Marc Lavertu
B.Eng. (Poly), M.Eng. (Poly), Ph.D. Génie Biomedical (Poly)
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Student research project(s)
Research interests and affiliations
Research interests
- Gene delivery
- Biopolymers
- Chitosan
- Nanoparticles
Affiliation(s)
- Institut de génie biomédical, Member
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
- 1900 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
- 1902 Biomedical materials
Publications
Recent publications
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Han, X., Alameh, M.-G., Butowska, K., Knox, J. J., Lundgreen, K., Ghattas, M., Gong, N., Xue, L., Xu, Y., Lavertu, M., Bates, P., Xu, J., Nie, G., Zhong, Y., Weissman, D., & Mitchell, M. J. (2023). Adjuvant lipidoid-substituted lipid nanoparticles augment the immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines. Nature Nanotechnology, 19 pages.
Milano, F., Chevrier, A., De Crescenzo, G., & Lavertu, M. (2023). Injectable Lyophilized Chitosan-Thrombin-Platelet-Rich Plasma (CS-FIIa-PRP) Implant to Promote Tissue Regeneration: In Vitro and Ex Vivo Solidification Properties. Polymers, 15(13), 15 pages.
Chevrier, A., Hurtig, M. B., & Lavertu, M. (2022). Chitosan-platelet-rich plasma implants improve rotator cuff repair in a large animal model: Pilot study. Journal of Biomaterials Applications, 0885328222 (12 pages).
Naeini, A. T., Alameh, M.-G., Soliman, O. Y., & Lavertu, M. (2022). Purification and Surface Modification of Chitosan-based Polyplexes Using Tangential Flow Filtration and Coating by Hyaluronic Acid. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 111(10), 2857-2866.
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Supervision at Polytechnique
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Ph.D. Thesis (6)
- Ghazi Zadeh, L. (2018). Freeze-Dried Chitosan Platelet-Rich Plasma Mixtures for Knee Meniscus Repair [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Mathieu, C. (2018). The Role of Biomaterials in Synovial Joint Inflammation and Chondrogenesis Towards the Development of a Novel Post-Surgical Articular Cartilage Repair Therapy [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Alameh, M. (2017). Gene Silencing Using Chitosan Based siRNA Delivery Systems in Cells and Animals [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- TavakoliNaeini, A. (2017). Large Scale Production, Purification, and Modification of Chitosan-Based Complexes for Gene Therapy [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Pickenhahn, V. (2016). Transformation régiosélective du chitosane par thioacétylation pour applications biomédicales [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Veilleux, D. (2016). Lyophilisation et concentration de complexes chitosane/ADN et chitosane/ARNic pour la thérapie génique [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
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Master's Thesis (3)
- Jeandupeux, E. (2018). Utilisation de l'acide poly (propyl acrylique) pour augmenter l'efficacité in vitro des nanoparticules à base de chitosane et ARN messager [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Soliman, O. Y. (2018). Développement de complexes polyélectrolytes à base d'acide hyaluronique et de chitosane pour la livraison d'ARN messager [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Niebel, Y. (2013). Analyse des complexes oligodésoxyribonucléotide/chitosan par ultracentrifugation analytique [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
