LIST of PUBLICATIONS (Updated Feburary 2025)
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (ORCiD iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-9611)
Gopal Agarwal, Kennedy Moes, Christine E. Schmidt. Development and in vitro evaluation of biomimetic injectable hydrogels from decellularized human nerves for central nervous system regeneration. Materials Today Bio, 31:101483 (2025).
Gopal Agarwal, Samantha Shumard, Olivia Osborne, Michaela Mertz, Jorge Santiago Mojica, Breana Aussec, Christine E. Schmidt. Decellularized porcine peripheral nerve based injectable hydrogel for Schwann cell delivery. Journal of Neural Engineering, 21:4 (2024).
Gopal Agarwal, Abhishek Roy, Abhishek Singh, Hemant Kumar, Amit Mandoli, Akshay Srivastava. BM-MSCs-loaded-Graphene-Collagen cryogels ameliorates neuroinflammation in rat spinal cord injury model. ACS Applied Biomaterials, 7: 1478–1489 (2024).
Gopal Agarwal, Abhishek Roy, Hemant Kumar, Akshay Srivastava. Graphene collagen cryogels conquers neuro-inflammation and fosters accelerated axonal regeneration in injured spinal cord. Biomaterial Advances, 139:212971 (2022).
Gopal Agarwal, Ashish Agrawal, Anis Fatima, Akshay Srivastava. X ray micro-tomography-based evaluation of graphene cross-linking on collagen hydrogels. Micron, 150:103127 (2021).
Tanay Dalvi*,Bhaskar Dewangan*, Gopal Agarwal*, Suchita Dattatray Shinde, Alok Jain,Akshay Srivastava, Bichismita Sahu. Design, synthesis, and in-vitro evaluation of fluorinated triazoles as multi-target directed ligands for Alzheimer disease. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letter, 42: 127999, (2021). (*Equal Author)
Gopal Agarwal, Navin Kumar, Akshay Srivastava. Highly elastic, electroconductive, immunomodulatory graphene crosslinked collagen cryogel for spinal cord regeneration. Material Science and Engineering C, 118:111518, (2021).
Krishnapriya S.*, Gopal Agarwal*, Akshay Srivastava. Hyaluronic microneedle loaded collagen cryogels for ocular drug delivery. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137: 49285, (2020). (*Equal Author)
Gopal Agarwal, Shubham Agiwal, Akshay Srivastava. Hyaluronic acid containing scaffolds ameliorate stem cell function for tissue repair and regeneration. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 165:388-401, (2020).
Sumit Mandal*, Amol People*, Heta Thakkar*, Silvy Mary Sebastian*, Gopal Agarwal*, Akshay Srivastava. Biomolecules conjugated macroporous hydrogels attract biomedical application. ACS Biomaterial Science and Engineering, 12: 6320–6341, (2019). (*Equal Author)
Under Submission
Gopal Agarwal*, Jorge Santiago Mojica*, Steven Robin Blasini, Isabella Young, Victor Lopez, Shelby Giza, A Choi, Shobhan Malany, Christine E. Schmidt. Comparative analysis of Matrigel and tunable collagen-fibrin blends as in vitro skeletal muscle models. (Under Review: ACS Applied Polymeric Materials)
Gopal Agarwal, Samantha Shumard, John G. Hardy, Christine E. Schmidt. Oxidized pectin amine modified chitosan/PEDOT-based self-healing and electroconductive hydrogel for neural tissue regeneration.
Book Chapter
1. Akshay Srivastava, Gopal Agarwal. Research Aspects and Strategies for the Development of Biosensors for Renal Disease Diagnosis. In Biosensing, Theranostics, and Medical Devices: From Laboratory to Point-of-Care Testing 2021 (pp. 165-183). Singapore: Springer Singapore.
Planned Publications
1. Gopal Agarwal, Allison Campbell, Arun Wanchoo, Jacob Fuhr, Prodip Bose, Benjamin Keselowsky, Christine E. Schmidt. Localized delivery of IDO-Gal3 loaded within injectable hydrogel for ameliorating neuroinflammation and axonal regeneration in the injured spinal cord.
2. Deanna Bousalis, Allison Campbell, Gopal Agarwal, Elisa Nieves, Michaela McCrary, Shruti Kolli, Young Hye Song, Christine E. Schmidt. Technical Considerations and Recommendations for Assessment of Decellularized Tissues.
3. Gopal Agarwal, Allison Campbell, Arun Wanchoo, Prodip Bose, Benjamin Keselowsky, Christine E. Schmidt. PEGylated IDO delivery affects immune cell infiltration and decreases neuroinflammation in the injured spinal cord.
4. Gopal Agarwal, Samantha Shumard, John G. Hardy, Christine E. Schmidt. Oxidized hyaluronic acid-amine modified chitosan/PEDOT-based self-healing and electroconductive hydrogel for neural tissue regeneration.
Patents
1. Gopal Agarwal, Silvy Mary Sebastian, Akshay Srivastava. Drug-loaded collagen punctal plugs (Status: Granted at Indian Patent Office).
2. Christine E. Schmidt, Gopal Agarwal, Michaela Mertz. Decellularized and delipidated tissues and their uses thereof (Status: PCT Application at U.S. Patent Office).
Poster Presentations
1. Gopal Agarwal, Chintan Chaudhary, Akshay Srivastava. “Supermacroporous affinity cryogel device for cell separation” at Indian Medical Device Industry Conference, held at Ahmedabad, March 2017.
2. Gopal Agarwal, Amol Pople, Akshay Srivastava. “High Density collagen cryogel bridge for the regeneration of injured spinal cord “at NIPERA\CPSBT 2018 held at Gandhinagar, March 2018.
3. Silvy Mary Sebastian, Gopal Agarwal, Akshay Srivastava. “Drug loaded cryogel based punctalplug for dry eye disease” at Emerging areas in biosciences and biomedical technologies (eBBT),held at IIT Indore, Madhya Pradesh, January 2018.
4. Chintan Chaudhary, Gopal Agarwal, Akshay Srivastava. “Biofunctional Aligned Collagen Type-I Matrix for IVD Repair” at 14th National Conference and Technology Exhibition on IndianMedical Device and Plastic Disposables/Implant Industry 2017, held at Ahmedabad, March 2017.
5. Gopal Agarwal, Akshay Srivastava. “Electroconductive collagen hydrogel for spinal cord regeneration” at BioMET 2018, held at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, July 2018.
6. Krishnapriya S., Gopal Agarwal, Akshay Srivastava. “Nanoparticle loaded collagen punctal plugsfor dry eye disease” at Indian Medical Device Industry Conference, held at Ahmedabad, September 2018 (Won 3 rd prize in Shushruta Innovation Award Category).
7. Gopal Agarwal, Govinda Kapusetti, Navin Kumar, Akshay Srivastava. “Electroconductive, ATP promoting and highly ordered amino functionalized graphene crosslinked collagen cryogels for neural tissue engineering” at International Conference on Neurological Disordersand Therapeutics held at NIPER- A, India, October 2019. (Won 3rd prize).
8. Deanna Bousalis, Allison Campbell, Gopal Agarwal, Elisa Nieves, Michaela McCrary, Shruti Kolli, Young Hye Song, Christine E. Schmidt, “Technical Considerations and Recommendations for Assessment of Decellularized Tissues” at BMES, held at San Antiono, October 2022.
9. Gopal Agarwal, Allison Campbell, Arun Wanchoo, Jacob Fuhr, Steven Robin Blasini, Prodip Bose, Benjamin Keselowsky, Christine E. Schmidt. “Injectable and immunomodulatory hydrogels for promoting axonal regeneration in injured spinal cord” at Society for Biomaterials held at San Diego, April 2023.
10. Gopal Agarwal, Olivia Osborne, Michaela Mertz, Jorge Santiago Mojica, Breana Aussec, Christine E. Schmidt. “Decellularized porcine sciatic nerve-based hydrogels for tissue regeneration: Challenges and opportunities” at Society for Biomaterials held at San Diego, April 2023.
11. Gopal Agarwal, Allison Campbell, Arun Wanchoo, Jacob Fuhr, Steven Robin Blasini, Prodip Bose, Benjamin Keselowsky, Christine E. Schmidt. “Localized delivery of Indoleamine-2-3-dioxygenase (IDO)-Galectin 3 fused enzyme using decellularized rat sciatic nerve for axonal regeneration in injured rat spinal cord” at BMES, held at Seattle, October 2023.
12. Samantha Shumard, Gopal Agarwal, Steven Robles Blasini, Christine E. Schmidt. “Injectable Decellularized Porcine Peripheral Nerve Based Hydrogel for Schwann Cells Delivery in Injured Spinal Cord” at BMES, held at Seattle, October 2023.
13. Steven Robles Blasini, Gopal Agarwal, Christine E. Schmidt.” Developing Injectable Decellularized Scaffolds for Injured Spinal Cord Regeneration” at McNair Open House, held at UF, November 2023.
14. Samantha Shumard, Gopal Agarwal, Steven Robles Blasini, Olivia Osborne, Michaela W. McCrary, Jorge Mojica Santiago, Breanna Ausec, Christine E. Schmidt. “Injectable Decellularized Porcine Peripheral Nerve Based Hydrogel for Schwann Cells Delivery in Injured Spinal Cord” at Undergraduate Research Symposium held at the University of Florida, November 2023.
15. Kennedy Moes, Gopal Agarwal, Steven Robles Blasini, Christine E. Schmidt. "Humanized Injectable Hydrogel for Injured Spinal Cord Regeneration" at Center for Undergraduate Research Fall Symposium, November 2023.
16. Kennedy Moes, Gopal Agarwal, Christine E. Schmidt. "Decellularized Peripheral Nerve Based Hydrogel for Injured Spinal Cord Regeneration" at Society for Biomaterials, Biomaterials Day, March 2024.
17. Kennedy Moes, Gopal Agarwal, Christine E. Schmidt. "Decellularized Peripheral Nerve Based Hydrogel for Injured Spinal Cord Regeneration" at Engineering Research Symposium, April 2024
Oral Presentations
Gopal Agarwal, Kennedy Moes, Christine E. Schmidt. Development and in vitro evaluation of biomimetic injectable hydrogels from decellularized human nerves for central nervous system regeneration. North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville (February 2025).
Gopal Agarwal, Samantha Shumard, Olivia Osborne, Michaela Mertz, Jorge Santiago Mojica, Breana Aussec, Christine E. Schmidt. Decellularized porcine peripheral nerve-based injectable hydrogel for Schwann cell delivery. BMES, Baltimore, Maryland (October 2024).
Gopal Agarwal, Allison Campbell, Arun Wanchoo, Jacob Fuhr, Steven Robin Blasini, Prodip Bose, Benjamin Keselowsky, Gregory Hudalla, Christine E. Schmidt. Localized delivery of Indoleamine2,3-dioxygenase (IDO)-Galectin 3 fused enzyme using decellularized rat sciatic nerve for axonal regeneration in injured rat spinal cord. BMES, Baltimore, Maryland (October 2024).
Gopal Agarwal, Samantha Shumard, Olivia Osborne, Michaela Mertz, Jorge Santiago Mojica, Breana Aussec, Christine E. Schmidt. Decellularized tissue-based injectable hydrogel for injured spinal cord regeneration. UF BME Seminar (September 2024). (Invited talk)
Gopal Agarwal, Samantha Shumard, Olivia Osborne, Michaela Mertz, Jorge Santiago Mojica, Breana Aussec, Christine E. Schmidt. Decellularized scaffold-based injectable hydrogel for injured spinal cord regeneration. UF Biomaterial Day Symposium (March 2024). (Keynote speaker)
Gopal Agarwal, Samantha Shumard, Kennedy Moes, Steven Robin Blasini, Olivia Osborne, Michaela Mertz, Jorge Santiago Mojica, Breana Aussec, Christine E. Schmidt. Clinically relevant injectable formulations for injured spinal cord regeneration. SCI Retreat, organized by UF BREATHE (December 2023). (Invited talk)
Gopal Agarwal, Samantha Shumard, Olivia Osborne, Michaela Mertz, Jorge Santiago Mojica, Breana Aussec, Christine E. Schmidt. Decellularized and crosslinked porcine peripheral nerves derived hydrogel for neural tissue regeneration. BMES, Seattle (October 2023).