Biomaterials / Mechanobiology

S. Zelinka, K. Bourne, J. Hermanson, S. Glass, A. Costa and A. Wiedenhoeft, 'Force-displacement measurements of earlywood bordered pits using a mesomechanical tester', Plant, Cell & Environment, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 2088-2097, 2015.

C. Laurea, S. Vesenti, A. Gautieri and J. Snedeker 'Study of the AGEs effect on the mechanical properties of collagen fibrils through molecular models and experimental validation'

Y. Zhang, M. Han, J. Vidyalakshmi, C. Shee and W. Ang, 'Automatic control of mechanical forces acting on cell biomembranes using a vision-guided microrobotic system in computer microscopy', Journal of Microscopy, vol. 236, no. 1, pp. 70-78, 2009.

S. Khare, A. Awasthi, V. Venkataraman and S. Koushika, 'Colored polydimethylsiloxane micropillar arrays for high throughput measurements of forces applied by genetic model organisms', Biomicrofluidics, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 014111, 2015.

E. Klotzsch, M. Smith, K. Kubow, S. Muntwyler, W. Little, F. Beyeler, D. Gourdon, B. Nelson and V. Vogel, 'Fibronectin forms the most extensible biological fibers displaying switchable force-exposed cryptic binding sites', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 106, no. 43, pp. 18267-18272, 2009.

M. Sakar, D. Neal, T. Boudou, M. Borochin, Y. Li, R. Weiss, R. Kamm, C. Chen and H. Asada, 'Formation and optogenetic control of engineered 3D skeletal muscle bioactuators', Lab on a Chip, vol. 12, no. 23, p. 4976, 2012.

C. Graetzel, B. Nelson and S. Fry, 'Frequency response of lift control in Drosophila', Journal of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 7, no. 52, pp. 1603-1616, 2010.

M. Junkin, Y. Lu, J. Long, P. Deymier, J. Hoying and P. Wong, 'Mechanically induced intercellular calcium communication in confined endothelial structures', Biomaterials, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 2049-2056, 2013.

J. Kim and J. Kim, 'Viscoelastic Characterization of Mouse Zona Pellucida', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 569-575, 2013.

V. Webster, E. Hawley, O. Akkus, H. Chiel and R. Quinn, 'Fabrication of Electrocompacted Aligned Collagen Morphs for Cardiomyocyte Powered Living Machines', Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, pp. 429-440, 2015.

M. Han, Y. Zhang, M. Yu, C. Shee and W. Ang, 'Real-time stressing and force sensing on biological cells', 2010 IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, 2010.

C. Graetzel, B. Nelson and S. Fry, 'Reverse-engineering lift control in fruit flies', 2008 2nd IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2008.

D. Felekis, H. Vogler, G. Mecja, S. Muntwyler, M. Sakar, U. Grossniklaus and B. Nelson, 'High-throughput analysis of the morphology and mechanics of tip growing cells using a microrobotic platform', 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014.

D. MacManus, B. Pierrat, J. Murphy and M. Gilchrist, 'Dynamic mechanical properties of murine brain tissue using micro-indentation', Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 48, no. 12, pp. 3213-3218, 2015.

D. Felekis, H. Vogler, G. Mecja, S. Muntwyler, A. Nestorova, T. Huang, M. Sakar, U. Grossniklaus and B. Nelson, 'Real-time automated characterization of 3D morphology and mechanics of developing plant cells', The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 1136-1146, 2015.