Research Publications
Scholarly Contributions
BI researchers are at the forefront of their field and combine their expertise to tackle the most complex biomedical questions. They are active contributors to the scholarly mission of our institute and training the next generation of scientists.
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Research Accomplishments
$140M
in research expenditures since 2012
$1.7M
Distribution In Seed Funding To 25+ Multi-Disciplinary Teams
9
Department Challenges Organized That Brought Together 350+ Participants
Since 2012 BI Researchers Have Participated In
1700+ Publications
120,000+ Citations
200+
Inventions
70+
Issued US Patents
11
New Startups
Recent Publications
View a listing of the most recent BI publications here
Advanced Materials and Drug Delivery
- Aligned networks of engineered fibrillar fibronectin guide cellular orientation and motility (Lahann)
- Efficient aqueous remote loading of peptides in poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (A. Schwendeman & S. Schwendeman)
- Non-fluorinated, superhydrophobic binder-filler coatings on smooth surfaces: Controlled phase separation of particles to enhance mechanical durability (Tuteja)
- Performance fabrics obtained by in situ growth of metal–organic frameworks in electrospun fibers (Lahann)
- Krüppel-like factor 14 deletion in myeloid cells accelerates atherosclerotic lesion development (A. Schwendeman)
- Overcoming biological barriers to improve solid tumor immunotherapy (Lahann)
- Stepwise cell seeding on tessellated scaffolds to study sprouting blood vessels (Lahann)
- Targeting gliomas with STAT3-silencing nanoparticles (Lahann)
- Lipid-based vaccine nanoparticles for induction of humoral immune responses against HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 (Moon)
- Modularly programmable nanoparticle vaccine based on polyethyleneimine for personalized cancer immunotherapy (Moon)
- Printable organic electronic materials for precisely positioned cell attachment (Lahann)
- Synergetic effect of rHDL and LXR agonist on reduction of atherosclerosis in mice (A. Schwendeman)
Cell and Tissue Engineering
- Extracellular vesicles and bone-associated cancer (Keller)
- HER2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate induces host immunity against cancer stem cells (Wicha)
- Immunotherapy for ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer: Challenges inform promising approaches (S. Nagrath)
- Multiethnic PDX models predict a possible immune signature associated with TNBC of African ancestry (Wicha)
- Single-cell transcriptomics analysis identifies nuclear protein 1 as a regulator of docetaxel resistance in prostate cancer cells (Keller)
- Ultrasonographic tissue perfusion analysis at implant and palatal donor sites following soft tissue augmentation: A clinical pilot study (Giannobile)
- An injectable PEG hydrogel controlling neurotrophin-3 release by affinity peptides (Shea)
- Cargo-free immunomodulatory nanoparticles combined with anti-PD-1 antibody for treating metastatic breast cancer (Shea)
- Current and future trends in periodontal tissue engineering and bone regeneration (Giannobile)
- ‘Educated’ osteoblasts reduce osteoclastogenesis in a bone-tumor mimetic microenvironment (Keller)
- On-Chip biogenesis of circulating NK cell-derived exosomes in non-small cell lung cancer exhibits antitumoral activity (S. Nagrath)
- Ultrasonographic tissue perfusion analysis at implant and palatal donor sites following soft tissue augmentation: A clinical pilot study (Giannobile)
Nanotechnology
- Chiral phonons in biocrystals (Kotov)
- Confining light in all-dielectric anisotropic metamaterial particles for nano-scale (Kotov)
- Enhanced optical asymmetry in supramolecular chiroplasmonic assemblies with long-range order (Kotov)
- Free energy cost of interdigitation of lamellar bilayers of fatty alcohols with cationic surfactants from molecular dynamics simulations (Larson)
- Hysteretic swelling/deswelling of polyelectrolyte brushes and bilayer films in response to changes in pH and salt concentration (Larson)
- Self-assembly of earth-abundant supraparticles with chiral interstices for enantioselective photocatalysis (Kotov)
- Biomimetic nanoporous aerogels from branched aramid nanofibers combining high heat insulation and compressive strength (Kotov)
- Entropic formation of a thermodynamically stable colloidal quasicrystal with negligible phason strain (Glotzer)
- Open‐source molecular modeling software in chemical engineering focusing on the molecular simulation design framework (Glotzer)
- Particle shape tunes fragility in hard polyhedron glass-formers (Glotzer)
- Photocatalytic hedgehog particles for high ionic strength environments (Kotov)
- Shape-driven entropic self-assembly of an open, reconfigurable, binary host–guest colloidal crystal (Glotzer)
- A novel swine model of the acute respiratory distress syndrome using clinically relevant injury exposures (VanEpps)
- Electrostatic asymmetry of single-crystal nanostructures and their photocatalytic properties (Kotov)
- Linear viscoelasticity and time-temperature-salt and other superpositions in polyelectrolyte coacervates (Larson)
- Sculpting crystals one Burgers vector at a time: Toward colloidal lattice robot swarms (Glotzer)
- Visible‐light induced sustainable water treatment using plasmo‐semiconductor nanogap bridge array, PNA (Lee)
Neural Engineering
- Fascicle localisation within peripheral nerves through evoked activity recordings: A comparison between electrical impedance tomography and multi-electrode arrays (Chestek)
- Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (EROCA): Results of a randomized feasibility trial of expedited out-of-hospital transport (Stacey)
- Multisensory perception in Argus II retinal prosthesis patients: Leveraging auditory-visual mappings to enhance prosthesis outcomes (Weiland)
- Quantitative sensory testing of spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion stimulation in chronic pain patients (Lempka)
- Sharpened and mechanically robust carbon fiber electrode arrays for neural interfacing (Bruns & Chestek)