We are a young and dynamic lab. Our passion for chemistry and expertise in tissue biology and wound healing leads us to create novel materials for biomedical applications. Our current research focus is on polymer self-assemblies, polymer processing as well as Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) for biomedical applications. These biomedical applications include biomaterials and materials for bio- and chemosensors. Always having biomedical applications in mind, we are motivated to develop a detailed understanding of the materials we create and to optimize them using insights from advanced synchrotron analytical methods.

Sebastian Beyer, PhD
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    (03/2018 - today)
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Germany
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Analytical Chemistry & Reference Materials    
(04/2016 - 02/2018)
Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biosystems and Micromechanics    
(09/2012 - 02/2015)
National University of Singapore
PhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering    
(08/2008 - 08/2012)
University of Applied Sciences of Gelsenkirchen
Undergraduate studies, Chemistry    
(09/2004 - 07/2008)

Publications
Publications since start at CUHK

(see previous publications here)

    Manhui Zheng, Xuechuan Wang, Ouyang Yue, Mengdi Hou, Huije Zhang, Sebastian Beyer, Anna Maria Blocki, Qin Wang, Guidong Gong, Xinhua Liu, Junling Guo, Skin-inspired gelatin-based flexible bio-electronic hydrogel for wound healing promotion and motion sensing, Biomaterials, DOI:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121026

    Ander Chapartegui-Arias, Anna Raysyan, Ana M. Belenguer, Carsten Jaeger, Theodor Tchipilov, Carsten Prinz, Carlos Abad, Sebastian Beyer, Rudolf J. Schneider, Franziska Emmerling, Tailored Mobility in a Zeolite Imidazolate Framework (ZIF) Antibody Conjugate, Chemistry A European Journal, DOI:10.1002/chem.202100803

    Jingqu Chen, Shuaijun Pan, Jiajing Zhou, Robert Seidel, Sebastian Beyer, Zhixing Lin, Joseph J. Richardson, and Frank Caruso, Metal–Phenolic Networks as Tunable Buffering Systems, Chemistry of Materials, DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00015

    Sebastian Beyer*, Anna Blocki, Matthew, Chung Yin Cheung, Zoe, Ho Ying Wan, Babak Mehrjou, Roger Dale Kamm*, Lectin Staining of Microvascular Glycocalyx in Microfluidic Cancer Cell Extravasation Assays, LIFE, doi.org/10.3390/life11030179
    (*Co-corresponding authorship)

    Gan Lin, Joseph J. Richardson, Heba Ahmed, Quinn A. Besford, Andrew J. Christofferson, Sebastian Beyer, Zhixing Lin, Amgad R. Rezk, Marco Savioli, Jiajing Zhou, Chris F. McConville, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Leslie Y. Yeo, and Frank Caruso. Programmable Phototaxis of Metal-Phenolic Particle Microswimmers, Advanced Materials, DOI:101002/adma.202006177

    Moldir Shyngys, Ren Jia, Xiaoqi Liang, Jiechen Miao, Anna Maria Blocki, Sebastian Beyer*, Metal-organic Framework (MOF) based Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM). Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021/1/27, Doi:10.3389/fbioe.2021.603608

    Ana Guilherme Buzanich, Anicó Kulow, Anke Kabelitz, Christian Grunewald, Robert Seidel, Ander Arias Chapartegui, Martin Radtke, Uwe Reinholz, Franziska Emmerling, Sebastian Beyer*, Observation of Early ZIF-8 Crystallization Stages with X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Soft Matter, 2021, 17, 331 – 334.

    Marisa Assunção, Dorsa Dehghan-Baniani, Chi Him Kendrick Yiu, Thomas Später, Sebastian Beyer, Anna Maria Blocki, Cell-Derived Extracellular Matrix for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020/11/10, DOI:10.3389/fbioe.2020.602009

    Marisa Assunção, Christy Wingtung Wong, Joseph J Richardson, Rachel Tsang, Sebastian Beyer, Michael Raghunath, Anna Blocki, Macromolecular Dextran Sulfate Facilitates Extracellular Matrix Deposition by Electrostatic Interaction Independent from a Macromolecular Crowding Effect, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2020, 106, 110280

    Ander Chapartegui-Arias, Jose A Villajos, Anett Myxa, Sebastian Beyer, Jana Falkenhagen, Rudolf J Schneider, Franziska Emmerling, Covalently Fluorophore-Functionalized ZIF-8 Colloidal Particles as a Sensing Platform for Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Such as Phthalates Plasticizers, ACS Omega, 2019, 4, (17), 17090-17097

    Song Gao, Jingwei Hou, Zeyu Deng, Tiesheng Wang, Sebastian Beyer, Ana Guilherme Buzanich, Joseph J Richardson, Aditya Rawal, Robert Seidel, Muhammad Yazid Zulkifli, Weiwei Li, Thomas D Bennett, Anthony K Cheetham, Kang Liang, Vicki Chen, Improving the Acidic Stability of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks by Biofunctional Molecules, Chem, 2019, 5, (6), 1597-1608

    Irina Akhmetova, Sebastian Beyer, Konstantin Schutjajew, Tim Tichter, Manuel Wilke, Carsten Prinz, Inês CB Martins, Dominik Al-Sabbagh, Christina Roth, Franziska Emmerling, Cadmium Benzylphosphonates–the Close Relationship Between Structure and Properties, Crystal Engineering Communications, 2019, 21, (39), 5958-5964.

    Anicó Kulow, Steffen Witte, Sebastian Beyer, Ana Guilherme Buzanich, Martin Radke, Uwe Reinholz, Heinrich Riesemeyer, Christina Streli, S²XAFS: A New Experimental Setup for Time-resolved X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy in a ‘single shot’. Journal of Analytic Atomic Spectometry, 34, 2019, 239-246

    Sebastian Beyer, Maria Koch, Yie Hou Lee, Friedrich Jung, Anna Blocki, An in vitro Model of Angiogenesis During Wound Healing Provides Insights into the Complex Role of Cells and Factors in the Inflammatory and Proliferation Phase, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018, 19 (10), 2913.

    Anna Blocki, Sebastian Beyer, Friedrich Jung, Michael Raghunath, The Controversial Origin of Pericytes During Angiogenesis - Implications for Cell-based Therapeutic Angiogenesis and Cell-based Therapies. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation 2018, 69, (1-2), 215-232.

    Sebastian Beyer*, Robin Schürmann, Ines Feldmann, Anna Blocki, Ilko. Bald, Rudolf. J. Schneider & Franziska Emmerling*, Maintaining Stable Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework (ZIF) Templates during Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Coating. Colloids and Interface Science Communications 2018, 22, 14-17 (*Co-corresponding authorship)

Teaching
Current teaching at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (lecturer):
Term II     2020/21     BMEG5910     Master Project
Term II     2020/21     ENGG5601     Principles of Biomechanics and Biomaterials
Term II     2020/21     BMEG4999     Final Year Project II
Term II     2020/21     BMEG3910     Undergraduate Research in Biomedical Engineering
Term I     2020/21     BMEG5910     Master Project
Term I     2020/21     BMEG5710     Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (postgraduate)
Term I     2020/21     BMEG5610     Research Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Term I     2020/21     BMEG4998     Final Year Project I
Term I     2020/21     BMEG3910     Undergraduate Research in Biomedical Engineering
Term I     2020/21     BMEG2001     Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (undergraduate)
Term II     2019/20     BMEG5910     Master project
Term II     2019/20     ENGG5601     Principles of Biomechanics and Biomaterials
Term I     2019/20     BMEG5910     Master project
Term I     2019/20     BMEG5710     Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (postgraduate)
Term I     2019/20     BMEG5610     Research Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Term I     2019/20     BMEG2001     Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (undergraduate)
Term II     2018/19     BMEG4450     Bionanotechnology