prof. dr. ir. H.H. (Harrie) Weinans
Associate Professor
- Department of Orthopaedics

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Biography
Our stiff bones are held together by ligaments and tendons and carry the weight and transfer the large forces that are required for locomotion. Without these load bearing mechanical tissues we would look like a gelatin pudding. With aging or after trauma the delicate internal architecture of these connective tissues gets lost, which can result in e.g. cartilage damage and subsequent deterioration (osteoarthritis), loss of bone mass (osteoporosis) problematic healing of fractures or tendons. Bone and cartilage are load bearing structures and degeneration and regeneration in these tissues are continuously influenced by and adapted to the biomechanical demands. The major goal of my research is to investigate the degenerative processes in the skeletal structures and find methods to counterbalance this degeneration or even induce appropriate regeneration after the tissue is already diminished.
Research Output (162)
van Dijk B, Lemans J V C, Hoogendoorn R M, Dadachova E, de Klerk J M H, Vogely H C, Weinans H, Lam M G E H, van der Wal B C H 31 jul 2020, In: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 9 , p. 121
van Helvoort Eefje M., van Spil Willem E., Jansen Mylène P., Welsing Paco M.J., Kloppenburg Margreet, Loef Marieke, Blanco Francisco J., Haugen Ida K., Berenbaum Francis, Bacardit Jaume, Ladel Christoph H., Loughlin John, Bay-Jensen Anne C., Mobasheri Ali, Larkin Jonathan, Boere Janneke, Weinans Harrie H., Lalande Agnes, Marijnissen Anne C.A., Lafeber Floris P.J.G. 28 jul 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10 10 p.
Widera Paweł, Welsing Paco M.J., Ladel Christoph, Loughlin John, Lafeber Floris P.F.J., Petit Dop Florence, Larkin Jonathan, Weinans Harrie, Mobasheri Ali, Bacardit Jaume 21 mei 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10 15 p.
van Dijk B, Allen K J H, Helal M, Vogely H C, Lam M G E H, de Klerk J M H, Weinans H, van der Wal B C H, Dadachova E 14 mei 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15 10 p.
Florkow Mateusz C, Zijlstra Frank, Willemsen Koen, Maspero Matteo, van den Berg Cornelis A T, Kerkmeijer Linda G W, Castelein René M, Weinans Harrie, Viergever Max A, van Stralen Marijn, Seevinck Peter R apr 2020, In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 83 , p. 1429-1441 13 p.
Gielis Willem Paul, Rayegan Hassan, Arbabi Vahid, Ahmadi Brooghani Seyed Y., Lindner Claudia, Cootes Tim F., de Jong Pim A., Weinans H., Custers Roel J.H. 2020, In: Acta Orthopaedica. 91 , p. 732-737 6 p.
Koolen Marianne K.E., Kruyt Moyo C., Öner Fetullah C., Schaden Wolfgang, Weinans Harrie, van der Jagt Olav P. 1 dec 2019, In: ARCHIVES OF OSTEOPOROSIS. 14 7 p.
Gielis W P, Weinans H, Welsing P M J, van Spil W E, Agricola R, Cootes T F, de Jong P A, Lindner C 8 okt 2019, In: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 28 , p. 62-70 9 p.
Garcia João P, Longoni Alessia, Gawlitta Debby, J W P Rosenberg Antoine, Grinstaff Mark W, Töyräs Juha, Weinans Harrie, Creemers Laura B, Pouran Behdad 30 sep 2019, In: Acta Biomaterialia. 100 , p. 202-212 11 p.
Koolen M, Longoni A, van der Stok J, Van der Jagt O, Gawlitta D, Weinans H 17 sep 2019, In: European Cells & Materials. 38 , p. 94-105 12 p.