Selected Publications

  • Y. Tan, D.J. Richards, RY. Xu, S. Stewart-Clark, S.K. Mani, T.K. Borg, D.R. Menick, B.Z. Tian, Y. Mei, "Silicon nanowire-induced maturation of cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells", Nano Letters, Accepted.
  • J. Jia*, D.J. Richards*, S. Pollard, Y. Tan, J. Rodriguez, R.P. Visconti, T.C. Trusk, M.J. Yost, H. Yao, R.R. Markwald, Y. Mei, "Engineering alginate as bioink for bioprinting", Acta Biomaterialia, 2014, 10, 4323.
  • Y. Tan, D.J. Richards, T.C. Trusk, R.P. Visconti, M.J. Yost, M.S. Kindy, C.J. Drake, W.S. Argraves, R.R. Markwald, Y. Mei, "3D printing facilitated scaffold-free tissue unit fabrication", Biofabrication, 2014, 6, 024111.
  • D. Richards, Y. Tan, J. Jia, H. Yao, Y. Mei, "3D Printing for Tissue Engineering", Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 53, 805.
  • Y. Mei, "Microarrayed materials for stem cells", Materials Today, 2012, 15, 444.
  • A. Hook*, C. Chang*, J. Yang*, J. Luckett, A. Cockayne, S. Atkinson, Y. Mei, R. Bayston, D. Irvine, R. Langer, D. G. Anderson, P. Williams, M. Davies, M. Alexander, "Combinatorial discovery of polymers resistant to bacterial attachment", Nature Biotechnology, 2012, 30, 868.

    • Prior to Clemson

  • Y. Mei*, K. Saha*, S. Bogatyrev, J. Yang, A. Hook, Z. Kalcioglu, S. Cho, M. Mitalipova, N. Pyzocha, F. Rojas, K. Van Vliet, M. Davies, M. Alexander, R. Langer, R. Jaenisch, D. G. Anderson, "Combinatorial development of biomaterials for clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells", Nature Materials, 2010, 9, 768.
  • Y. Mei, J. Lock, S. R. Bogatyrev, S. Cho, G. C. Weir, R. Langer, D. G. Anderson, "A High throughput microarray system of polymer surfaces for the manipulation of primary pancreatic islet cells", Biomaterials, 2010, 31, 8989.
  • K. Saha*, Y. Mei*, C. Reisterer, N. Pyzocha, J. Yang, J. Muffat, M. Davies, M. Alexander, R.Langer, D. G. Anderson, R. Jaenisch, "Surface-engineered substrates for improved human pluripotent stem cell culture under fully defined conditions", Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2011, 108, 18714.
  • J. Yang, Y. Mei, A. L. Hook, M. Taylor, A. J. Urquhart, S. R. Bogatyrev, R. Langer, D. G. Anderson, M. Davies, M. Alexander, "Surface functionalities that control human embryoid body cell adhesion revealed by high throughput surface characterization of combinatorial material microarrays", Biomaterials, 2010, 31, 8827.
  • Y. Mei, S. Gerecht, M. Taylor, A. J. Urquhart, S. R. Bogatyrev, S. Cho, M. C. Davies, M. R. Alexander, R. S. Langer, D. G. Anderson, "Mapping the interactions among biomaterials, adsorbed proteins and human embryonic stem cells", Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 781.
  • F. Yang, Y. Mei, R. Langer, D. G. Anderson, "High-throughput optimization of stem cell engineering", Comb. Chem. High Throughput Screening. 2009, 12, 554.
  • Y. Mei, C. Cannizzaro, H. Park, Q. Xu, S. R. Bogatyrev, K. Yi, N. Goldman, R. Langer, D.G. Anderson, "Cell-compatible, multi-component protein arrays with subcellular feature resolution", Small 2008, 4, 1600.
  • R. Karnik, S. Hong, H. Zhang, Y. Mei, D. G. Anderson, J. M. Karp, R. Langer, "Nanomechanical control of cell rolling in two dimensions through surface patterning of receptors", Nano Letters, 2008, 8, 1153.
  • Y. Mei, M. Goldberg, D. G. Anderson, "The development of high-throughput screening approaches for stem cell engineering", Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2007, 11, 388.
  • J. Elliott, J. Woodward, A. Umarji, Y. Mei, A. Tona, "The effect of surface chemistry on the formation of thin films of native fibrillar collagen", Biomaterials 2007, 28, 576.
  • Y. Mei*, J. T. Elliott*, J. R. Smith, K. J. Langenbach, T. Wu, C. Xu, K. L. Beers, E. J. Amis, L. Henderson, "Gradient substrate assembly for quantifying cellular response to biomaterials", J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A. 2006, 79A, 974.
  • Y. Mei, T. Wu, C. Xu, K. J. Langenbach, J. T. Elliott, B. D. Vogt, K. L. Beers, E. J. Amis, N. R. Washburn, "Tuning cell adhesion on gradient poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-grafted surfaces", Langmuir 2005, 21, 12309.
  • T. Wu, Y. Mei, C. Xu, H. C. M. Byrd, K. L. Beers, "Block copolymer PEO-b-PHPMA synthesis using controlled radical polymerization on a chip", Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2005, 26, 1037.
  • C. Xu, T. Wu, Y. Mei, C. M. Drain, J. D. Batteas, K. L. Beers, "Synthesis and characterization of tapered copolymer brushes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical copolymerization", Langmuir, 2005, 21, 11136.
  • Y. Mei, K. L. Beers, H. C. M. Byrd, D. L. Vanderhart, N. R. Washburn, "Solid-phase ATRP synthesis of peptide-polymer hybrids", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 3472.
  • T. Wu, Y. Mei, J. T. Cabral, C. Xu, K. L. Beers, "A new synthetic method for controlled polymerization using a microfluidic system", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9880.
  • Y. Mei, A. Kumar, W. Gao, R. Gross, S. B. Kennedy, N. R. Washburn, E. J. Amis, J. T. Elliott, "Compatibility of sorbitol-containing polyesters. Part I: Synthesis, surface analysis and cell response in vitro", Biomaterials 2004, 25, 4195.
  • Y. Mei, A. Kumar, R. Gross, "Kinetics and mechanism of Candida antarctica Lipase B catalyzed solution polymerization of epsilon-caprolactone", Macromolecules 2003, 36, 5530.
  • Y. Mei, L. Miller, W. Gao, R. A. Gross, "Imaging the distribution and secondary structure of immobilized enzymes using infrared microspectroscopy", Biomacromolecules 2003, 4, 70.
  • Y. Mei, A. Kumar, R. A. Gross, "Probing water-temperature relationships for lipase-catalyzed lactone ring-opening polymerizations", Macromolecules 2002, 35, 5444.