Guiding cell adhesion and motility by modulating cross-linking and topographic properties of microgel arrays

• Janine Riegert ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Janine Riegert, Alexander Töpel

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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• Alexander Töpel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Janine Riegert, Alexander Töpel

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, DWI, Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Aachen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6801-2222

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• Jana Schieren,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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• Renee Coryn,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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• Stella Dibenedetto,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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• Dominik Braunmiller,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, DWI, Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Aachen, Germany

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• Kamil Zajt,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6280-3464

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• Carmen Schalla,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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• Stephan Rütten,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Electron Microscopy Facility, Institute of Pathology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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• Martin Zenke,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1107-3251

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• Andrij Pich,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, DWI, Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Aachen, Germany

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• Antonio Sechi

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: antonio.sechi@rwth-aachen.de

  Affiliation Dept. of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-1794

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