Utilization and control of bioactuators across multiple length scales

Optimizing the structure and contractility of engineered skeletal muscle thin films

(2013) Y. Sun et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Creating Living Cellular Machines

(2013) Roger D. Kamm et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Three-dimensional neuron–muscle constructs with neuromuscular junctions

(2013) Yuya Morimoto et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Voluntary Movement Controlled by the Surface EMG Signal for Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle on a Gripping Tool

(2013) Ken-ichiro Kabumoto et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Colocalization of Quantum Dots by Reactive Molecules Carried by Motor Proteins on Polarized Microtubule Arrays

(2012) Kazuya Fujimoto et al.   ACS Nano

Development of bacteria-based microrobot using biocompatible poly(ethylene glycol)

(2012) Sunghoon Cho et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Formation and optogenetic control of engineered 3D skeletal muscle bioactuators

(2012) Mahmut Selman Sakar et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A tissue-engineered jellyfish with biomimetic propulsion

(2012) Janna C Nawroth et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Functional Neuromuscular Junctions Formed by Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Motor Neurons

(2012) Joy A. Umbach et al.   PLoS One

Room Temperature Operable Autonomously Moving Bio-Microrobot Powered by Insect Dorsal Vessel Tissue

(2012) Yoshitake Akiyama et al.   PLoS One

Development of Miniaturized Walking Biological Machines

(2012) Vincent Chan et al.   Scientific Reports

Optically controlled contraction of photosensitive skeletal muscle cells

(2011) Toshifumi Asano et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Modeling, control and experimental characterization of microbiorobots

(2011) Mahmut Selman Sakar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Multi-material bio-fabrication of hydrogel cantilevers and actuators with stereolithography

(2011) Vincent Chan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

How to Integrate Biological Motors towards Bio-Actuators Fueled by ATP

(2011) Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

A Programmable Molecular Robot

(2011) Richard A. Muscat et al.   NANO LETTERS

Microrobots for Minimally Invasive Medicine

(2010) Bradley J. Nelson et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Artificial magnetotactic motion control of Tetrahymena pyriformis using ferromagnetic nanoparticles: A tool for fabrication of microbiorobots

(2010) Dal Hyung Kim et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Designing of a Si-MEMS device with an integrated skeletal muscle cell-based bio-actuator

(2010) Hideaki Fujita et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Electrical stimulation of cultured lepidopteran dorsal vessel tissue: an experiment for development of bioactuators

(2010) Yoshitake Akiyama et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL

Chemical control of Vorticella bioactuator using microfluidics

(2010) Moeto Nagai et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Three-dimensional photopatterning of hydrogels using stereolithography for long-term cell encapsulation

(2010) Vincent Chan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Molecular shuttles powered by motor proteins: loading and unloading stations for nanocargo integrated into one device

(2010) Claudia Schmidt et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Molecular robots guided by prescriptive landscapes

(2010) Kyle Lund et al.   NATURE

Optogenetics

(2010) Karl Deisseroth   NATURE METHODS

Optogenetic control of heart muscle in vitro and in vivo

(2010) Tobias Bruegmann et al.   NATURE METHODS

Measurement of Contractile Stress Generated by Cultured Rat Muscle on Silicon Cantilevers for Toxin Detection and Muscle Performance Enhancement

(2010) Kerry Wilson et al.   PLoS One

Optogenetic Control of Cardiac Function

(2010) A. B. Arrenberg et al.   SCIENCE

Functional Evaluation of Artificial Skeletal Muscle Tissue Constructs Fabricated by a Magnetic Force-Based Tissue Engineering Technique

(2010) Yasunori Yamamoto et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Velocity, Processivity, and Individual Steps of Single Myosin V Molecules in Live Cells

(2009) Paolo Pierobon et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Automated drug screening with contractile muscle tissue engineered from dystrophic myoblasts

(2009) Herman Vandenburgh et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Flagellated Magnetotactic Bacteria as Controlled MRI-trackable Propulsion and Steering Systems for Medical Nanorobots Operating in the Human Microvasculature

(2009) Sylvain Martel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Preparation of artificial skeletal muscle tissues by a magnetic force-based tissue engineering technique

(2009) Yasunori Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Micropatterning of single myotubes on a thermoresponsive culture surface using elastic stencil membranes for single-cell analysis

(2009) Kazunori Shimizu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Active transport of oil droplets along oriented microtubules by kinesin molecular motors

(2009) Céline Bottier et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A nano-needle/microtubule composite gliding on a kinesin-coated surface for target molecule transport

(2009) Mehmet C. Tarhan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Biomolecular-Motor-Based Nano- or Microscale Particle Translocations on DNA Microarrays

(2009) Satoshi Hiyama et al.   NANO LETTERS

Mesoscopic hydrogel molding to control the 3D geometry of bioartificial muscle tissues

(2009) Weining Bian et al.   Nature Protocols

Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport

(2009) Nobutaka Hirokawa et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Embryonic Stem Cell–Derived Motor Neurons Form Neuromuscular Junctions In Vitro and Enhance Motor Functional Recovery In Vivo

(2009) Tateki Kubo et al.   PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Swimming bacteria power microscopic gears

(2009) A. Sokolov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Bipedal DNA Brownian Motor with Coordinated Legs

(2009) Tosan Omabegho et al.   SCIENCE

In vitro Capture, Transport, and Detection of Protein Analytes Using Kinesin-Based Nanoharvesters

(2009) Amanda Carroll-Portillo et al.   Small

Effect of quantity and configuration of attached bacteria on bacterial propulsion of microbeads

(2008) Bahareh Behkam et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Microfeature guided skeletal muscle tissue engineering for highly organized 3-dimensional free-standing constructs

(2008) Mai T. Lam et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Simultaneous and bidirectional transport of kinesin-coated microspheres and dynein-coated microspheres on polarity-oriented microtubules

(2008) Ryuji Yokokawa et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Autonomous Loading, Transport, and Unloading of Specified Cargoes by Using DNA Hybridization and Biological Motor-Based Motility

(2008) Satoshi Hiyama et al.   Small