ALEXANDER, M.R., 2009. The effect of sessile drop volume on the wetting anisotropy observed on grooved surfaces Langmuir. 25(5), 2567-2571