Jessica Weaver

Assistant Professor,

School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

550 E Orange St Tempe, AZ 85281
Mail code: 9709

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Jessica Weaver is an assistant professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering. Her expertise lies in integrating biomaterials, drug delivery, and tissue and immune engineering for the development of functional and immune-protected tissue and cell grafts. Her research focuses on developing safe, translatable technologies with long-term efficacy to widen the applicability of cell therapies to broad patient populations through the elimination of chronic immunosuppression.

Education

Ph.D. University of Miami

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZpuJVwkAAAAJ&hl=en

Publications

Weaver, JD, Headen, DM, Coronel, MM, Hunckler, MD, Shirwan, H, García, AJ, Synthetic poly(ethylene glycol)-based microfluidic islet encapsulation reduces graft volume for delivery to highly vascularized and retrievable transplant site, American Journal of Transplantation, (2018), DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15.
Xu, J, Tapadar, S, Weaver, JD, Raji, I, Pithadia, D, García, AJ, Oyelere, A, Shin, C, Inhibition of TBK1/IKKε Promotes Regeneration of Pancreatic Beta Cells, Scientific Reports, 8 (1), 15587 (2018).
Weaver, JD, Headen, DM, Hunckler, MD, Coronel, MM, Stabler, CL, García, AJ, Design of a vascularized synthetic poly (ethylene glycol) macroencapsulation device for islet transplantation, Biomaterials, 172, 54-65 (2018)
Headen, DM, Woodward, KB, Weaver, JD, Zhao, H, Shastra, P, Bowen, WS, Johnson, CT, Shea, LD, Yolcu, E, García, AJ, Shirwan, H, Localized Immunomodulation with Biomaterials Presenting SA-FasL Achieves Allogeneic Islet Graft Acceptance without Chronic Immunosuppression, Nature Materials, 17, 732-739 (2018).
Navarro-Requena, C, Weaver, JD, Clark, A, Clift, D, Perez-Amodio, S, Castano, O, Zhou, D, García, AJ, Engel, E, PEG Hydrogel Containing Calcium-Releasing Particles and Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Promote Vessel Maturation, Acta Biomaterialia, 67, 53-65 (2018).
Weaver, JD, Headen, DM, Aquart, J, Johnson, CT, Shea, LD, Shirwan, H, García, AJ, Vasculogenic Hydrogel Enhances Marginal Islet Mass Engraftment and Function in Extrahepatic Transplant Sites, Science Advances, 3 (6), e1700184 (2017).
Moulisova, V, Gonzalez-Garcia, C, Cantini, M, Rodrigo-Navarro, A, Weaver, JD, Costell, M, Sabater I Serra, R, Dalby, MJ, Garcia, AJ, Salmeron-Sanchez, M, Engineered Microenvironments for Synergistic VEGF-Integrin Signaling During Vascularization, Biomaterials, 126, 61-74 (2017).
Jiang, K, Weaver, JD, Li, Y, Chen, X, Liang, L, Stabler, CL, Local Release of Dexamethasone from Macroporous Scaffolds Accelerates Islet Transplant Engraftment by Promotion of Anti-Inflammatory M2 Macrophages, Biomaterials, 114, 71-81 (2017).
Weaver, JD, Song, Y., Pileggi, A, Ricordi, C, Buchwald, P, Stabler, CL, Controlled Release of Glucocorticoids from Organosilicone Constructs for Local Modulation of Inflammation in an Islet Transplant Site, Tissue Engineering Part A, 21 (15-16), 2250-2261 (2015).
Buchwald P, Cechin SR, Weaver JD and Stabler CL, Experimental Evaluation and Computational Modeling of the Effects of Encapsulation on the Time-Profile of Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Release of Pancreatic Islets, BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 14(28), 1-14 (2015).
Weaver, JD, and Stabler, CL, Antioxidant Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Hydrogels for Cellular Encapsulation, Acta Biomaterialia, 16, 136-144 (2015).
Song, Y, Margolles-Clark, E., Fraker, CA, Weaver, JD, Ricordi, C., Pileggi, A., Stabler, CL, and Buchwald, P., Feasibility of Localized Immunosuppression: 3. Preliminary Evaluation of Organosilicone Constructs Designed for Sustained Drug Release in a Cell Transplant Environment Using Dexamethasone, Pharmazie, 67, 394-399 (2012).
Giraldo, J.A., Weaver J.D., Stabler, C.L. Enhancing Clinical Islet Transplantation through Tissue Engineering Strategies, J Diabetes Sci Technol. 4(5), 1238-47 (2010).

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BME 492	Honors Directed Study
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 598	Special Topics
BDE 792	Research

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
BME 492	Honors Directed Study
BDE 792	Research
BME 492	Honors Directed Study
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 467	Tissue Eng & Regenerative Med.

2024 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
BDE 792	Research
BDE 792	Research

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BME 493	Honors Thesis
BME 394	Special Topics
BDE 792	Research
BME 598	Special Topics

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
BME 493	Honors Thesis
BDE 792	Research
BME 492	Honors Directed Study

2023 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
BDE 792	Research

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BME 492	Honors Directed Study
BME 394	Special Topics

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
BME 493	Honors Thesis
BME 467	Tissue Eng & Regenerative Med.

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BME 493	Honors Thesis
BME 492	Honors Directed Study
BME 591	Seminar
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 492	Honors Directed Study
BME 598	Special Topics

2021 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
BME 492	Honors Directed Study
BME 591	Seminar
BME 467	Tissue Eng & Regenerative Med.

2021 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BME 591	Seminar
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 394	Special Topics

2020 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
BME 492	Honors Directed Study
BME 493	Honors Thesis
BME 591	Seminar
BME 792	Research
ASU 101-BME	The ASU Experience
ASU 101-BME	The ASU Experience
ASU 101-BME	The ASU Experience
BME 493	Honors Thesis
BME 492	Honors Directed Study
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 467	Tissue Eng & Regenerative Med.

2020 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BME 591	Seminar
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 394	Special Topics
BME 598	Special Topics

Expertise Areas

Biomaterials

Diabetes

Immunoengineering