MTSM Research Group
Publications

1. Somen Saha, Lin Ji, Juan J. de Pablo, and Sean Palecek.
   "TGF-beta/Activin/Nodal Pathway in Inhibition of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation by Mechanical Strain".
   Biophysical Journal, Preprint, January 2008. [doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119891] [BiophysJ]
2. Christian M. Metallo, Samira M. Azarin, Lin Ji, Juan J. de Pablo, and Sean P. Palecek.
   "Engineering Tissue from Human Embryonic Stem Cells".
   Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, accepted, January 11, 2008. [doi:10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00228.x] [BlackwellSynergy/JCellMolMed]
3. Christian M. Metallo, Maxim A. Vodyanik, Juan J. de Pablo, Igor I. Slukvin, and Sean P. Palecek.
   "The response of human embryonic stem cell-derived endothelial cells to shear stress".
   Biotechnology and Bioengineering, in press, January 30, 2008. [doi:10.1002/bit.21809] [Wiley/BiotechBioeng]
4. Manan Chopra, Allam Santosh Reddy, Vanessa Ortiz, and Juan J. de Pablo.
   "Folding of Polyglutamine Chains".
   Biophysical Journal, 94(MA):2797, February 6, 2008. [BiophysJ]
5. Kostas Ch. Daoulas, Marcus Müller, Mark P. Stoykovich, Huiman Kang, Juan J. de Pablo, and Paul F. Nealey.
   "Directed Copolymer Assembly on Chemical Substrate Patterns: A Phenomenological and Single-Chain-in-Mean-Field Simulations Study of the Influence of Roughness in the Substrate Pattern".
   Langmuir 24(4):1284-1295, February 19, 2008. [doi:10.1021/la702482z] [ACS/LA]
6. Aslin Izmitli, David C. Schwartz, Michael D. Graham, and Juan J. de Pablo.
   "The effect of hydrodynamic interactions on the dynamics of DNA translocation through pores".
   Journal of Chemical Physics 128(8):085102, February 25, 2008. [doi:10.1063/1.2831777] [AIP/JCP]
7. Christian M. Metallo, Lin Ji, Juan J. de Pablo, and Sean P. Palecek.
   "Retinoic acid and bone morphogenetic protein signaling synergize to efficiently direct epithelial differentiation of human embryonic stem cells".
   Stem Cells 26(2):372-380, February 25, 2008. [doi:10.1634/stemcells.2007-0501] [AlphaMed/StemCells]
8. Thomas A. Knotts IV, Nitin Rathore, and Juan J. de Pablo.
   "An Entropic Perspective of Protein Stability on Surfaces".
   Biophysical Journal, in press, March 2008. [doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123158] [BiophysJ]
9. De-Wei Yin, Ferenc Horkay, Jack F. Douglas, and Juan J. de Pablo.
   "Molecular Simulation of the Swelling of Polyelectrolyte Gels by Monovalent and Divalent Counterions".
   Journal of Chemical Physics, 129(15):154902, October 16, 2008. [doi:10.1063/1.2991179] [AIP/JCP]