To test the mechanical properties of the collagen-furan hydrogels, unconfined compression was performed on different hydrogel formulations with varying furan to maleimide ratios (r1-r4) (Figure ). The r2 hydrogel demonstrated to have a compressive modulus of 7.42 ± 0.94 kPa which was found to be significantly higher than r1 hydrogel (Figure ). However, no statistically significant differences could be observed for compressive strength and strain among all formulations (Figure