O. Berk Usta

Supercooling as a viable non-freezing cell preservation method of rat hepatocytes.

Transverse migration of a confined polymer driven by an external force.

Fork in the road: patterned surfaces direct microcapsules to make a decision.

Designing patterned substrates to regulate the movement of capsules in microchannels.

Modeling microcapsules that communicate through nanoparticles to undergo self-propelled motion.

Shear and extensional deformation of droplets containing polymers and nanoparticles.

Self-sustained motion of a train of haptotactic microcapsules.

Designing oscillating cilia that capture or release microscopic particles.

Propulsion and trapping of microparticles by active cilia arrays.

In vitro platforms for evaluating liver toxicity.

Dynamic interplay of flow and collagen stabilizes primary hepatocytes culture in a microfluidic platform.

A novel ultrathin collagen nanolayer assembly for 3-D microtissue engineering: Layer-by-layer collagen deposition for long-term stable microfluidic hepatocyte culture.

Supercooling enables long-term transplantation survival following 4 days of liver preservation.

Polyethylene glycol protects primary hepatocytes during supercooling preservation.