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Contact stress in a whole joint bioreactor: Intrinsic levels & augmentation by external loading	Analysis of an implantable lactate sensor: Mathematical modeling of sensor response

Lubrication properties of post-injury synovial fluid: The relationship between friction, wear and its biochemical contents	Levels of neutrophils stimulation and matrix metalloprotease in plasma of individuals with elevated blood pressure and acute/long-term exercise

The passive mechanical properties and protein composition of skeletal muscle change with Botulinum neurotoxin A treatment	Use of padlock probes and isothermal amplification for genetic detection

Effects of hemi-joint culture on biomechanical and biochemical properties of articular cartilage	Integrated microfluidic device for single-cell high throughput screening in dynamic gene expression analysis

The associated effects of Alzheimer's amyloid-beta-peptide and disrupted calcium homeostasis on reactive astrogliosis	The enzymatic activity of secondary organs during splanchnic ischemia-reperfusion

Noninvasive cardioneural signal extraction	Design and testing of a new conical beam precession system for high-throughput electron tomography

Electron tomographic analysis of dystonia pathogenesis	Myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation and its role in active mechanics and force generation of the heart

Modulating cellular fate with arrayed cellular microenvironment technology	Effect of chondrocyte-stem cell interactions on chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells

Effect of temperature and iron-oxide nano-particle inclusions on the ultrasound vaporization pressure of perfluorocarbon droplets for disease detection and therapy	Augmentation of alignment and differentiation in C2C12 skeletal myoblasts through use of nano-to-microscale biochemical patterns

NF kappa B expression and matrix metalloproteinase activity in hypertension	Methods for parallel amplification of single DNA molecules

Patient-specific modeling of cardiac electromechanics in dyssynchronous heart failure	Proteolytic receptor cleavage and attenuated endothelial cell response to fluid shear stress in a model for autodigestion in shock

The effects of physiological age on bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells	The effects of pacing location on regional activation using epicardial electrical mapping

In-vitro validation of Kawasaki Disease hemodynamics	Temporal and spatial study of drying of suspension and solution droplets for tablets coating purposes

Pancreatic enzyme secretion in spontaneously hypertensive rats	Computational efficiency of fractional diffusion using adaptive time step memory and the potential application to neural glial networks

Effects of materials on electrophysiology when interfaced with whole heart and cardiomyocytes	A double tweezers and laser ablation (scissors) microscope for biological studies

Patient-specific modeling of cardiac geometry in dyssynchronous heart failure	Energy management in wireless healthcare systems using dynamic task assignment

A Microfluidic Device for DNA Sequencing by Denaturation	Myogenic Differentiation of Embryonic Derived Mesoderm Progenitor Cells

Development of a Dual Joystick-Controlled Optical Trapping and Cutting System for Optical Micro-manipulation of Cells	Strategies for Developing a Benchtop Biosensor for the Rapid Detection of L-Alanine

Identification of Specific Inhibitors for a Dual-Specificity Phosphatase SSH-2	GPU Acceleration of Optical Mapping Algorithm for Cardiac Electro-Physiology

Low Level Optical Detection of Nanoparticles in Blood	The Role of PKA Activation in the Branching Morphogenesis of the Ureteric Bud

Expansion of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells with Synthetic Polymer PMVE-alt-MA	Human Platelet Metabolic Network Reconstruction

Protease Activity in Mesenteric Lymph Following Splanchnic Arterial Occlusion	Effects of Alterations in Sarcomere Structure and Prestretch Timing on Cardiac Muscle Mechanics

Characterizing the Muscle Architecture in Cadaveric Female Pelvic Floor Muscles	Designing Novel Synthetic Enzyme-Like Structures with Inducible Dynamic Catalytic Properties

Rapid Detection of Thrombin and Other Protease Activity Directly in Whole Blood	Fluid stress on the surface of a migrating leukocyte in a flow field and the involvement of formyl peptide receptor in its mechanotransduction

Quantitative analysis of genetic expression responses to dynamic microenvironmental perturbation	Analysis of the barrier properties of the initial lymphatics and the toxicity of lymph fluid during inflammation

The roles of E-Tmod in mechanotransduction and cardiac myofibrillogenesis	A proposed mechanism for control of capillary network perfusion: The role of endothelial mechanotransduction through nitric oxide signaling and the glycocalyx

Towards multifunctional nanoparticle-based therapeutics	Desmin intermediate filaments' mechanical and biological role in skeletal muscle

Sphingosine-1-phosphate effects on cardiac fibroblasts and myocytes	Microvascular rarefaction: Capillary stasis and endothelial apoptosis in a dexamethasone-dependent model of hypertension

Continuous diagnostic frequency ultrasound and the microcirculation	Oxygen transfer in the implant environment

Evidence for a genetic mechanism of the chromogranin A and phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase genes in the pathogenesis of hypertension in the spontaneously hypertensive rat	Automated detection and classification of circulating cancer cells via high-throughput microscopy

High-throughput image cytometer for detection of circulating tumor cells and contrast-enhancement filtering for automated 3D image segmentation of cartilage tissue explants	Roles of 3D traction forces in migration and focal adhesion dynamics of bovine aortic endothelial cells

Human blood glucose dynamics	Tailored magnetic nanoparticles for in vitro, in vivo and in situ magnetorelaxometry

In vivo tibial force measurement after total knee arthroplasty	Stochasticity in biological networks: Two sides of a golden coin

Biomechanics of articular cartilage defects	Reconstruction and comparative analysis of diverse metabolic networks

Analysis of sperm motility and physiology using optical tweezers	Developmental approaches to in vitro engineering of kidney-like tissues

Nanoscale optoentropic transduction mechanisms	Pulsed laser microbeams for cellular manipulation: Applications in cell biology and microfluidics

The role of Kruppel-Like factor 2 in mediating the atheroprotective functions of pulsatile laminar flow in vascular endothelium	Systems biology of the cardiac hypoxia response in Drosophila

Effects of asynchrony and anatomic structure on left ventricular mechanics	Towards functional regeneration of the central nervous system: Glial calcium signaling in reactive gliosis and the therapeutic potential of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells for retinal degenerative diseases

Quantum dot nanoparticle conjugation, characterization, and applications in neuroscience	Cell type specific gene expression: Profiling and targeting

Four and half LIM domain-1 protein and its role in passive mechanics and hypertrophic signaling of the heart	Baseline effects in functional magnetic resonance imaging

Bioengineering synovial fluid with theoretical and experimental models of the synovial joint	Microfluidics for investigating single-cell biodynamics

Tbx18 and the epicardium in cardiac development and regenerative medicine	Inducing pluripotency and immortality in prostate tumor cells: A stem cell model of cancer progression

Effects of matrix rigidity on endothelial cell fate	Cooperative nanomaterials systems for cancer diagnosis and therapeutics

A templated agarose scaffold for axon guidance in the central and peripheral nervous system	Model-driven metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli: A systems biology approach

The role of feedback in signaling dynamics	Biomechanics of cartilage articulation: Effects of degeneration, lubrication, and focal articular defects

On the systems characterization of metabolic networks	Brown adipose tissue: A potential early biomarker of metabolic syndrome

DNA sequencing by denaturation	Structural and functional roles of nebulin in skeletal muscle

High-content array based screening technology for the identification of factors that regulate cell fate	Mechanisms of post-myocardial infarction healing: From acute survival to chronic remodeling

Activatable cell penetrating peptides and their use in clinical contrast agent and therapeutic development	Cartilage tissue engineering with human chondrocytes from osteoarthritic knees and a semi-permeable membrane

Single cell growth and gene expression dynamics in model organisms	Biophysical and biochemical regulation of the shape, size, and maturity of calf articular cartilage

The biomechanical basis of DNA breakage in chronic myelogenous leukemia	The role of regulatory light chain phosphorylation in left ventricular function

Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling DNA and protein arrays for high-throughput analyses	The effects of cytoskeletal disruption and mechanical load on cardiac conduction

Effects of viscogenic plasma expander on cardiac and vascular function	Image cytometry classifiers: Isolation of cancer cells from blood and morphometric characterization of cytotoxicity in high content screening

Integration of cartilage and bone through a calcified cartilage interface to form a functional osteochondral graft	A whole blood protease assay

The role of vinculin in cardiac mechanotransduction	Naturally derived myocardial matrix as an injectable scaffold for cardiac repair

Mechanisms of the anti-inflammation action of pulsatile laminar flow: Role of AMPK in epigenetic modifications	Monte Carlo simulation in systems biology

Immobilized lactate oxidase for development of a long-term implantable lactate sensor	Lab-on-a-chip flow cytometer and microfluidic fluorescence activated cell sorter (muFACS) for biomedical applications

Synthetic biology in yeast: Reconstructing the galactose network to probe the role of feedback induction in response to metabolic stimuli	Development of multifunctional nanoparticles validated by an intravital tumor model

High-throughput piezoelectric-actuated micro-fluorescence-activated cell sorter (muFACS)	Sustained and observable release of therapeutics using porous silicon based materials

Optical Studies On Cell Division (Mitosis)	Long-term oxygen sensor implantation in the porcine subcutaneous environment

Tissue engineering of cartilaginous grafts with mechanically functional aggrecan	Controlled Nanostructures for Enhanced Biological Responses and Release of Incorporated Biomolecules

Calcium Dynamics in Astrocytes: From Oscillations to Alzheimer's	Coordination of Axonal Transport Revealed by Particle Tracking and Quantitative Immunofluorescence

Memory, Dementia, and the Functional Role of the Parietal Cortex	Bioactive and Bioresponsive Nanoparticle Surface Modifications for Vaccine and Systemic Drug Delivery

Separation, process and detection of biomolecules using silicon-based optical nanostructures	Automated Cancer Detection and Drug Discovery: Two Biomedical Vision Systems

Skeletal muscle adaptations in hamstring contractures of children with cerebral palsy	Synthetic gene oscillators and their applications

Natural DNA Sequencing by Synthesis	Multi-Core Beamformer for Spatio-Temporal MEG Source Activity Reconstruction

Development of tools for the preparation of genomic libraries for next-generation sequencing	A Phosphoproteomics Approach Towards Identifying Signaling Pathway Modulators Induced by Small Molecules

Effects of Pacing Site on Global and Regional Left Ventricular Function in the Setting of Dyssynchronous Heart Failure	Energy Deposition in the Body from External Sources to Chemically Trigger Cellular Responses in Desired Localized Regions

Targeting the brain: Identifying and inhibiting harmful protein-amyloid interactions in Alzheimer's disease	Baseline Effects on Resting-State Functional Connectivity

Functionalization of Nanocarriers for Efficient Combination Drug Delivery	Systems Biology Analysis of Escherichia coli for Discovery and Metabolic Engineering

Causation in Biology: A Biomolecular Systems View	Automation in Image Cytometry: Continuous HCS and Kinetic Image Cytometry

Biological Applications of Synthetic Nanomachines	Antimicrobial Nanoparticle for the Treatment of Bacterial Infection

Measuring and Mapping Biophysical Properties and Their Influence on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Fate	Molecular Scale Biocomputing: An Enzyme Logic Approach

Methods and devices for comprehensive molecular analysis of single cells	Determinants of active and passive tension in skeletal muscle

Surgical Design for the Fontan Procedure Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Derivative-free Optimization