Publications by Christina Myra Tringides

Actuated 3D microgels for single cell mechanobiology

Christina Myra Tringides, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Ece Özelçi, Berna Ayse Özkale Edelmann

We present a new cell culture technology for large-scale mechanobiology studies capable of generating and applying optically controlled uniform compression on single cells in 3D. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are individually encapsulated inside an optical ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022

Actuated 3D microgels for single cell mechanobiology (vol 22, pg 1962, 2022)

Christina Myra Tringides, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Ece Özelçi, Berna Ayse Özkale Edelmann

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022

Viscoelastic surface electrode arrays to interface with viscoelastic tissues

Nicolas Vachicouras, Florian Dylan Fallegger, Stéphanie Lacour, Christina Myra Tringides, Alix Esther Anne Trouillet

Bioelectronic interfacing with living tissues should match the biomechanical properties of biological materials to reduce damage to the tissues. Here, the authors present a fully viscoelastic microelectrode array composed of an alginate matrix and carbon-b ...

Nature Research2021

Microstructured thin-film electrode technology enables proof of concept of scalable, soft auditory brainstem implants

Nicolas Vachicouras, Florian Dylan Fallegger, Stéphanie Lacour, Christina Myra Tringides, Jennifer Mary Adrienne Alice Macron, Yohann Daniel André Thenaisie, Valentina Marie Paggi

Auditory brainstem implants (ABIs) provide sound awareness to deaf individuals who are not candidates for the cochlear implant. The ABI electrode array rests on the surface of the cochlear nucleus (CN) in the brainstem and delivers multichannel electrical ...

2019

Programmable microencapsulation for enhanced mesenchymal stem cell persistence and immunomodulation

Christina Myra Tringides, Berna Ayse Özkale Edelmann

Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapies demonstrate particular promise in ameliorating diseases of immune dysregulation but are hampered by short in vivo cell persistence and inconsistencies in phenotype. Here, we demonstrate that biomaterial encapsulation i ...

National Academy of Sciences2019

Engineering reversible elasticity in ductile or brittle thin films and products resulting from said engineering

Nicolas Vachicouras, Stéphanie Lacour, Christina Myra Tringides

The present invention relates to how to engineer reversible elasticity in thin films and/or layers and/or substrates, using a repeated Y-shaped motif, which is cut out throughout the film and/or layer and/or substrate. As an example, using a 75 μm thick po ...

2018

Engineering reversible elasticity in ductile and brittle thin films supported by a plastic foil

Nicolas Vachicouras, Stéphanie Lacour, Christina Myra Tringides

Reversible deformation is a unique property of elastic materials. Here, we design and fabricate highly stretchable multilayered films by patterning Y-shaped motifs through films of non- elastic materials, e.g. plastics, metals, ceramics. By adjusting the g ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017