• Biomedical applications of multifunctional magnetoelectric nanoparticles 

      Hoque Apu, Ehsanul; Nafiujjaman, Md; Sandeep, Srikumar; Makela, Ashley V.; Khaleghi, Ali; Vainio, Seppo; Contag, Christopher H.; Li, Jinxing; Balasingham, Ilangko; Kim, Taeho; Ashammakhi, Nureddin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Advances in nanotechnology are impacting biomedicine with the potential to improve disease diagnosis, enhance targeted drug delivery, refine imaging of therapeutic responses, control cell and tissue responses, and guide ...
    • Brain-on-a-chip: Recent advances in design and techniques for microfluidic models of the brain in health and disease 

      Amirifar, Leyla; Shamloo, Amir; Nasiri, Rohollah; de Barros, Natan Roberto; Wang, Ze Zhong; Unluturk, Bige Deniz; Libanori, Alberto; Ievglevskyi, Oleksandr; Diltemiz, Sibel Emir; Sances, Samuel; Balasingham, Ilangko; Seidlits, Stephanie K.; Ashammakhi, Nureddin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Recent advances in biomaterials, microfabrication, microfluidics, and cell biology have led to the development of organ-on-a-chip devices that can reproduce key functions of various organs. Such platforms promise to provide ...
    • Implants with Sensing Capabilities 

      Veletic, Mladen; Apu, Eshanul Hoque; Simic, Mitar; Bergsland, Jacob; Balasingham, Ilangko; Contag, Christopher H.; Ashammakhi, Nureddin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Because of the aging human population and increased numbers of surgical procedures being performed, there is a growing number of biomedical devices being implanted each year. Although the benefits of implants are significant, ...
    • Visualizing Extracellular Vesicles and Their Function in 3D Tumor Microenvironment Models 

      Ural, Evran E.; Toomajian, Victoria; Hoque Apu, Ehsanul; Veletic, Mladen; Balasingham, Ilangko; Ashammakhi, Nureddin; Kanada, Masamitsu; Contag, Christopher H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived nanostructures that mediate intercellular communication by delivering complex signals in normal tissues and cancer. The cellular coordination required for tumor development and ...