Personal details
- Name
- Dr Roland Steck
- Position(s)
- MERF Operations Manager
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Directorate Office - IHBI Member
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Directorate Office - Discipline *
- Biomedical Engineering, Other Medical and Health Sciences
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 6950
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 6030
- r.steck@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- Qualifications
-
PhD (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Zurich))
- Professional memberships
and associations - Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering (SGBT)
- European Society of Biomechanics (ESB)
- Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS)
- Keywords
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animal models, biomechanical testing, bone, fracture healing, microCT, orthopaedic biomechanics, soft tissue trauma
* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Biography
Broad area of research focus: Orthopaedics and Trauma Main areas of research
- Animal models for musculoskeletal research
- microCT imaging and evaluation
- Mechanical testing of musculoskeletal tissues and implants
Grants
- 2016: ARC LIEF, A high-resolution X-ray microtomography system for Southeast Queensland
- 2014-2015: AO Research Foundation, Switzerland, Architecturally-controlled synthetic bone substitutes for bone regeneration under load
- 2014: The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation. Design and construction of a sheep elevator.
- 2014: The Australasian Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine Research Trust: The effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on inflammation, fibrosis and angiogenesis following contusion injury in skeletal muscle
- 2010-2011: AO Research Foundation, Switzerland: Role of mechanical stability in metaphyseal fracture healing in mice
- 2007: Wesley Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia: Prevention of bacterial bone infections in mice with implant coatings for delivery of antibiotics, demonstrated by in vivo biophotonic imaging
- 2006: Wesley Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia: Development of slow release surface coatings for orthopaedic implants for prevention and treatment against bacterial infections.
Previous research student projects
- Mechanical characterisation of rat ulna compression model
- Characterisation of mouse fracture fixation implants using finite element modeling and mechanical testing
- Assessment of mouse fracture healing with mechanical testing, histology and microCT imaging
- Influence of surgical approach on bone fracture healing
- Characterisation of vascular changes after soft tissue trauma using contrast-enhanced microCT
Career history
- 2017 – present: Operations Manager, MERF, IHBI, QUT
- 2011 – 2017: Deputy Director, MERF, IHBI, QUT
- 2005 – 2013: Senior Research Fellow, Trauma Research Group, IHBI, QUT
- 2001 – 2005: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA.
This information has been contributed by Dr Roland Steck.
Teaching
Former unit coordinator for ENB338 Biomaterials and lecturing in ENB338, ENB 318 and EGH438.
This information has been contributed by Dr Roland Steck.
Publications
- Du Z, Steck R, Doan N, Woodruff M, Ivanovski S, Xiao Y, (2015) Estrogen deficiency-associated bone loss in the maxilla: A methodology to quantify the changes in the maxillary intra-radicular alveolar bone in an ovariectomized rat osteoporosis model, Tissue Engineering, Part C: Methods p458-466
- Lutz M, Steck R, Sitte I, Rieger M, Schuetz M, Klestil T, (2015) The metaphyseal bone defect in distal radius fractures and its implication on trabecular remodeling - a histomorphometric study (case series), Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research p1-7
- Raggatt L, Wullschleger M, Alexander K, Wu A, Millard S, Kaur S, Maugham M, Gregory L, Steck R, Pettit A, (2014) Fracture healing via periosteal callus formation requires macrophages for both initiation and progression of early endochondral ossification, American Journal of Pathology p3192-3204
- Wullschleger M, Steck R, Matthys R, Webster J, Woodruff M, Epari D, Ito K, Schuetz M, (2013) A new model to study healing of a complex femur fracture with concurrent soft tissue injury in sheep, Open Journal of Orthopedics p62-68
- Drobetz H, Weninger P, Grant C, Heal C, Muller R, Schuetz M, Pham M, Steck R, (2013) More is not necessarily better: A biomechanical study on distal screw numbers in volar locking distal radius plates, Injury p535-539
- Ruutu M, Thomas G, Steck R, Degli-Esposti M, Zinkernagel M, Alexander K, Velasco J, Strutton G, Tran A, Benham H, Rehaume L, Wilson R, Kikly K, Davies J, Pettit A, Brown M, McGuckin M, Thomas R, (2012) Beta-glucan triggers spondylarthritis and Crohn's disease-like ileitis in SKG mice, Arthritis and Rheumatism p2211-2222
- Berner A, Boerckel J, Saifzadeh S, Steck R, Ren J, Vaquette C, Zhang Q, Nerlich M, Guldberg R, Hutmacher D, Woodruff M, (2012) Biomimetic tubular nanofiber mesh and platelet rich plasma-mediated delivery of BMP-7 for large bone defect regeneration, Cell and Tissue Research p603-612
- Steck R, Ueno M, Gregory L, Rijken N, Wullschleger M, Itoman M, Schuetz M, (2011) Influence of internal fixator flexibility on murine fracture healing as characterized by mechanical testing and microCT imaging, Journal of Orthopaedic Research p1245-1250
- Histing T, Garcia P, Holstein J, Klein M, Matthys R, Nuetzi R, Steck R, Laschke M, Wehner T, Bindl R, Recknagel S, Stuermer E, Vollmar B, Wildemann B, Lienau J, Willie B, Peters A, Ignatius A, Pohlemann T, Claes L, Menger M, (2011) Small animal bone healing models: Standards, tips, and pitfalls results of a consensus meeting, Bone p591-599
- Reichert J, Epari D, Wullschleger M, Saifzadeh S, Steck R, Lienau J, Sommerville S, Dickinson I, Schuetz M, Duda G, Hutmacher D, (2010) Establishment of preclinical ovine model for tibial segmental bone defect repair by applying bone tissue engineering strategies, Tissue Engineering, Part B: Reviews p93-104
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Research projects
Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)
- Title
- Inter-Fragmentary Movement In Callus Formation In The Early Phase Of Fracture Healing
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP0988124
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- mathematical modelling; fracture healing
- Title
- Bioactive and biodegradable scaffold and novel graft source for the repair of large segmental bone defects
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1055575
- Start year
- 2013
- Keywords