Biography
Dr Williams, after stints at the Medical Research Council and the Forensic Science service, completed a PhD in Materials Science at the University of Manchester. He then took up a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Biomaterials Theme of CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies in Melbourne Australia. Following that, he was awarded a prestigious Alfred Deakin Research Fellowship (2012-2014).
He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Medical Biotechnology in the School of Medicine.
Read more on Richard's profileResearch interests
Self Assembled Materials for regenerative medicine
Media appearances
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Publications
Neuronal Replenishment via Hydrogel-Rationed Delivery of Reprogramming Factors
Negar Mahmoudi, Yi Wang, Niamh Moriarty, Noorya Ahmed, Nathalie Dehorter, Leszek Lisowski, Alan Harvey, Clare Parish, Richard Williams, David Nisbet
(2024), pp. 1-17, ACS Nano, Washington, D.C., C1
Novel insights on genetics and epigenetics as clinical targets for paediatric astrocytoma
Dona Johns, Richard Williams, Craig Smith, Pavani Nadaminti, Rasika Samarasinghe
(2024), Vol. 14, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, United States, C1
Y Wang, E Zoneff, J Thomas, N Hong, L Tan, D McGillivray, A Perriman, K Law, L Thompson, N Moriarty, C Parish, R Williams, C Jackson, D Nisbet
(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 457-, Nature Communications, England, C1
Prabhpreet Kaur, Himadri Bohidar, David Nisbet, Frederick Pfeffer, Aaqil Rifai, Richard Williams, Ruchi Agrawal
(2023), Vol. 30, pp. 2713-2730, Cellulose, Berlin, Germany, C1
R Li, Q Zhou, M Tai, K Ashton-Mourney, M Harty, A Rifai, C Parish, D Nisbet, S Zhong, R Williams
(2023), Vol. 9, pp. 1-23, Gels, Basel, Switzerland, C1-1
Hydrogels in Agriculture: Prospects and Challenges
P Kaur, R Agrawal, F Pfeffer, R Williams, H Bohidar
(2023), Vol. 31, pp. 1-18, Journal of Polymers and the Environment, Berlin, Germany, C1
P Kaur, H Bohidar, F Pfeffer, R Williams, R Agrawal
(2023), Vol. 30, pp. 4247-4261, Cellulose, Berlin, Germany, C1
Rui Li, Qing-Ling Zhou, Rui-Yu Yang, Shu-Tong Chen, Rui Ding, Xiao-Fei Liu, Lian-Xiang Luo, Qiu-Yu Xia, Sai-Yi Zhong, Yi Qi, Richard Williams
(2023), Vol. 18, pp. 1-10, Food Chemistry: X, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
K Law, N Mahmoudi, Z Zadeh, R Williams, C Hunt, A Nagy, L Thompson, D Nisbet, C Parish
(2023), pp. 1-15, Advanced Functional Materials, London, Eng., C1
Rui Li, Min-Rui Tai, Yue-Rong Wu, Qing-Ling Zhou, Qiu-Yu Xia, Sai-Yi Zhong, Yi Qi, Colin Barrow, Richard Williams
(2023), LWT: Food Science and Technology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Biomimetic triumvirate nanogel complexes via peptide-polysaccharide-polyphenol self-assembly
Min-Rui Tai, Hong-Wu Ji, Jian-Ping Chen, Xiao-Fei Liu, Bing-Bing Song, Sai-Yi Zhong, Aaqil Rifai, David Nisbet, Colin Barrow, Richard Williams, Rui Li
(2023), Vol. 251, pp. 1-10, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Biofabrication of functional bone tissue: defining tissue-engineered scaffolds from nature
Aaqil Rifai, D Weerasinghe, Gebreselassie Tilaye, David Nisbet, Jason Hodge, Julie Pasco, Lana Williams, Rasika Samarasinghe, Richard Williams
(2023), Vol. 11, pp. 1-18, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
S Soltani Dehnavi, A Cembran, N Mahmoudi, L Caballero Aguilar, Y Wang, S Cheeseman, N Malagutti, S Franks, B Long, L Lisowski, A Harvey, C Parish, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2023), Vol. 477, pp. 1-13, Chemical Engineering Journal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Richard Williams
(2023), pp. 1-1, Advanced Science, London, Eng., C1
Mitchell Boyd-Moss, Kate Firipis, Anita Quigley, Aaqil Rifai, Artur Cichocki, Sarah Whitty, Catherine Ngan, Chaitali Dekiwadia, Benjamin Long, David Nisbet, Robert Kapsa, Richard Williams
(2022), Vol. 2, pp. 1-14, Advanced NanoBiomed Research, Weinheim, Germany, C1
K Bruggeman, M Zhang, N Malagutti, S Soltani Dehnavi, R Williams, A Tricoli, D Nisbet
(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 12068-12076, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Washington, DC, C1
Changing Fate: Reprogramming Cells via Engineered Nanoscale Delivery Materials
Shiva Dehnavi, Zahra Zadeh, Alan Harvey, Nicolas Voelcker, Clare Parish, Richard Williams, Roey Elnathan, David Nisbet
(2022), pp. 1-23, Advanced Materials, London, Eng., C1
A Hydrogel as a Bespoke Delivery Platform for Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1
Y Wang, V Penna, R Williams, C Parish, D Nisbet
(2022), Vol. 8, pp. 1-12, Gels, Basel, Switzerland, C1
V Penna, N Moriarty, Y Wang, K Law, C Gantner, R Williams, D Nisbet, C Parish
(2022), Vol. 23, pp. 1-16, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Basel, Switzerland, C1
K Firipis, E Footner, M Boyd-Moss, C Dekiwadia, D Nisbet, R Kapsa, E Pirogova, R Williams, A Quigley
(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 1-14, Materials Today Advances, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Self-assembled peptide habitats to model tumor metastasis
Noora Al Balushi, Mitchell Boyd-Moss, Rasika Samarasinghe, Aaqil Rifai, Stephanie Franks, Kate Firipis, Benjamin Long, Ian Darby, David Nisbet, Dodie Pouniotis, Richard Williams
(2022), Vol. 8, pp. 1-16, Gels, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Karim Osouli-Bostanabad, Tahereh Masalehdan, Robert Kapsa, Anita Quigley, Aikaterini Lalatsa, Kiara Bruggeman, Stephanie Franks, Richard Williams, David Nisbet
(2022), Vol. 8, pp. 2764-2797, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Washington, D.C., C1
Engineering skeletal muscle and neural tissues
Anita Quigley, Catherine Ngan, Kate Firipis, Magdalina Kita, Cathal O'Connell, Elena Pirogova, David Nisbet, Richard Williams, Robert Kapsa
(2022), Vol. 28, pp. 170-170, Tissue Engineering Part A, New Rochelle, N.Y., C1
Peptide Hydrogel Scaffold for Mesenchymal Precursor Cells Implanted to Injured Adult Rat Spinal Cord
T Wiseman, D Baron-Heeris, I Houwers, R Keenan, R Williams, D Nisbet, A Harvey, S Hodgetts
(2021), Vol. 27, pp. 993-1007, Tissue Engineering - Part A, United States, C1
Is Viral Vector Gene Delivery More Effective Using Biomaterials?
Y Wang, K Bruggeman, S Franks, V Gautam, S Hodgetts, A Harvey, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2021), Vol. 10, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Germany, C1
L Voglsanger, J Read, S Ch’ng, C Zhang, I Eraslan, L Gray, L Rivera, L Hamilton, R Williams, A Gundlach, C Smith
(2021), Vol. 14, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Switzerland, C1
K Firipis, M Boyd-Moss, B Long, C Dekiwadia, W Hoskin, E Pirogova, D Nisbet, R Kapsa, A Quigley, R Williams
(2021), Vol. 7, pp. 3340-3350, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, United States, C1
Replace and repair: Biomimetic bioprinting for effective muscle engineering
C Blake, O Massey, M Boyd-Moss, K Firipis, A Rifai, S Franks, A Quigley, R Kapsa, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2021), Vol. 5, APL Bioengineering, United States, C1
C Hunt, V Penna, C Gantner, N Moriarty, Y Wang, S Franks, C Ermine, I de Luzy, C Pavan, B Long, R Williams, L Thompson, D Nisbet, C Parish
(2021), Vol. 31, Advanced Functional Materials, C1
Towards bioengineered skeletal muscle: Recent developments in vitro and in vivo
A Quigley, C Ngan, K Firipis, C O'Connell, E Pirogova, S Moulton, R Williams, R Kapsa
(2021), Vol. 65, pp. 555-567, Essays in Biochemistry, England, C1
Enhancing peptide biomaterials for biofabrication
K Firipis, D Nisbet, S Franks, R Kapsa, E Pirogova, R Williams, A Quigley
(2021), Vol. 13, pp. 2590-2590, Polymers, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Osteoblast Cell Response on Polycrystalline Diamond-Coated Additively Manufactured Scaffolds
A Rifai, N Tran, V Leitch, M Booth, R Williams, K Fox
(2021), Vol. 4, pp. 7509-7516, ACS Applied Bio Materials, Washington, D.C., C1
M Boyd-Moss, K Firipis, C O'Connell, A Rifai, A Quigley, G Boer, B Long, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2021), Vol. 5, pp. 8025-8036, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, C1
Matured myofibers in bioprinted constructs with in vivo vascularization and innervation
C Ngan, A Quigley, R Williams, C O’connell, R Blanchard, M Boyd-Moss, T Aumann, P McKelvie, G Wallace, P Choong, R Kapsa
(2021), Vol. 7, Gels, Switzerland, C1
Biomimetic Materials and Their Utility in Modeling the 3-Dimensional Neural Environment
A Cembran, K Bruggeman, R Williams, C Parish, D Nisbet
(2020), Vol. 23, iScience, United States, C1
Harnessing the self-assembly of peptides for the targeted delivery of anti-cancer agents
S Franks, K Firipis, R Ferreira, K Hannan, R Williams, R Hannan, D Nisbet
(2020), Vol. 7, pp. 1996-2010, Materials horizons, Cambridge, Eng., C1
Cytotoxic T cells swarm by homotypic chemokine signalling
J Niño, S Pageon, S Tay, F Colakoglu, D Kempe, J Hywood, J Mazalo, J Cremasco, M Govendir, L Dagley, K Hsu, S Rizzetto, J Zieba, G Rice, V Prior, G O’neill, R Williams, D Nisbet, B Kramer, A Webb, F Luciani, M Read, M Biro
(2020), Vol. 9, pp. 1-71, eLife, England, C1
A Sarker, N Tran, A Rifai, M Brandt, P Tran, M Leary, K Fox, R Williams
(2019), Vol. 5, Materialia, C1
Optimising the biocompatibility of 3D printed photopolymer constructs in vitro and in vivo
C Ngan, C O'Connell, R Blanchard, M Boyd-Moss, R Williams, J Bourke, A Quigley, P McKelvie, R Kapsa, P Choong
(2019), Vol. 14, Biomedical Materials (Bristol), England, C1
Peptide programmed hydrogels as safe sanctuary microenvironments for cell transplantation
Y Wang, X He, K Bruggeman, B Gayen, A Tricoli, W Lee, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2019), Vol. 30, pp. 1-11, Advanced functional materials, Chichester, Eng., C1
R Li, N McRae, D McCulloch, M Boyd-Moss, C Barrow, D Nisbet, N Stupka, R Williams
(2018), Vol. 19, pp. 825-837, Biomacromolecules, Washington, D.C., C1
S Aye, R Li, M Boyd-Moss, B Long, S Pavuluri, K Bruggeman, Y Wang, C Barrow, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2018), Vol. 10, Polymers, Switzerland, C1
F Maclean, G Ims, M Horne, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2018), Vol. 30, Advanced Materials, Germany, C1
Nanostructured biomedical selenium at the biological interface (Review)
V Tan, A Hinchman, R Williams, P Tran, K Fox
(2018), Vol. 13, Biointerphases, United States, C1
A Sarker, N Tran, A Rifai, J Elambasseril, M Brandt, R Williams, M Leary, K Fox
(2018), Vol. 154, pp. 326-339, Materials and design, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
K Bruggeman, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2018), Vol. 7, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Germany, C1
A Rodriguez, K Bruggeman, Y Wang, T Wang, R Williams, C Parish, D Nisbet
(2018), Vol. 12, pp. e1571-e1579, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, England, C1
Hydrogel-immobilized supercharged proteins
E Campbell, J Grant, Y Wang, M Sandhu, R Williams, D Nisbet, A Perriman, D Lupton, C Jackson
(2018), Vol. 2, pp. 1-11, Advanced biosystems, Chichester, Eng., C1
D Nisbet, T Wang, K Bruggeman, J Niclis, F Somaa, V Penna, C Hunt, Y Wang, J Kauhausen, R Williams, L Thompson, C Parish
(2018), Vol. 2, pp. 1-13, Advanced biosystems, Chichester, Eng., C1
Review: Biomaterial systems to resolve brain inflammation after traumatic injury
Francesca Maclean, Malcolm Horne, Richard Williams, David Nisbet
(2018), Vol. 2, pp. 021502-021502, APL Bioengineering, Melville, N.Y., C1
R Li, M Boyd-Moss, B Long, A Martel, A Parnell, A Dennison, C Barrow, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2017), Vol. 7, Scientific Reports, England, C1
Bioprinting and biofabrication with peptide and protein biomaterials
M Boyd-Moss, K Fox, M Brandt, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2017), Vol. 1030, pp. 95-129, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, United States, C1
F Maclean, Y Wang, R Walker, M Horne, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2017), Vol. 3, pp. 2542-2549, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, United States, C1
K Bruggeman, Y Wang, F Maclean, C Parish, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2017), Vol. 9, pp. 13661-13669, Nanoscale, England, C1
Fahad Somaa, Ting-Yi Wang, Jonathan Niclis, Kiara Bruggeman, Jessica Kauhausen, Haoyao Guo, Stuart McDougall, Richard Williams, David Nisbet, Lachlan Thompson, Clare Parish
(2017), Vol. 20, pp. 1964-1977, Cell reports, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
R Li, S Pavuluri, K Bruggeman, B Long, A Parnell, A Martel, S Parnell, F Pfeffer, A Dennison, K Nicholas, C Barrow, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2016), Vol. 12, pp. 1397-1407, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, United States, C1
C Horgan, A Rodriguez, R Li, K Bruggeman, N Stupka, J Raynes, L Day, J White, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2016), Vol. 38, pp. 11-22, Acta biomaterialia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Tailoring minimalist self-assembling peptides for localized viral vector gene delivery
A Rodriguez, T Wang, K Bruggeman, R Li, R Williams, C Parish, D Nisbet
(2016), Vol. 9, pp. 674-684, Nano research, Berlin, Germany, C1
F Maclean, R Williams, M Horne, D Nisbet
(2016), Vol. 41, pp. 589-592, Neurochemical Research, United States, C1
Temporally controlled release of multiple growth factors from a self-assembling peptide hydrogel
K Bruggeman, A Rodriguez, C Parish, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2016), Vol. 27, Nanotechnology, England, C1
Automated fourier space region-recognition filtering for off-axis digital holographic microscopy
X He, C Nguyen, M Pratap, Y Zheng, Y Wang, D Nisbet, R Williams, M Rug, A Maier, W Lee
(2016), Vol. 7, pp. 3111-3123, Biomedical Optics Express, United States, C1
Integrating Biomaterials and Stem Cells for Neural Regeneration
F Maclean, A Rodriguez, C Parish, R Williams, D Nisbet
(2016), Vol. 25, pp. 214-226, Stem Cells and Development, United States, C1
Self-assembled peptide nanostructures for the fabrication of cell scaffolds
R Li, A Rodriguez, D Nisbet, C Barrow, R Williams
(2015), pp. 33-61, Micro and nanofabrication using self-assembled biological nanostructures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, B1
R Li, C Horgan, B Long, A Rodriguez, L Mather, C Barrow, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2015), Vol. 5, pp. 301-307, RSC advances, Cambridge, Eng., C1
Organogelators based on the norbornane scaffold
S Hickey, S Hickey, S Tripcony, S Tripcony, R Li, R Li, R Williams, R Williams, F Pfeffer, F Pfeffer
(2015), Vol. 27, pp. 425-435, Supramolecular chemistry, Oxford, Eng., C1
V Modepalli, A Rodriguez, R Li, S Pavuluri, K Nicholas, C Barrow, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2014), Vol. 102, pp. 197-205, Biopolymers - Peptide Science Section, United States, C1
A Rodriguez, T Wang, K Bruggeman, C Horgan, R Li, R Williams, C Parish, D Nisbet
(2014), Vol. 2, pp. 7771-7778, Journal of materials chemistry B, Cambridge, Eng., C1
Monitoring the early stage self-assembly of enzyme-assisted peptide hydrogels
R Williams, J Gardiner, A Sorensen, S Marchesan, R Mulder, K McLean, P Hartley
(2013), Vol. 66, pp. 572-578, Australian journal of chemistry, Melbourne, Vic., C1
A Rodriguez, C Parish, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2013), Vol. 9, pp. 3915-3919, Soft matter, Cambridge, England, C1
D Menzies, T Gengenbach, J Forsythe, N Birbilis, G Johnson, C Charles, G McFarland, R Williams, C Fong, P Leech, K McLean, B Muir
(2012), Vol. 48, pp. 1907-1909, Chemical communications, Cambridge, England, C1
Self-assembled peptides : characterisation and in vivo response
D Nisbet, R Williams
(2012), Vol. 7, pp. 1-14, Biointerphases, New York, N. Y., C1
The in vivo performance of an enzyme-assisted self-assembled peptide/protein hydrogel
R Williams, T Hall, V Glattauer, J White, P Pasic, A Sorensen, L Waddington, K McLean, P Currie, P Hartley
(2011), Vol. 32, pp. 5304-5310, Biomaterials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Biocatalysed peptide hydrogels : an investigation of self-assembly kinetics using NMR spectroscopy
A Sorensen, P Hartley, R Williams
(2010), Vol. 20, pp. 243-243, European cells and materials, Clavadelstr, Davos, C1-1
Exploiting biocatalysis in peptide self-assembly
R Williams, R Mart, R Ulijn
(2010), Vol. 94, pp. 107-117, Peptide science, London, England, C1-1
Enzyme-assisted self-assembly under thermodynamic control
R Williams, A Smith, R Collins, N Hodson, A Das, R Ulijn
(2009), Vol. 4, pp. 19-24, Nature nanotechnology, London, England, C1-1
Bio-responsive hydrogels for biomedical applications
T McDonald, A Patrick, R Williams, B Cousins, V Ulijn Rein
(2008), pp. 43-59, Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators, London, England, B1-1
A Smith, R Williams, C Tang, P Coppo, R Collins, M Turner, A Saiani, R Ulijn
(2008), Vol. 20, pp. 37-41, Advanced materials, Weinheim, Germany, C1-1
Enzyme-triggered self-assembly of peptide hydrogels via reversed hydrolysis
S Toledano, R Williams, V Jayawarna, R Ulijn
(2006), Vol. 128, pp. 1070-1071, Journal of the American chemical society, Washington, D. C., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Generating multi-component scaffolding to influence the differentiation of embryonic stem cells
Dr David Nesbit, Dr Clare Parish, A/Prof Richard Williams
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2014: $40,000
- 2013: $40,000
Biomaterials for the direct reprograming of reactive astrocytes into functional neurons
Dr David Nisbet, Dr Clare Parish, A/Prof Richard Williams, Prof Alan Harvey, Dr Vincent Daria
NHMRC Project Grant
- 2020: $30,000
- 2019: $44,386
Using Stem Cells and Oxygen Vectors to Enhance Graft Integration in Parkinson's Disease
Prof Colin Jackson, A/Prof Richard Williams
NHMRC - Ideas Grant
- 2023: $25,000
- 2021: $20,000
- 2020: $20,000
Autologous Constructs for Muscle Engineering and Repair
Prof Robert Kapsa, Dr Anita Quigley, A/Prof Richard Williams, Dr Catherine Ngan, Prof Simon Moulton, Dr Cathal O'Connell
NHMRC - Ideas Grant
- 2023: $49,521
- 2022: $61,901
- 2021: $37,140
Industry and Other Funding
Biofabricated Synthetic Brain Tissue for Cruelty-Free Drug Testing on the Bench
A/Prof Richard Williams
CASS Grant - Research - The CASS Foundation Limited
- 2022: $60,000
Bioavailability and Bioactivity in a Model Skin System.
A/Prof Richard Williams, Dr Aaqil Rifai, Prof John Stambas, Prof Colin Barrow, Dr Dylan Hegh
Humble Bee Bio Pty Ltd
- 2023: $85,616
Other Funding Sources
Harvard Syringe pumps and high pressure syringes
A/Prof Richard Williams
NHMRC - Equipment Grant - Not R&D income countable (2017-current)
- 2022: $16,385
Supervisions
Aseel Mahmood Ibrahim Al-Mashahedah
Thesis entitled: Nanoparticle Therapeutics to Target Corneal Scarring, Haze, and Bacterial Keratitis
Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine
Tulika Basak
Thesis entitled: Targeting iron overload: A potential approach towards glioblastoma therapy
Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine
Lara Voglsanger
Thesis entitled: The relaxin-3 system in the mouse brain and gut
Master of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine
Naznin Akhtar
Thesis entitled: Theranostic Applications of Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles for Colorectal Cancer
Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine