Figure 8.

(A): De novo designed saccharide-peptide hybrid copolymer, when crosslinked, creates a synthetic matrix suitable for cell culture purposes. (B): Cysteine or vinyl sulfone containing saccharide-peptide copolymers were mixed to produce hydrogels via Michael Addition. Hydrogel properties can be tuned by varying the hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity ratio.^{154, 157}