Harnessing the Versatility of Bacterial Collagen to Improve the Chondrogenic Potential of Porous Collagen Scaffolds.

"P.A.P.’s studentship was funded by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in the Manufacturing Business Unit. Dr. J.P.S., Dr. L.W.C., and Prof. M.M.S were supported by the Medical Engineering Solutions in Osteoarthritis Centre of Excellence funded by the Wellcome Trust (088844). Dr. L.W.C. and Dr. J.P.S. acknowledge the Value in People Award from the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (097816/Z/11/A). Dr. J.P.S. and Prof. M.M.S were also supported by the UK Regenerative Medicine Platform Hubs “Acellular Approaches for Therapeutic Delivery” (MR/K026682/1) and “A Hub for Engineering and Exploiting the Stem Cell Niche” (MR/K026666/1), which are funded by the Medical Research Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Dr. J.L.P. received support from a Whitaker Fellowship from the Whitaker International Program. Prof. M.M.S. acknowledges the support from the ERC Seventh Framework Programme Consolidator grant “Naturale CG” under grant agreement no. 616417 and a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award (098411/Z/12/Z) for funding. The authors acknowledge the Harvey Flower Microstructural Characterization Suite. MP–SHG imaging was performed in the Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy (FILM) at Imperial College London, partly supported by funding from the Wellcome Trust (104931/Z/14/Z). All raw data are available on request from m.stevens@imperial.ac.uk."