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Injectable Anisotropic Nanocomposite Hydrogels Direct in Situ Growth and Alignment of Myotubes

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Mapping cell behavior across a wide range of vertical silicon nanocolumn densities

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Mechanobiology of collective cell behaviours

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Regulation of epithelial cell organization by tuning cell–substrate adhesion

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Bridging the Gap: From 2D Cell Culture to 3D Microengineered Extracellular Matrices

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