Additional Campus Affiliations
W. W. Grainger Chair, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Professor, Bioengineering
Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Professor, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Professor, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Recent Publications
Emon, B., Joy, M. S. H., Drennan, W. C., & Saif, M. T. A. (2025). A multifunctional sensor for cell traction force, matrix remodeling and biomechanical assays in self-assembled 3D tissues in vitro. Nature Protocols, 20(7), 2005-2033. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-024-01106-8
Min, H., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Li, X., Kim, W., Aydin, O., Kang, S., You, J. S., Lim, J., Wolhaupter, K., Xu, Y., Zhu, Z., Gu, J., Li, X., Kim, Y., Rao, T., Kong, H. J., Saif, T. A., Huang, Y., ... Bashir, R. (2025). Optogenetic neuromuscular actuation of a miniature electronic biohybrid robot. Science Robotics, 10(106), Article eadu5830. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.adu5830
Rahman, S., Joy, M. S. H., & Saif, M. T. A. (2025). Optogenetic neural spheroids excite primary neural network. Journal of Neural Engineering, 22(3), Article 036047. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ade28d
Tetrick, M. G., Emon, M. A. B., Doha, U., Marcellus, M., Symanski, J., Ramanathan, V., Saif, M. T. A., & Murphy, C. J. (2025). Decoupling chemical and mechanical signaling in colorectal cancer cell migration. Scientific reports, 15(1), Article 4952. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89152-4
Aydin, O., Hirashima, K., & Saif, M. T. A. (2024). Incorporating Geometric Nonlinearity in Theoretical Modeling of Muscle-Powered Soft Robotic Bio-Actuators. Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME, 91(1), Article 011008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063146