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
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/seaweed-may-help-heal-injured-brain-tissue-australian-research-finds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2C4d34JXZ8
Publications
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
(2020), Vol. 30, pp. 1-11, Advanced functional materials, Chichester, Eng., 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, pp. 1-16, iScience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A Sarker, N Tran, A Rifai, M Brandt, P Tran, M Leary, K Fox, R Williams
(2019), Vol. 5, pp. 1-13, Materialia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 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, pp. 1-12, Biomedical materials, Bristol, 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, pp. 1-13, Polymers, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Francesca Maclean, Georgina Ims, Malcolm Horne, Richard Williams, David Nisbet
(2018), Vol. 30, pp. 1-8, Advanced materials, London, Eng., C1
Nanostructured biomedical selenium at the biological interface (Review)
Victoria Tan, Angelica Hinchman, Richard Williams, Phong Tran, Kate Fox
(2018), Vol. 13, pp. 1-19, Biointerphases, New York, N.Y., 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
Kiara Bruggeman, Richard Williams, David Nisbet
(2018), Vol. 7, pp. 1-14, Advanced healthcare materials, London, Eng., 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, London, Eng., 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
R Li, M Boyd-Moss, B Long, A Martel, A Parnell, A Dennison, C Barrow, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2017), Vol. 7, pp. 1-8, Scientific reports, London, Eng., C1
Bioprinting and biofabrication with peptide and protein biomaterials
Mitchell Boyd-Moss, Kate Fox, Milan Brandt, David Nisbet, Richard 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, Washington, D.C., C1
Kiara Bruggeman, Yi Wang, Francesca Maclean, Clare Parish, Richard Williams, David Nisbet
(2017), Vol. 9, pp. 13661-13669, Nanoscale, Cambridge, Eng., 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, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 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, New York, N.Y., C1
Temporally controlled release of multiple growth factors from a self-assembling peptide hydrogel
Kiara Bruggeman, Alexandra Rodriguez, Clare Parish, Richard Williams, David Nisbet
(2016), Vol. 27, pp. 1-7, Nanotechnology, Bristol, Eng., C1
Automated Fourier space region-recognition filtering for off-axis digital holographic microscopy
Xuefei He, Chuong Nguyen, Mrinalini Pratap, Yujie Zheng, Yi Wang, David Nisbet, Richard Williams, Melanie Rug, Alexander Maier, Woei Lee
(2016), Vol. 7, pp. 3111-3123, Biomedical optics express, Washington, D.C., C1
Integrating biomaterials and stem cells for neural regeneration
Francesca Maclean, Alexandra Rodriguez, Clare Parish, Richard Williams, David Nisbet
(2016), Vol. 25, pp. 214-226, Stem cells and development, New Rochelle, N.Y., 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 Tripcony, R Li, R Williams, 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, 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, C1
A Rodriguez, C Parish, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2013), Vol. 9, pp. 3915-3919, Soft Matter, 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, C1
Self-assembled peptides: Characterisation and in vivo response
D Nisbet, R Williams
(2012), Vol. 7, pp. 1-14, Biointerphases, 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, 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, Biopolymers, C1-1
Bio-Responsive Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
T Mcdonald, A Patrick, R Williams, B Cousins, R Ulijn
(2009), pp. 43-59, Biomedical Applications of Electroactive Polymer Actuators, B1-1
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, C1-1
A Smith, R Williams, C Tang, P Coppo, R Collins, M Turner, A Saiani, R Ulijn
(2008), Vol. 20, pp. 37-41, Advanced Materials, 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, 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, Dr 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, Dr 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, Dr Richard Williams
NHMRC - Ideas Grant
- 2020: $20,000
Supervisions
Naznin Akhtar
Thesis entitled: Theranostic Applications of Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles for Colorectal Cancer
Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine