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Marc Lavertu
B.Eng. (Poly), M.Eng. (Poly), Ph.D. Génie Biomedical (Poly)
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Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Phone: (514) 340-4711 Ext. 3609 Fax: (514) 340-4159 Room: J-2069
Areas of expertise
Biomedical engineering Biomedical materials

Research interests and affiliations

Research interests
  • Gene delivery
  • Biopolymers
  • Chitosan
  • Nanoparticles
Affiliation(s)
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
  • 1900 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
  • 1902 Biomedical materials

Publications

Recent publications
Journal article
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, 12 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/08853282221085058
Journal article
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. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2022.05.021
Journal article
Esquivel Guzmán, J.A., Zhang, H., Mohanty, C., Liu, X., Rivera, E., Illescas, J., Lavertu, M. & Zhu, X.X. (2022). Thermoresponsive copolymers based on synthetic porphyrin derivatives. MRS Advances, 7 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-022-00430-z
Journal article
Chevrier, A., Hurtig, M.B. & Lavertu, M. (2021). Chitosan-Platelet-Rich Plasma Implants Improve Rotator Cuff Repair in a Large Animal Model: Pivotal Study. Pharmaceutics, 13(11), 16 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13111955
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Supervision at Polytechnique

COMPLETED

  • 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). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3779/
    • 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). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3770/
    • Alameh, M. (2017). Gene Silencing Using Chitosan Based siRNA Delivery Systems in Cells and Animals (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2687/
    • TavakoliNaeini, A. (2017). Large Scale Production, Purification, and Modification of Chitosan-Based Complexes for Gene Therapy (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2667/
    • Pickenhahn, V. (2016). Transformation régiosélective du chitosane par thioacétylation pour applications biomédicales (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2387/
    • Veilleux, D. (2016). Lyophilisation et concentration de complexes chitosane/ADN et chitosane/ARNic pour la thérapie génique (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2263/

  • Master's Thesis (2)

    • 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). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3719/
    • 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). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3121/

Awards and honors

News about Marc Lavertu

NEWS | September 23, 2022
Research projects of seven Polytechnique Montréal faculty members backed by the CFI and the Québec government | Read