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78. Hadisi, Z., Bakhsheshi-Rad, H.R., Walsh, T., Dehghan, M.M., Farzad Mohajeri, S., Gholami, H., Diyanoush, A., Pagan, E., and Akbari, M., “In vitro and in vivo evaluation of silk fibroin-hardystonite-gentamicin nanofibrous scaffold for tissue engineering applications”, Polymer Testing, In Press, 2020.

77. Samiei E, Seyfoori A, Toyota B, Ghavami S, and Akbari M (2020). Investigating Programmed Cell Death and Tumor Invasion in a Three-Dimensional (3D) Microfluidic Model of Glioblastoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(9), 3162.

76. Askari E, Seyfoori A, Amereh M, Samimi Gharaie S, Sadat Ghazali H, Sadat Ghazali Z, Khunjush B, and Akbari M (2020) "Stimuli-responsive hydrogels for local post-surgical drug delivery", Gels, 6(2): 14.

75. Jahanshahi M, Hamdi D, Godau B, SamieiE, Sanchez-Lafuente CL, Neale KJ, Hadisi Z, Dabiri SMH, Pagan E, Christie BR, and Akbari M (2020) " An engineered infecteded epidermis model for in vitro study of the skin pro-inflammatory response", Micromachines, Accepted.

74. Bakhsheshi-Rad, HR, Ismail AF, Madzlan A, Akbari M, Hadisi Z, Khoshnava SM, and Chen X (2020) " Co-incorporation of graphene oxide/silver nanoparticle into poly-L-lactic acid fibrous: A route towards the development of cytocompatible and antibacterial coating layer on magnesium implants" Materials Chemistry C, Accepted.

73. Mirani B, Pagan E, Shojaei S, Dabiri MH, Savoji H, Mehrali M, Sam M, Alsaif J, Bhiladvala RB, Dolatshahi-Pirouz A, Radisic M, and Akbari M (2020) "A facile method for fabrication of meter-long multifunctional hydrogel fibers with controllable biophysical and biochemical features" ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, In Press.

72. Bakhsheshi-Rad, HR, Ismail AF, Madzlan A, Akbari M, Hadisi Z, Omidi M, and Chen X (2020) "Development of the PVA/CS nanofibers containing silk protein sericin as a wound dressing: In vitro and in vivo assessment" International Journal of Biological Mactomolecules, In Press.

71. Fallahi A, Yazdi I, Serex L, Lasha E, Faramarzi N, Tarlan F, Avci H, Almeida R, Sharifi F, Rinoldi C, Gomes ME, Shin SR, Khademhosseini A, Akbari M, and Tamayol A (2020) "Customizable composite fibers for engineering skeletal muscle models" ACS Biomaterial Science and Engineering, In Press.

70. Hadisi Z, Farokhi M, Bakhsheshi-rad HR, Jahanshahi M, Hasanpour S, Pagan E, Dolatshahi-Pirouz A, Zhang YS, Kundu SC, and Akbari M, (2020) "Hyaluronic acid (HA)-based silk fibroin/zinc oxide core-shell electrospun dressing for burn wound management" Macromolecular Bioscience, In Press.

69. Hadisi Z, Walsh T, Dabiri SMH, Seyfoori A, Godeau B, Charest G, Fortin D, and Akbari M, (2020) "Three-dimensional printing for the future of medicine" Future Medicine. In Press.

68. Bakhsheshi-Rad, HR, Hadisi Z, Ismail AF, Aziz M, Akbari M, Berto F, and Chen XB, (2020) "In vitro and in vivo evaluation of chitosan-alginate/gentamicin wound dressing nanofibrous with high antibacterial performance" Polymer Testing. 82, 106298.

67. Bakhsheshi-Rad, HR, Ismail AF, Aziz M, Akbari M, Hadisi Z, Daroonparvar M, and Chen XB, (2019) "Antibacterial activity and in vivo wound healing evaluation of polycaprolactone-gelatin methacryloyl-cephalexin electrospun nanofibrous." Materials Letter. 256, 126618.

66. Bakhsheshi-Rad HR, Akbari M, Fauzi Ismail A, Aziz M, Hadisi Z, Pagan E, Daroonparvar M, and Chen XB, (2019) "Coating biodegradable magnesium alloys with electrospun poly-L-lactic acid-åkermanite-doxycycline nanofibers for enhanced biocompatibility, antibacterial activity, and corrosion resistance," Surface and Coatings Technology. 377, 124898.

65-Hosseinzadeh R, Mirani B, Pagan E, Mirzaghaei S, Nasimian A, Kawalec P, da silva Rosa S, Hamdi D, Fernandez NP, Toyota BD, Gordon JW, Ghavami S, and Akbari, M, (2019) “A Drug-Eluting 3D Bioprinted Mesh (GlioMesh) for Management of Glioblastoma,” Advanced Therapeutics, Accepted.

64. Emami A, Shojaei S, da Silva Rosa SC, Aghaei M, Samiei E, Vosoughi AR, Kalantari F, Kawalec P, Thliveris J, Sharma P, Zeki AA, Akbari M, Gordon JW, and Ghavami S (2019) Mechanisms Of Simvastatin Myotoxicity: The Role Of Autophagy Flux Inhibition European Journal of Pharmacology, 862, 172616.

63. Shojaei S, Koleini N, Samiei, E,Alizadeh, J, Imamul, Islam MD, Vosoughi, A, Albokashi M, Butterfield Y, Xu F, Thliveris J, Kardami E, Hatch GM, Eftekharpour E, Akbari M, Hombach-Klonisch S, Klonisch T, and Ghavami S (2019) Simvastatin Increases Temozolomide-induced Cell Death by Targeting the Fusion of Autophagosomes and Lysosomes. FEBS, In Press.

62. Walsh T, Karperien L, Dabiri SMH, and Akbari M, (2019). Fiber-based microphysiological systems: A powerful tool for high throughput drug screening. Journal of Microphysiolocal Systems. Accepted.

61. Moradi V, Akbari M, and Wild P, (2019) A fluorescence-based pH sesor with microfluidic mixing and fiber optic detection for wide range pH measurements. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. Accepted.

60. Seyfoori A, Seed Ebrahimi SA, Samiei E, and Akbari M (2019). Multifunctional Hybrid Magnetic Microgel Synthesis for Immune Based Isolation and Post-Isolation Culture of Tumor Cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Accepted

59. Seyfoori A, Seed Ebrahimi SA, Yousefi A, and Akbari M (2019). Efficient targeted cancer cell detection, isolation and enumeration using Immuno-Nano/hybrid magnetic microgels. Biomaterials Science. In Press.

58. Talebian S, Mehrali M, Taebnia N, Pennisi CB, Kadumudi FB, Foroughi J, Hasany M, Nikkhah M, Akbari M, Orive G, and Dolatshahi‐Pirouz A (2019). Self-Healing Hydrogels: The Next Paradigm Shift in Tissue Engineering. Advance Science. 6(16), 1801664.

57. Ashtari K, Nazari H, Ko H, Tebon P, Akhshik M, Akbari M, Naghavi Alhosseini S, Mozafari M, Mehravi B, Soleimani M, Ardehali R, Ebrahimi Warkiani M, Ahadian S, and Khademhosseini A (2019). Electrically conductive nanomaterials for cardiac tissue engineering. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. In Press.

56. Valente KP, Thind S, Akbari M, Suleman A, and Brolo AG (2019). Collagen type I-Gelatin Methacryloyl Composites: Mimicking the Tumor Microenvironment. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. In Press.

55. Mirani B, Pagan E, Shojaei S, Duchscherer J, Toyota BD, Ghavami S, and Akbari M (2019). A 3D Bioprinted Hydrogel Mesh Loaded with All-Trans Retinoic Acid for Treatment of Glioblastoma. European Journal of Pharmacology. 854, 201-212.

54. Zeglinski MR, Rezaei Moghadam A, Ande SR, Sheikholeslami K, Mokarram P, Sepehri Z, Rokni H, Khadem Mohtaram N, Poorebrahim M, Masoom A, Toback M, Sareen N, Saravanan S, Jassal DS, Hashemi M, Marzban H, Schaafsma D, Singal P, Wigle JT,Czubryt MP, Akbari M, Dixon IMC, Ghavami S, Gordon JW, and Dhingra S (2019). Myocardial cell signalling during the transition to heart failure: cellular signalling and therapeutic approaches. Journal of Comprehensive Physiology. 9(1), 75‐125.

53. Babu Kadumudi F, Jahanshahi M, Mehrali M, Zsurzsan TG, Taebnia N, Hasany M, Knott A, Godau B, Akbari M, Dolatshahi-Pirouz (2019). A protein-based, water-insoluble, and bendable polymer with ionic conductivity: A roadmap for flexible and green electronics. Advanced Science. 6.5: 180124.

52. Mohammadi S, Ramakrishna S, Laurent S, Shokrgozar MA, Semnani D, Sadeghi D, Bonakdar S, Akbari M (2019). Fabrication of Nanofibrous PVA/Alginate-Sulfate Substrates for Growth Factor Delivery. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A. 107(2), 403-413.

51. Samimi Gharaei S, Dabiri SMH, and Akbari M (2018). Smart shear-thinning hydrogels as injectable drug delivery systems. Polymers. 10(12), 1317.

50. Seyfoory A, Samiei E, Jalili N, Godau B, Rahmanian M, Farahmand L, Majidzadeh K, and Akbari M (2018). Self-Filling Microwell Arrays (SFMAs) for Tumor Spheroid Formation. Lab-on-Chip. 18, 3516-3528.

49. Rezaei Moghadam A, da Silva Rosa S, Samiei E, Alizadeh J, Field J, Kawalec P, Thliveris J, Akbari M, Ghavami S, and Gordon GW (2018). Autophagy Modulates Temozolomide-Induced Cell Death in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Cells. Journal of Cell Death Discovery. 5(1), 52.

48. Hassanpour S, Ahadi M, Bahrami M, Djilali N, and Akbari M (2018). Woven Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells: Liquid Water Transport and Conductivity Trade-offs. Journal of Power Sources. 403, 192-198.

47. Savoji H, Godau B, Sheikh Hassani M, Akbari M (2018). Skin Tissue Substitutes and Biomaterial Risk Assessment and Testing. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 6, 86-93.

46. Mehrali M, Bagherifard S, Akbari M, Thakura A, Mirani B, Mehrali M, Hasany M, Das P, Emneus J, Andresen TL, Dolatshahi-Pirouz A (2018). Blending electronics with the human body: A pathway towards a cybernetic future. Journal of Advanced Sciences. 1700931.

45. Soleimani S, Shamsi M, Akbarpour Ghazani M, Pezeshgi Modarres H, Saghafian M, Papera Valente K, Akbari M, Sanati-Nezhad A. (2018). Translational models of tumor angiogenesis: a nexus of in silico and in vitro models. Journal of Biotechnology Advances. 36(4), 880-893.

44. Costa-Almeida R, Domingues RMA, Fallahi A, Avci H, Yazdi IK, Akbari M, Reis RL, Tamayol A, Gomes ME, and Khademhosseini A. (2018). Cell-laden composite suture threads for repairing damaged tendons. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.2605.

43. Hombach-Klonisch S, Mehrpour M, Shojaei S, Pitz M, Hamai A, Siemianowicz K, Likus W, Wiechec E, Harlos K, Seyfoori A, Sepehri Z, Toyota B, Ande SR, Khadem F, Akbari M, Gorman A, Samali A, Klonisch T, and Ghavami S. (2018) Glioblastoma and chemoresistance to alkylating agents: involvement of apoptosis, autophagy, and unfolded protein responses. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. In Press.

42. Marzban A, Akbarzadeh A, Ardestani MS, Ardestani F, and Akbari M (2018). Synthesis of nano-niosomal deferoxamine and evaluation of its functional characteristics to apply as an iron-chelating agent. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 96 (1), 107-112.

41. Naserzadeh P, Ghanbary F, Ashtari P, Seydi E, Ashtari K, and Akbari M (2018). Biocompatibility assessment of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in mice feto-placental unit. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 106 (2), 580-589.

40. Mirani B, Pagan E, Currie B, Siddiqui MA, Hosseinzadeh R, Mostafalu P, Zhang YS, Ghahary A, and Akbari M. (2017). An advanced multifunctional hydrogel-based dressing for wound monitoring and drug delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 6(19), 1700718. [Featured on the back cover of the Journal and several websites including CBC News, CTV Vancouver Island, Times Colonist, CHEK News, The Ring, Advanced Science News, and Tech Transfer eNews]

39. Valente KP, Khetani S, Kolachi AR, Sanati Nezhad A, Suleman A, and Akbari M. (2017). Microfluidic technologies for anticancer drug studies. Drug Discovery Today. 22(11), 1654-1670.

38. Pedde D, Li H, Borchers C, and Akbari M. (2017). Microfluidic-mass spectrometry interfaces for translational proteomics. Trends in Biotechnology. 35 (10), 954-970.

37. Tamayol A, Hassani Najafabadi A, Mostafalu P, Yetisen AK, Commotto M, Aldhahri M, Abdel-wahab MS, Izadi Najafabadi Z, Latifi S, Akbari M, Annabi N, Yun SH, Memic A, Dokmeci MR, Khademhosseini A. (2017). Biodegradable elastic nanofibrous platforms with integrated flexible heaters. Scientific Reports. 7 (1), 9220.

36. Memic A, Navaei A, Mirani B, Cordova JAV, Aldhahri M, Dolatshahi-Porouz A, Akbari M, and Nikkhah M. (2017). Bioprinting technologies for disease modeling. Biotechnology Letters. DOI 10.1007/s10529-017-2360-z.

35. Mahmoudi N, Eslahi, N, Mehdipour, M, Mohammadi MH, Akbari M, Samadikuchaksaraei A, and Simchi A. (2017). Temporary skin grafts based on hybrid graphene oxide-natural biopolymer nanofibers as effective wound healing substitutes: pre-clinical and pathological studies in animal models. J Material Science: Material in Medicine. 28:73.

34. Naserzadeh P, Ghanbary F, Seydi E, Ghasemi A, Joghataei MT, Ashtari K, and Akbari M. (2017). Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and Dysfunction Induced by Single- and Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: A Comparative Study, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36063.

33. Pedde RD*, Mirani B*, Navaei A, Styan T, Wong S, Mehrali M, Thakur A, Khadem Mohtaram N, Bayati A, Dolatshahi-Pirouz A, Nikkhah M, Willerth SM, and Akbari M. (2017). Emerging biofabrication strategies for engineering complex tissue constructs. Advanced Materials. 29(19): 1606061. [* Equal contribution]

32. Gholizadeh S, Draz M, Zarghooni M, SanatiNezhad A, Ghavami S, Shafeei H, Akbari M. (2017). Microfluidic approaches for isolation, detection, and characterization of extracellular vesicles: current status and future directions. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 91: 588–605. [Top most downloaded article]

31. Avery RK, Albadawi H, Akbari M, Zhang YS, Duggan MJ, Sahani DV, Olsen BD, Khademhosseini A, Oklu R. (2016). An Injectable shear-thinning biomaterial for endovascular embolization. Science Translational Medicine. 8(365): 365RA156. [Featured in Medical Press, Science Daily, Wyss Institute, Harvard Gazette]

30.Kolahchi AR, Khadem Mohtaram N, Pezeshgi Modarres H, Mohammadi MH, Geraili A, Jafari P, Akbari M and Sanati-Nezhad A. (2016). Microfluidic-Based Multi-Organ Platforms for Drug Discovery. Micromachines. 7(9): 162.

29.Karimi M, Bahrami S, Mirshekari H, Basri SM, Bakhshian A, Aref AR, Akbari M, and Hamblin MR. (2016). Microfluidic systems for stem cell-based neural tissue engineering: Building a brain on a chip?. Lab-on-chip. 16: 2551-2571.

28.Mohammadi MH, Heidary Draghi B, Beydaghi V, Geraili A, Moradi F, Jafari P, Janmapleki M, Papera Valente Karolina, Akbari M, and Sanati‐Nezhad A. (2016). Skin Diseases Modeling using Combined Tissue Engineering and Microfluidic Technologies. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 5(19):2459–2480.

27.Mostafalu P, Akbari M, Alberti KA, Xu Q, Khademhosseini A, and Sonkusale S. (2016). A toolkit of thread- based microfluidics, sensors, and electronics for 3D embedding with tissues for medical diagnostics. Nature Microsystems and Nanoengineering. 2: 16039. [Featured in Popular Science, Engdget, Digital Trends, New Atlas, Wounds Research, The Telegraph, Fortune, IEEE Spectrum, NewsBeatHealth, RDMagazine, Yahoo News, and 20 more.]

26.Kharaziha M, Memic A, Akbari M, Brafman D, and Nikkhah M. (2016). Nano-enabled approaches for stem cell-based cardiac tissue engineering. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 5(13): 1533–1553.

25.Shin SR, Li Y, Jang H, Khoshakhlagh P, Akbari M, Nasajpour A, Zhang YS, Tamayol A, and Khademhosseini A. (2016). Graphene-based materials for tissue engineering. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2016.03.007

24.Tamayol A*, Akbari M*, Zilberman Y, Comotto M, Lesha E, Serex L, Bagherifard S, Chen Y, Fu G, Ameri SH, Ruan W, Miller EL, Dokmeci MR, Sonkusale S, and Khademhosseni A. (2016). Flexible pH-sensing hydrogel fibers for epidermal applications. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 5(6): 624-624. [* Equal contribution]

23.Shin SR, Zihlmann C, Akbari M, Assawes P, Cheung L, Zhang K, Manoharan V, Zhang YS, Yüksekkaya M, Wan K, Nikkhah M, Tang X, and Khademhosseini A. (2016). Conductive Reduced Graphene Oxide-GelMA Hydrogels as Scaffolding Materials for Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Small. 12(27): 3677–3689.

22.Akbari M, Tamayol A, Bagherifard S, Serex L, Mostafalu P, Faramarzi N, Mohammadi MH, and Khademhosseini A. (2016). Textile technologies and tissue engineering: A path towards organ weaving. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 5: 751-766.

21.Bagherifard S, Tamayol A, Mostafalu P Akbari M, Comotto M, Annabi N, Ghaderi M, Sonkusale S, Guagliano M, Dokmeci MR, and Khademhosseini A. (2016). A Hydrogel based dermal patch with integrated flexible electronics for on demand drug delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 5(1): 175–184.

20.Tamayol A, Hassani Najafabadi A, Aliakbarian B, Arab Tehrany E, Akbari M, Annabi N, Juncker D, and Khademhosseini A. (2015). Hydrogel templates for rapid manufacturing of bioactive fibers and 3D constructs. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 4(14): 2146-2153.

19.Hassani Najafabadi A, Tamayol A, Annabi N, Ochoa M, Mostafalu P, Akbari M, Nikkhah M, Rahimi R, Dokmeci MR, Sonkusale S, Ziaie B, and Khademhosseini A. (2014). Nanofibrous polymeric substrates for generating biodegradable, elastic, and flexible electronics. Advanced Materials. 26(33): 5823-5830.

18.Akbari M, Tamayol A, Laforte V, Annabi N, Juncker D, and Khademhosseini A. (2014). Composite living fibers for weaving tissue constructs. Advanced Functional Materials. 24(26): 4060-4067.

17.Ghorbanian S, Qasaimeh MA, Akbari M, Tamayol A, and Juncker D. (2014). Microfluidic direct writer with integrated declogging mechanism for fabricating cell-laden hydrogel constructs. Biomedical Microdevices. 16(3): 387-395.

16. Annabi N, Tamayol A, Uquillas JA, Akbari M, Bertassoni L, Cha C, Camci-Unal G, Dokmeci MR, Peppas N, Khademhosseini A. (2014). Rational design and application of hydrogels in regenerative medicine. Advanced Materials. 26(1): 85-124.

15.Tamayol A, Akbari M, Annabi N, Paul A, Khademhosseini A, and Juncker D. (2013). Fiber-based tissue engineering: recent developments, challenges, and opportunities. Biotechnology Advances. 31(5): 669-687.

14.Akbari A, Akbari M, and Hill R. (2013). Analytical determination of effective thermal conductivity of anisotropic unidirectional fibrous structures. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 63: 41-50.

13.Akbari M, Tamayol A, and Bahrami M. (2013). A general model for predicting low Reynolds number flow pressure drop in non-uniform microchannels of non-circular cross-section in both continuum and slip-flow regimes. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. 135(7): 071205.1-071205.7.

12.Tamayol A, Yeom J, Akbari M, and Bahrami M. (2013). Low Reynolds number flows across ordered arrays of micro-cylinders embedded in rectangular micro- and minichannels. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 58: 420-426.

11.Gunda NSK, Joseph J, Tamayol A, Akbari M, and Mitra S. (2013). Measurement of pressure drop and flow resistance in microchannels with integrated micropillars. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 14(3-4): 711-721.

10.Memic A, Hasan A, Akbari M, Dokmeci MR, and Khademhosseini A. (2013). Research Highlight. Lab on a Chip. 13(21): 4157-4159.

9.Hwang YS, Bae H, Akbari M, Dokmeci MR, and Khademhosseini A. (2013). Research Highlight. Lab on a Chip. 13: 4286-4289.

8.Akbari M, Tamayol A, and Bahrami M. (2012). Thermal assessment of convective heat transfer in air- cooled PEM fuel cell stacks. Energy Procedia. 29: 1-11.

7.Akbari M, Bahrami M, and Sinton D. (2012). Optothermal sample preconcentration and manipulation with temperature gradient focusing. Microfluidic and Nanofluidics. 12: 211-228.

6.Akbari M, Sinton D, and Bahrami M. (2011). Viscous flow in variable cross-section microchannels of arbitrary shapes. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 54: 3970- 3978.

5.Akbari M, Sinton D, and Bahrami M. (2011). Geometrical effects on the temperature distribution in a half- space due to a moving heat source. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer Engineering. 133: 064502.

3.Akbari M, Sinton D, and Bahrami M. (2010). Laminar flow pressure drop in converging diverging microtubes. Heat Transfer Engineering. 31(8): 628-634.

2.Akbari M, Sinton D, and Bahrami M. (2009). Pressure drop in rectangular microchannels as compared to theory based on arbitrary cross-section. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. 131: 041202.

Book Chapters

1. Mostafalu, P., Nezhad, A. S., Nikkhah, M., & Akbari, M. (2017). Flexible Electronic Devices for Biomedical Applications. In Advanced Mechatronics and MEMS Devices . Springer International Publishing. 341-366.
2. Nikkhah, M., Akbari, M., Paul, A., Memic, A., Dolatshahi‐Pirouz, A., & Khademhosseini, A. (2016). Gelatin‐Based Biomaterials For Tissue Engineering And Stem Cell Bioengineering. Biomaterials from Nature for Advanced Devices and Therapies, 37-62.
3.Akbari, M, Tamayol A, Annabi N, Juncker D, and Khademhosseini A. "Microtechnologies in the Fabrication of Fibers for Tissue Engineering." (2014): 1-18.