Recent Publications

C. Norotte, F. Marga, A. Neagu, I. Kosztin and G. Forgacs,
Experimental evaluation of apparent tissue surface tension based on the exact solution of the Laplace equation (pdf)
Europhysics Letters 81 , 46003 (2008).

K. Jakab, C. Norotte, B. Damon, F. Marga, A. Neagu, C.L. Besch-Williford, A. Kachurin, K.H. Church, H. Park, V. Mironov, R. Markwald, G. Vunjak-Novakovic and G. Forgacs,
Tissue engineering by self-assembly of cells printed into topologically defined structures,
Tissue Engineering 14 , 413-421 (2008).

F. Marga, A. Neagu, I. Kosztin and G. Forgacs,
Developmental biology and tissue engineering, (pdf)
Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews 81 , 320-328 (2007).

E. Flenner, F. Marga, A. Neagu, I. Kosztin and G. Forgacs,
Relating biophysical properties across scales,
Curr Top Dev Biol 81 , 461-483 (2007).

V. Mironov, G. Prestwich and G. Forgacs,
Bioprinting living structures,
J. Mat. Chem. 17 , 2054-2060 (2007).

R.A. Norris, B. Damon, V. Mironov, V. Kasyanov, A. Ramamurthi, R. Moreno-Rodriguez, T. Trusk, J.D. Potts, R.L. Goodwin, J. Davis, S. Hoffman, X. Wen, Y. Sugi, C.B. Kern, C.H. Mjaatvedt, D.K. Turner, T. Oka, S.J. Conway, J.D. Molkentin, G. Forgacs and R.R. Markwald,
Periostin regulates collagen fibrillogenesis and the biomechanical properties of connective tissues,
J. Cell. Biochem. 101 , 695-711 (2007).

X.Z. Shu, S. Ahmad, Y. Liu, G.D. Prestwich,
Synthesis and evaluation of injectable, in situ crosslinkable synthetic extracellular matrices for tissue engineering
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 79A , 902-912 (2006).

B. Hegedus, F. Marga, K. Jakab, K. L. Sharpe-Timms, G. Forgacs,
The interplay of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in the invasive properties of brain tumors
Biophysical Journal 91 , 2708-2716 (2006).

K. Jakab, B. Damon, A. Neagu, A. Kachurin, G. Forgacs,
Three-dimensional tissue constructs built by bioprinting
Biorheology 43 , 509-513 (2006).

A. Neagu, I. Kosztin, K. Jakab, B. Barz, M. Neagu, R. Jamison, G. Forgacs,
Computational modeling of tissue self-assembly (pdf)
Modern Physics Letters B 20 , 1217-1231 (2006).

S. A. Newman, G. Forgacs, G. B. Muller,
Before programs: The physical origination of multicellular forms (pdf)
International Journal Of Developmental Biology 50 , 289-299 (2006).

A. Neagu, K. Jakab, R. Jamison, G. Forgacs,
Role of physical mechanisms in biological self-organization (pdf)
Physical Review Letters 95 , 178104 (2005).

Z. M. Sun, , J. S. Graham, B. Hegedus, F. Marga, Y. Zhang, G. Forgacs, M. Grandbois,
Multiple membrane tethers probed by atomic force microscopy
Biophysical Journal 89 , 4320-4329 (2005).

G. Forgacs, S. H. Yook, P. A. Janmey, H. Jeong, C. G. Burd,
Role of the cytoskeleton in signaling networks (pdf)
Journal Of Cell Science 117 , 2769-2775 (2004).

A. J. Izaguirre, , R. Chaturvedi, C. Huang, T. Cickovski, J. Coffland, G. Thomas, G. Forgacs, M. Alber, G. Hentschel, S. A. Newman, J. A. Glazier,
CompuCell, a multi-model framework for simulation of morphogenesis (pdf)
Bioinformatics 20 , 1129-1137 (2004).

K. Jakab, A. Neagu, V. Mironov, R. Markwald, G. Forgacs,
Engineering biological structures of prescribed shape using self-assembling multicellular systems (pdf)
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 101 , 2864-2869 (2004).

K. Jakab, A. Neagu, V. Mironov, G. Forgacs,
Organ printing: Fiction or science (pdf)
Biorheology 41 , 371-375 (2004).

S. A. Newman, G. Forgacs, B. Hinner, C. W. Maier, E. Sackmann,
Phase transformations in a model mesenchymal tissue
Physical Biology 1 , 100-109 (2004).