Tony Weiss | Funded research | The University of Sydney

NHMRC Investigator Fellow

Faculty of Science

Orcid identifier0000-0002-8106-4836 (opens in a new tab)⁠

NHMRC Investigator Fellow
Faculty of Science

tony.weiss@sydney.edu.au (opens in a new tab)

For more information please go to weisslab.net .

The Weiss Lab's research focuses on the assembly of human elastic tissue, damage and its repair. The lab is very interested in the amazing, self-assembling elastic protein tropoelastin and the use of synthetic elastin to repair elastic tissues in skin, artery, bladder and lung.

Professor Weiss's research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Molecules to Materials, Understanding Disease & Disorder in Humans, Preventing and Treating Disease & Disorder, Understanding and Treating Disease in Plants, Critical Minerals and Materials, Next Generation Materials.

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Regenerating synthetic vascular grafts into living arteries: complete structural and functional restoration to prevent revision surgery
NSW Health1 Jul 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Wang Z,
- Hume R,
- Weiss A,
- Loo L
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Innovative approaches to repair soft-tissue damage in critical organs
National Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2030
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A
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Deep imaging for understanding molecular processes in complex organisms
Australian Research Council (ARC)19 Dec 2024 - 18 Dec 2025
People funded by this grant:
- Kilian K,
- Gunning PW,
- Weiss A,
- Kaur A,
- Heisler M
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A biodegradable blood vessel replacement that regrows damaged aortas
National Heart Foundation of Australia1 Jan 2024
People funded by this grant:
- Wang Z,
- Hume R,
- Bannon P,
- Weiss A
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Biomimetic repair of age-related elastic lamellae damage using targeted nanodevices
SENS Research Foundation1 Jan 2024
People funded by this grant:
- Wang Z,
- Weiss A
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Bioprinting and advanced visualisation of novel 3D model systems
Australian Research Council (ARC)9 Aug 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
People funded by this grant:
- Braet F,
- Weiss A
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Tuning mesenchymal stem cell lifespan, performance, and differentiation
Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jul 2022 - 31 Dec 2025
People funded by this grant:
- Yeo G,
- Weiss A
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Miniaturised biosensors with high selectivity
Australian Research Council (ARC)31 Mar 2022 - 30 Mar 2025
People funded by this grant:
- Naficy S,
- Oveissi F,
- Weiss A,
- Dehghani F
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Shaping Innovative Designs for Sustainable Tissue Engineering Products
European Commission (Belgium)1 Jan 2022
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A
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Repairing soft tissues with engineered elastic biomaterials
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2025
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A
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Australia-Harvard Foundation Fellowship
Harvard Club of Australia Foundation1 Feb 2020
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A,
- Zhang Y
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Tropoelastin: revolutionizing serious wound and injury repair
The Returned & Services League of Australia Limited1 Jan 2018
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A
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Bio-functionalization of capsules to maintain insulin secretion, enhance angiogensis and inhibit fibrosis.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF)1 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Thorn P,
- Hudson J,
- Kebede M,
- Bilek M,
- Porrello DE
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RES: (CTM CRC) CRC Cell Therapy Manufacturing Project 1-22 Functionalised surfaces for iPSC and MSC expansion
Cell Therapy Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)1 Aug 2017
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A
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A multidisciplinary, regenerative medicine approach to cure type 1 diabetes
DVC Research1 Jan 2017
People funded by this grant:
- Bilek M,
- Thorn P,
- Weiss A,
- Kebede M
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Growing better beta cells
Breakthrough T1D (Formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - JDRF) Australia1 Jan 2017
People funded by this grant:
- Thorn P,
- Bilek M,
- Kebede M,
- Hudson J,
- Weiss A
GRANT
Manufacture and Testing of Next Generation Orthopaedic Implants Harnessing Periosteum's Regenerative Power
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2017
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A
GRANT
3D cell explorer
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2016
People funded by this grant:
- Chrzanowski W,
- Weiss A,
- King N,
- Boddy A,
- George J
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EnvisionTEC 3D-Bioplotter. High Precision 3D Printer for Processing Multi-biomaterials
DVC Research1 Jan 2016
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A,
- Dehghani F,
- Bilek M
GRANT
Biothermosetting bone filler: an injectable osteoconductive repair material
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A,
- Dehghani F
GRANT
FluidFM (Fluid Force Microscopy)
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2015
People funded by this grant:
- Chrzanowski W,
- Braet F,
- Weiss A,
- McKenzie D,
- King N
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TRANSFORMING TISSUE REPAIR: 'Out-of-the-bag' elastic meshes that accelerate wound repair.
Wellcome Trust Ltd20 Oct 2014 - 19 Aug 2016
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss AS
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Multifunctional surfaces for implantable devices
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE)1 Jul 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
People funded by this grant:
- Chrzanowski W
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Technion Israel Institute of Technology (Technion IIT) - Sydney University - 3D Tissue Regeneration
Technion Society of Australia (Victoria)7 Apr 2014
People funded by this grant:
- Weiss A
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Biomedical Engineering. EU Australian cooperation at master level (BEAM)
EU - Australian Government1 Mar 2014
People funded by this grant:
- Chrzanowski W,
- Reis R,
- Hutmacher D,
- Migliaresi C,
- Weiss A

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