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
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, 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. 1-70, 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, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 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, New Rochelle, N.Y., C1
Is Viral Vector Gene Delivery More Effective Using Biomaterials?
Yi Wang, Kiara Bruggeman, Stephanie Franks, Vini Gautam, Stuart Hodgetts, Alan Harvey, Richard Williams, David Nisbet
(2021), Vol. 10, pp. 2001238-2001238, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Weinheim, 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, pp. 1-10, Frontiers in neuroscience, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
Replace and repair: biomimetic bioprinting for effective muscle engineering
Cooper Blake, O Massey, M Boyd-Moss, K Firipis, A Rifai, S Franks, A Quigley, R Kapsa, D Nisbet, R Williams
(2021), Vol. 5, pp. 1-16, APL Bioengineering, Melville, N.Y., 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, London, Eng., 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
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, pp. 1-20, Gels, Basel, Switzerland, 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
(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
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. 1-40, eLife, Cambridge, Eng., 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
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, 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 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, 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
- 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
- 2022: $24,760
- 2021: $37,140
Industry and Other Funding
Biofabricated Synthetic Brain Tissue for Cruelty-Free Drug Testing on the Bench
A/Prof Richard Williams
- 2022: $20,000
Other Funding Sources
Harvard Syringe pumps and high pressure syringes
A/Prof Richard Williams
- 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
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