A Fast and Low-Cost Approach for Binding Mode Validation of AI-Designed Therapeutics

This paper introduces HDX FineMapping, a fast, low-cost, and high-resolution mass spectrometry methodology that achieves 100% sequence coverage and complete epitope characterization for glycosylated targets like PD1, offering a superior alternative to traditional methods for validating AI-designed therapeutics without requiring crystallization or mutations.

Zhang, S., Simmons, C., Young, M. + 1 more2026-03-19📄 bioengineering

Resolving differential vascular graft remodeling using longitudinal multiphoton tracking in a 3D culture platform

This study introduces a 3D organotypic artery-graft culture platform that enables non-destructive, longitudinal multiphoton imaging of tissue remodeling, successfully correlating short-term in vitro responses to specific TGF-beta isoforms and graft designs with long-term in vivo outcomes to facilitate the pre-clinical optimization of vascular grafts.

Maestas, D. R., Murphy, T. R., Martinet, K. M. + 10 more2026-03-19📄 bioengineering

A Three-dimensional Analytical Framework for Retinal Microvasculature Reveals Layer-associated Vulnerability in Development and Neovascular Remodeling

This paper introduces a high-resolution three-dimensional analytical framework for retinal microvasculature that overcomes the limitations of traditional two-dimensional methods to reveal the intermediate layer plexus as a critical site of early vulnerability during abnormal vascular development and neovascular remodeling.

Shang, W., Hong, G., Keller, W. E. + 6 more2026-03-19📄 bioengineering

Geometry-Encoded Microtrenches Stabilize Endothelium on High Shear Biomaterial Surfaces

This study demonstrates that engineering mesoscale microtrenches on cardiovascular biomaterials stabilizes endothelial monolayers under extreme shear by creating protective flow gradients that promote mechanoadaptation, enhance nitric oxide production, and suppress inflammatory activation, thereby offering a material-agnostic strategy to improve the hemocompatibility of high-shear implants.

Ibrahim, A. M., Zeng, G., Stelick, S. J. + 2 more2026-03-19📄 bioengineering

Computational Fluid Particle Dynamics-Informed Machine Learning Prototype for a User-Centered Smart Inhaler Enabling Uniform Drug Delivery to Small Airways

This study develops and validates a computational fluid particle dynamics-informed machine learning framework that optimizes smart inhaler nozzle parameters based on patient-specific breathing patterns and drug properties to achieve uniform drug delivery to the small airways across all five lung lobes, significantly outperforming conventional inhalation strategies.

Zhang, Z., Yi, H., Kolanjiyil, A. V. + 2 more2026-03-19📄 bioengineering

Enabling high-plex spectral imaging via DNA-barcoded signal tuning and panel optimization

This paper presents a generalizable framework for high-plex spectral imaging that leverages DNA-barcoded labeling and programmable signal amplification to enable precise signal tuning, systematic panel optimization, and robust unmixing, thereby facilitating the simultaneous imaging of numerous subcellular structures without fluidic cycling.

Reinhardt, R., Straka, T., Vierdag, W.-M. + 10 more2026-03-19📄 bioengineering

Advancements in Developing an Automated Breast Density Detection Technique for Breast Cancer Risk Prediction: Synthesizing a Signal-dependent Noise Stochastic Process

This paper presents advancements in an automated breast density detection algorithm that utilizes signal-dependent noise modeling and ensemble averaging to achieve robust, technology-agnostic performance across diverse mammographic image representations for improved breast cancer risk prediction.

Heine, J., Fowler, E., Schabath, M. B. + 1 more2026-03-18📄 bioengineering

kinGEMs: A Robust and Scalable Framework forResource-Constraint Models through StochasticTuning of Deep Learning-Predicted KineticParameters

This paper introduces kinGEMs, a robust framework that integrates deep learning-predicted kinetic parameters with uncertainty-aware stochastic tuning to generate accurate, resource-constrained enzyme-constrained genome-scale models for a diverse range of organisms, thereby overcoming data scarcity barriers in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology.

A. Barghout, R., Chinas Serrano, L., Sanchez-Lengeling, B. + 1 more2026-03-18📄 bioengineering

Development of a continuous bioreactor to maintain stable nasal microbiomes from swab specimens and synthetic communities

This study demonstrates that a continuous bioreactor, optimized for specific environmental conditions and inoculated with either nasal swab specimens or synthetic microbial communities, can maintain stable, reproducible nasal microbiomes for over a month, providing a robust model for investigating nasal ecology and developing targeted *Staphylococcus aureus* decolonization strategies.

Ham, S., Navarro-Diaz, M., Camus, L. + 7 more2026-03-18📄 bioengineering

Generation of Self-Organizing Macrovascular Constructs by Bioprinting human iPSC-Derived Mesodermal Progenitor Cells

This study demonstrates a bioprinting strategy using human iPSC-derived mesodermal progenitor cells to generate centimeter-scale, self-organizing macrovascular constructs that spontaneously differentiate into multi-layered vessel walls, integrate with microvasculature, and withstand perfusion, thereby addressing a critical bottleneck in creating perfusable, vascularized tissue constructs.

Dogan, L. E., Chicaiza-Cabezas, N. A., Kleefeldt, F. + 3 more2026-03-18📄 bioengineering

DNA Damage Driven Viability Loss and Transcriptional Reprogramming in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Perfusion Culture

This study identifies the accumulation of unrepaired DNA damage and a consequent decline in DNA damage response signaling as the primary drivers of viability loss and transcriptional dysfunction in high-density Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell perfusion cultures, revealing an intrinsic limitation in CHO genomic plasticity compared to HEK293 cells.

Hitchcock, N. B., Annoh, M., Grassi, L. + 12 more2026-03-18📄 bioengineering

QUANTIFYING GLYCOGEN AND LIPID DROPLET SYNTHESIS IN OVARIAN AND CERVICAL CANCER CELLS USING DEUTERATED RAMAN PROBES WITH STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY

This study demonstrates that stimulated Raman scattering microscopy combined with deuterium-labeled metabolites can non-invasively quantify and distinguish cell-line-specific glycogen and lipid droplet dynamics in ovarian and cervical cancer models, offering a promising tool for metabolic phenotyping to guide early diagnosis and targeted therapies.

Pierson, R. N., Gupta, S. A., Zhang, M. + 3 more2026-03-18📄 bioengineering