Cell Patterning: The following are some of the cell patterning research areas undertaken in the Takayama Lab: Lam, M. T.; Huang, Y.-C.; Birla, R. K.; Takayama, S. “Microfeature guided skeletal muscle tissue engineering for highly organized 3-dimensional free-standing constructs” Biomaterials 2009, 30, 1150-1155. Lam, M.T.; Clem, W.; Takayama, S. “Dynamic microtopography for reversible on-demand cell alignment” Biomaterials 2008, 29, 1705-1712. Kamotani, Y.; Bersano-Begey, T.; Kato, N.; Tung, Y.-C.; Huh, D.; Song, J. W.; Takayama, S. “Individually Programmable Cell Stretching Microwell Arrays Actuated by a Braille Display” Biomaterials 2008, 29, 2636-2655.

Fan, C. Y.; Tung, Y.-C.; Takayama, S.; Meyhofer, E.; Kurabayashi, K. “Electrically Programmable Surfaces for Configurable Patterning of Cells” Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 1418-1423.

Torisawa, Y.; Chueh, B.-H.; Huh, D.; Ramamurthy, P.; Roth, T. M.; Barald, K. F.; Takayama, S. “Efficient Synchronous Formation of Uniform-Sized Embryoid Bodies Using a Compartmentalized Microchannel Device” Lab Chip 2007, 7, 770-776.

Lam, M. T.; Sim, S.; Zhu, X.; Takayama, S. “The Effect of Continuous Wavy Micropatterns on SIlicone Substrates on the ALignment of Skeletal Muscle Myoblasts and Myotbues” Biomaterials. 2006 27, 4340-4347.

Takayama, S.; Chapman, R. G.; Kane, R. S.; Whitesides, G. M. "Patterning Cells and their Environment" Book chapter in Principles of Tissue Engineering, 2nd Ed. Lanza, R.; Langer, R.; Vacanti, J. 2000, 209-220.