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  1. Computational modeling reveals a vital role for proximity-driven additive and synergistic cell-cell interactions in increasing cancer invasiveness

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, June 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  2. Physical confinement and cell proximity increase cell migration rates and invasiveness: A mathematical model of cancer cell invasion through flexible channels

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, June 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  3. Breast cancer stem cells: mechanobiology reveals highly invasive cancer cell subpopulations

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  4. Mechanical interactions of invasive cancer cells through their substrate evolve from additive to synergistic

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  5. Rapid, quantitative prediction of tumor invasiveness in non-melanoma skin cancers using mechanobiology-based assay

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  6. Modeling force application configurations and morphologies required for cancer cell invasion

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  7. Machine-Learning Provides Patient-Specific Prediction of Metastatic Risk Based on Innovative, Mechanobiology Assay

    Article • Annals of Biomedical Engineering, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  8. Actin as a Target to Reduce Cell Invasiveness in Initial Stages of Metastasis

    Article • Annals of Biomedical Engineering, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  9. Two- and three-dimensional de-drifting algorithms for fiducially marked image stacks

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, September 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  10. Lung mechanics modifications facilitating metastasis are mediated in part by breast cancer‐derived extracellular vesicles

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, August 2020, Wiley

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  11. A Cellular Automata Model of Oncolytic Virotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer

    Article • Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  12. Rapid Cancer Diagnosis and Early Prognosis of Metastatic Risk Based on Mechanical Invasiveness of Sampled Cells

    Article • Annals of Biomedical Engineering, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  13. Micropatterned topographies reveal measurable differences between cancer and benign cells

    Article • Medical Engineering & Physics, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  14. Finite element analysis reveals an important role for cell morphology in response to mechanical compression

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  15. Computational modeling of therapy on pancreatic cancer in its early stages

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  16. Sodium pyruvate pre‐treatment prevents cell death due to localised, damaging mechanical strains in the context of pressure ulcers

    Article • International Wound Journal, August 2019, Wiley

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  17. Non-damaging stretching combined with sodium pyruvate supplement accelerate migration of fibroblasts and myoblasts during gap closure

    Article • Clinical Biomechanics, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  18. Computational Cell-Based Modeling and Visualization of Cancer Development and Progression

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  19. Traction Force Microscopy in Differentiating Cells

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  20. A phenomenological model for cell and nucleus deformation during cancer metastasis

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  21. Contemporary oncology research: a special issue on the mechanobiology and biophysics of cancer development and progression

    Article • Convergent Science Physical Oncology, January 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  22. Control of cell proliferation by a porous chitosan scaffold with multiple releasing capabilities

    Article • Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  23. Taxol reduces synergistic, mechanobiological invasiveness of metastatic cells

    Article • Convergent Science Physical Oncology, November 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  24. A model for cell migration in non-isotropic fibrin networks with an application to pancreatic tumor islets

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  25. Effect of Natural Honey Treatment and External Stretching on Kinematics of Cell Migration During Gap Closure

    Article • August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  26. Proximity of Metastatic Cells Strengthens the Mechanical Interaction with Their Environment

    Article • August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  27. Complex, Dynamic Behavior of Extremely Asymmetric Di-n-Alkylphosphate-Anion Aggregates, the Long-Chain Effect and the Role of a Limiting Size: Cryo-TEM, SANS, and X-Ray Diffraction Studies

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  28. Cell–Gel Mechanical Interactions as an Approach to Rapidly and Quantitatively Reveal Invasive Subpopulations of Metastatic Cancer Cells

    Article • Tissue Engineering Part C Methods, March 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  29. Proximity of Metastatic Cells Enhances Their Mechanobiological Invasiveness

    Article • Annals of Biomedical Engineering, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  30. Metastatic breast cancer cells adhere strongly on varying stiffness substrates, initially without adjusting their morphology

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  31. Low-level stretching accelerates cell migration into a gap

    Article • International Wound Journal, October 2016, Wiley

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  32. Asymmetry in traction forces produced by migrating preadipocytes is bounded to 33%

    Article • Medical Engineering & Physics, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  33. Cytoskeleton and plasma-membrane damage resulting from exposure to sustained deformations: A review of the mechanobiology of chronic wounds

    Article • Medical Engineering & Physics, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  34. Review on experiment-based two- and three-dimensional models for wound healing

    Article • Interface Focus, August 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  35. Modern cell biomechanics: A special issue on motility and dynamics of living cells in health, disease and healing

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  36. Printable low-cost, sustained and dynamic cell stretching apparatus

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  37. Mechanical cytoprotection: A review of cytoskeleton-protection approaches for cells

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  38. A phase-contrast microscopy-based method for modeling the mechanical behavior of mesenchymal stem cells

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering, February 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  39. Embryonic stem cells growing in 3-dimensions shift from reliance on the substrate to each other for mechanical support

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  40. Effects of particle uptake, encapsulation, and localization in cancer cells on intracellular applications

    Article • Medical Engineering & Physics, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  41. Quantitative measures to reveal coordinated cytoskeleton-nucleus reorganization during in vitro invasion of cancer cells

    Article • New Journal of Physics, April 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  42. Towards a Mathematical Formalism for Semi-stochastic Cell-Level Computational Modeling of Tumor Initiation

    Article • Annals of Biomedical Engineering, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  43. Ratio of total traction force to projected cell area is preserved in differentiating adipocytes

    Article • Integrative Biology, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  44. Mechanical Interaction of Metastatic Cancer Cells with a Soft Gel

    Article • Procedia IUTAM, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  45. Location-dependent intracellular particle tracking using a cell-based coordinate system

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  46. Metastatic cancer cells tenaciously indent impenetrable, soft substrates

    Article • New Journal of Physics, March 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  47. Particle tracking in living cells: a review of the mean square displacement method and beyond

    Article • Rheologica Acta, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  48. Flexible blade for in-line measurement of low-range viscosity

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, March 2013, Elsevier

    Roi Gurka, Professor Daphne Weihs, Professor Alex Liberzon

  49. Origin of active transport in breast-cancer cells

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  50. Novel algorithm and MATLAB-based program for automated power law analysis of single particle, time-dependent mean-square displacement

    Article • Computer Physics Communications, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  51. Intracellular Mechanics and Activity of Breast Cancer Cells Correlate with Metastatic Potential

    Article • Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  52. Aggregate Structures of Asymmetric Di-Alkyl Phosphate Anions and the Role of Conformations about the Polar Region: SANS, Cryo-TEM, Raman Scattering, 13 C NMR, and Selective NOE Studies

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, March 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  53. Low intensity ultrasound perturbs cytoskeleton dynamics

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  54. Image-based algorithm for analysis of transient trapping in single-particle trajectories

    Article • Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  55. Time-Dependent Micromechanical Responses of Breast Cancer Cells and Adjacent Fibroblasts to Electric Treatment

    Article • Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  56. Effects of cancer cell metastatic potential on intracellular mechanics

    Article • November 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  57. Rheology and microrheology of natural and reduced-calorie Israeli honeys as a model for high-viscosity Newtonian liquids

    Article • Journal of Food Engineering, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  58. Experimental evidence of strong anomalous diffusion in living cells

    Article • Physical Review E, February 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  59. Low Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound Effect on Nano-Particle Motion in a Viscous Medium

    Article • January 2008, ASME International

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  60. Effects of Sugar Content and Temperature on Rheology and Microrheology of Israeli Honey

    Article • January 2008, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  61. A comparative study of microstructural development in paired human hepatic and gallbladder biles

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  62. Effects of cytoskeletal disruption on transport, structure, and rheology within mammalian cells

    Article • Physics of Fluids, October 2007, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  63. Bio-Microrheology: A Frontier in Microrheology

    Article • Biophysical Journal, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  64. Simulations of complex particle transport in heterogeneous active liquids

    Article • Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  65. Self-aggregation in dimeric arginine-based cationic surfactants solutions

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  66. Biliary cholesterol crystallization characterized by single-crystal cryogenic electron diffraction

    Article • Journal of Lipid Research, February 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  67. Evolution of Lipid Aggregates and Cholesterol Precipitation in Nucleating Model and Human Biles

    Article • Microscopy and Microanalysis, August 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  68. Microstructures in the aqueous solutions of a hybrid anionic fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon surfactant

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, March 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Daphne Weihs

  69. Microstructural evolution of lipid aggregates in nucleating model and human biles visualized by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy

    Article • Hepatology, February 2000, Wiley

    Professor Daphne Weihs