Ritu Raman

Thanks so much!

Your body has tendons, your robots should too! Our new paper in Advanced Science highlights how adding tendons to muscle-powered “biohybrid” robots makes them 11X stronger. Check out this great MIT News feature of our work:

news.mit.edu/2025/artific...

#biohybrid #robotics #biomaterials

Want to make your biohybrid robots *11X* more powerful? Add tendons! The latest story from our lab gives muscle actuators a *major design upgrade* by tissue engineering modular "muscle-tendon units" that mimic musculoskeletal architectures in nature:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Preprint alert: Our latest study shows that "4D" force patterning enables spatial control of angiogenesis! Check out how we use Magnetic Matrix Actuation to precisely fabricate of 3D microvascular networks:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Led by @sinakheiri.bsky.social @shahjess.bsky.social!

Meet the Raman Lab at #TERMISAM2025! Excited to share presentations from Angel Bu, Jessica Shah, Dr. Tamara Rossy, Brandon Rios, and Dr. Ferdows Afghah highlighting our latest efforts in #TissueEngineering.

@termisam.bsky.social

Visionary talk from Jennifer Lewis yesterday at the MIT.nano Dresselhaus Lecture, highlighting opportunities for 3D printing in soft robotics & tissue engineering! You can watch the full lecture and the q&a session (moderated by me!) here: mitnano.mit.edu/events/dress...

@wyssinstitute.bsky.social

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The ***constructive*** nature of the feedback is my favorite part! We’ve found it a super useful tool in the lab thus far!

q.e.d Science Critical Thinking AI for constructive criticism and science evaluation

Here's the link to the system, try it! qedscience.com
@qedscience.bsky.social

We are recruiting new faculty in IMES at MIT!

IMES (Institute for Medical Engineering and Science) is the MIT home of the famous HST program. As faculty are also appointed in a department at MIT, we have diverse research programs, all focused on human health.

faculty-searches.mit.edu/imes-search/

During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost!

apply.interfolio.com/174756

Congrats Kara!!! Super exciting work!

DNASE1L3 surveils mitochondrial DNA on the surface of distinct mammalian cells The extracellular space is a critical environment for discriminating self versus non-self nucleic acids and initiating the appropriate immune responses through signaling cascades to relay information ...

We’re excited to report work led by postdoc Jennifer Porat in the lab, finding that DNA accumulates on the surface of living cells and that the secreted extracellular protein DNASE1L3 can modulate its levels on B and T cells. With a new twist for ATAC-seq as well www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Lead by postdoc in the lab Ruiqi Ge and in collaboration with Bob Coffey’s lab, we are happy to share rPAL-seq for rapid and sensitive sequencing based profiling of glycoRNAs @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The elephant 😍

Had such a fun visit to GeorgiaTech, hosted by @gregory-sawicki.bsky.social! Always exciting to share the latest from the lab and meet other folks working at the intersection of #biomechanics + #robotics. Please enjoy my adorable souvenir courtesy of @drblackboots.bsky.social, Buzz the YellowJacket.

Love this MIT news feature of our work at the intersection of AI + bio-manufacturing, showcasing a method to make 3D bioprinting more reliable, scalable, and efficient!

news.mit.edu/2025/new-3d-...

#3Dprinting #bioprinting #AI #manufacturing

I like to focus on the question “are each of the claims justified by the data” - then either the claims need to change or the data needs to be added. If the core/central claims are supported by data, then the rest of the claims can be toned down/removed rather than requiring additional experiments.

Can you please add me to the feed - I study neuromuscular biology: ramanlab.mit.edu

Yes!!! 😍

Honored to be selected to participate in the NAE Grainger Frontiers of Engineering meeting, alongside other scientists spanning neural engineering 🧠, quantum computing 🖥️, fusion energy⚡️ & sustainable aviation ✈️.The future of science is inspiring, as are the people shaping it!

@nationalacademies.org

Thank you!

Modular and AI-driven in situ monitoring platform for real-time process analysis in embedded bioprinting Real-time monitoring and in situ data analysis are increasingly vital for enhancing precision, reproducibility, and defect detection in embedded biopr…

Our lab’s first 3D #bioprinting paper out today in Device @cellpress.bsky.social! Our modular + cost-effective + AI-driven platform enables monitoring the quality of bioprinted tissues, improving reproducibility + limiting material waste in #TissueEngineering

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Woohoo!

Had a great time presenting a keynote at the European Society of Biomaterials #ESB2025 meeting! The perfect place to share our latest work on tissue engineering biological actuators and catch up with #biomaterials friends from around the world!

ramanlab.mit.edu/publications/

Smarter Robot Bodies Throughout history, humans have used tools and machines to reduce the burden of physical labour. Robots are increasingly able to act independently in complex and dynamic environments but advanced mach...

Great to see this Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) feature of our collaborative work in dexterous biohybrid robotics with Pietro Valdastri and team!

www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...

Super excited to welcome Dr. Arielle Berman, PhD to our lab as an MIT Engineering Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow, following her recent PhD with Prof. Zhenan Bao at Stanford! Check out some of Arielle's exciting prior work here:

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Loved speaking at the Engineering Life symposium exploring science at the interface of Mechanics and Biology this week, hosted by Prof. Mariana Medina-Sánchez (@bcube-tud.bsky.social)! Great to share our work on using magnetic matrix actuation (MagMA) to program tissue function. #25EngLife

Excited to welcome Dr. Inkyu Lee to our lab as a new postdoc! Inkyu brings tremendous expertise in bioelectronics from his training with Prof. Tzahi Cohen-Karni at Carnegie Mellon University - check out some of his excellent PhD thesis research here:
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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