Formation and optogenetic control of engineered 3D skeletal muscle bioactuators

A tissue-engineered jellyfish with biomimetic propulsion

(2012) Janna C Nawroth et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Isolation and Maintenance-Free Culture of Contractile Myotubes from Manduca sexta Embryos

(2012) Amanda L. Baryshyan et al.   PLoS One

Complex Interactions between Human Myoblasts and the Surrounding 3D Fibrin-Based Matrix

(2012) Stéphane Chiron et al.   PLoS One

The Development and Application of Optogenetics

(2011) Lief Fenno et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

The role of extracellular matrix composition in structure and function of bioengineered skeletal muscle

(2011) Sara Hinds et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Optically controlled contraction of photosensitive skeletal muscle cells

(2011) Toshifumi Asano et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Stimulating Cardiac Muscle by Light

(2011) Zhiheng Jia et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Ensembles of engineered cardiac tissues for physiological and pharmacological study: Heart on a chip

(2011) Anna Grosberg et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

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

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

Real-time multimodal optical control of neurons and muscles in freely behaving Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Jeffrey N Stirman et al.   NATURE METHODS

Optogenetic manipulation of neural activity in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Andrew M Leifer et al.   NATURE METHODS

Biological cardio-micro-pumps for microbioreactors and analytical micro-systems

(2011) Maciej Pilarek et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Local Tissue Geometry Determines Contractile Force Generation of Engineered Muscle Networks

(2011) Weining Bian et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

A Microfabricated Platform to Measure and Manipulate the Mechanics of Engineered Cardiac Microtissues

(2011) Thomas Boudou et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Defined Electrical Stimulation Emphasizing Excitability for the Development and Testing of Engineered Skeletal Muscle

(2011) Alastair Khodabukus et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART C-METHODS

Biohybrid thin films for measuring contractility in engineered cardiovascular muscle

(2010) Patrick W. Alford et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Multi-site optical excitation using ChR2 and micro-LED array

(2010) Nir Grossman et al.   Journal of Neural Engineering

Spatiotemporally controlled contraction of micropatterned skeletal muscle cells on a hydrogel sheet

(2010) Kuniaki Nagamine et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Optogenetic control of heart muscle in vitro and in vivo

(2010) Tobias Bruegmann et al.   NATURE METHODS

Optogenetic Control of Cardiac Function

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

Compliant actuator designs

(2009) Ronald Ham et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

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

(2009) Weining Bian et al.   Nature Protocols

Microfabricated tissue gauges to measure and manipulate forces from 3D microtissues

(2009) W. R. Legant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cell–scaffold mechanical interplay within engineered tissue

(2009) Dekel Dado et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

High-Content Drug Screening with Engineered Musculoskeletal Tissues

(2009) Herman Vandenburgh   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS

Engineered skeletal muscle tissue networks with controllable architecture

(2008) Weining Bian et al.   BIOMATERIALS

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

(2008) Mai T. Lam et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Drug-screening platform based on the contractility of tissue-engineered muscle

(2008) Herman Vandenburgh et al.   MUSCLE & NERVE

Effect of Scaffold Stiffness on Myoblast Differentiation

(2008) Meital Levy-Mishali et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A