Publications

Articles, Conference Papers and Book Chapters

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2016

2015

2013

2012

2011

2009

Conference Posters and Presentations

2024

  • Synthetic condensates of DNA origami induce membrane heterogeneity and phase separation. Weitao Wang, Xi Ren and Rebecca E. Taylor. Biophysical Society Meeting 2024, Philadelphia, PA. 2024.
  • Novel Non-Linear DNA Origami Lever: Beyond Conventional Origami Design. D. Sebastian AriasRoldan and Rebecca E. Taylor. Biophysical Society Meeting 2024, Philadelphia, PA. 2024.

2023

  • An Improved Shape Annealing Algorithm for the Generation of Coated DNA Origami Nanostructures. Bolutito Babatunde, Jonathan Cagan and Rebecca E. Taylor. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 3B: 49th Design Automation Conference (DAC):V03BT03A009, 2023.
  • Bayesian Optimization-Driven Data Collection Strategy for Modeling Yield of Modular DNA Origami Assembly. Anuhya Edupuganti, Indranil Sinha, Matthew Travers and Rebecca E. Taylor. 2nd IACM MMLDE-CSET, El Paso, TX, September 2023. 2023.
  • Towards a graph neural network capable of realistically predicting DNA nanostructure equilibrium dynamics. Emma Benjaminson, Bolutito Babatunde, Jonathan Cagan and Rebecca E. Taylor. 2nd IACM MMLDE-CSET, El Paso, TX, September 2023. 2023.
  • Engineering uptake and expression using DNA origami nanocarriers with lung-targeting peptides. Zijuan Liang*, Sanjay Mishra*, Isabella Ferranti, D. Sebastian Arias, Maliha ZahidMD, Eric Goetzman and Rebecca E. Taylor. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Conference, Big Sky, MT, June 2023. 2023.
  • A Spiral Approach to Teaching Mechanics. Rebecca E. Taylor, Paul Steif, Christopher McComb, Rahul Panat, Joanna Wolfe, Mark Bedillion, Allen Robinson and Jonathan Cagan. MEED 2023: ASME Mechanical Engineering Education Summit, 23-25 March 2023, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2023.
  • Fabrication and characterization of polycarbonate substrates for high yield assembly of multicomponent biohybrid microrobots. Taryn Imamura, Utku M. Sonmez, Matthew Travers, Sarah Bergbreiter and Rebecca E. Taylor. 22nd Intl Conf. Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), 25-29 June 2023, Kyoto, Japan. 2023.
  • Membrane binding-assisted cellular uptake of DNA nanostructures. Weitao Wang*, Bhavya Chopra*, Vismaya Walawalkar*, Zijuan Liang, Rebekah Adams, Markus Deserno, Xi Ren and Rebecca E. Taylor. FNANO22: 20th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience. 2023.
  • Capacitive measurements for rapid and affordable characterization of DNA origami nanostructures. Vismaya Walawalkar*, Md Sakibur Sajal*, Yann Gilpin, Marc Dandin and Rebecca E. Taylor. FNANO22: 20th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience. 2023.
  • Serum-resistant gammaPNA nanostructures formed using parallel and anti- parallel binding. Manoj Gupta and Rebecca E. Taylor. FNANO22: 20th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience. 2023.

2022

  • DNA Nanostructures for Mechanosensation. Susana M. Beltrán, Weitao Wang, Alan J.H. McGaughey, Philip R. LeDuc and Rebecca E. Taylor. Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting (SES2022). 2022.
  • A refined shape annealing algorithm for the optimal generation of DNA origami designs. Bolutito Babatunde, Jonathan Cagan and Rebecca E. Taylor. 28th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA28). 2022.
  • A refined shape annealing algorithm for the optimal generation of DNA origami designs. Vismaya Walawalkar, Yana Roka-Moiia, Ying Liu, Marvin J. Slepian and Rebecca E. Taylor. FNANO22: 19th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience. 2022.
  • A DNA origami nanoshell stabilizes cellular membranes. Weitao Wang, Peter R. Hayes, Xi Ren and Rebecca E. Taylor. FNANO22: 19th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience. 2022.
  • Mechanical stimulation of cerebral organoids toward understanding human neural response. SM Beltran, C Kodavali, J Bobo, RE Taylor, L Edwards, PR LeDuc and PO Zinn. Biophysical Journal. 121(3):493a, 2022.

2021

  • Development of DNA-based Shear Nanosensor: Human Platelets Bind DNA Origami via Chol-ssDNA. Vismaya Walawalkar, Yana Roka-Moiia, Ying Liu, Marvin J. Slepian and Rebecca E. Taylor. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting (Poster presentation), Orlando, FL. 2021.
  • Magnetic Field Actuation and Control of Customizable, Low Reynolds Number Magnetic Micro Swimmers. Taryn Imamura, Sarah Bergbreiter, Matthew Travers and Rebecca E. Taylor. ICRA2021 workshop on micro-nano swarm robotics (Oral presentation). 2021.
  • A formal approach for automated generation of DNA origami designs. Bolutito Babatunde, D. Sebastian Arias, Jonathan Cagan and Rebecca E. Taylor. Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (FNANO Oral Presentation). pp. 37-38, 2021.
  • The Effects of Overhang Placement and Multivalency on Cell Labeling by DNA Origami. Ying Liu, Piyumi Wikesekara, Weitao Wang, Xi Ren and Rebecca E. Taylor. Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (FNANO Oral Presentation). pp. 25, 2021.

2020

  • Self-assembly of nanotubes from distinct gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid oligomers in organic solvent solutions. Sriram Kumar, Alexander Pearse, Ying Liu and Rebecca E. Taylor. Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (FNANO). pp. 9-10, 2020.
  • DNA Nanostructures for Mechanosensation. Susana M. Beltrán, Weitao Wang, Alan J.H. McGaughey, Philip R. LeDuc and Rebecca E. Taylor. Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting (SES2022). 2020.
  • Accessing And Assessing The Cell-Surface Glycocalyx Using DNA Origami Nanotiles. Piyumi Wijesekara, Ying Liu, Elizabeth Johnston, Xi Ren and Rebecca E. Taylor. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (virtual). 2020.
  • Tunable Targeted Cell Labeling with DNA Origami by Different Geometry. Ying Liu, Piyumi Wijesekara, Xi Ren and Rebecca E. Taylor. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (virtual). 2020.
  • Predicting Nanorobot Shapes via Generative Models. Emma Benjaminson, Rebecca E. Taylor and Matthew J. Travers. NeurIPS: Thirty-fourth Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. 2020.
  • Designing, Simulating, and Testing Nano-Scale DNA Shear Sensor. Ying Liu, Charlotte Andreasen and Rebecca E. Taylor. 9th Bio-Fluid Mechanics and Vascular Mechano-Biology Conference, Tucson, AZ. 2020.

2019

  • A Tool to Accelerate Experimentation in the Field of Artificial Microswimmers. Anika Banga, Maya Liu, Rishabh Jain, Matthew Travers and Rebecca E. Taylor. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA. 2019.
  • Effective Cross-Sectional Diameters of Ferro- and Superparamagnetic Microswimmers. Annie Chen, Matthew Travers and Rebecca E. Taylor. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA. 2019.
  • Optimizing Microswimmer Motion by Tuning Bending Stiffness with DNA Nanotechnology. Emma Benjaminson, Fatima Basit, Daniel Vedova, Jaskaran Siggh Grover, Sriram Kumar, Ying Liu, Mitchell Harmatz, Rachel Sneeringer, Matthew Travers and Rebecca E. Taylor. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA. 2019.
  • DNA Nanostructures for Mechanosensation. Susana M. Beltrán, Ying Liu, Philip R. LeDuc and Rebecca E. Taylor. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA. 2019.

2018

  • Tuneable Mechanical Response of Twisted DNA Nanotubes Towards Biosensing. Sriram Kumar and Rebecca E. Taylor. AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings, Pittsburgh, PA. 2018.

2017

  • Novel Microfabrication Technique of 3D Silicone Structures from Planar Substrate by Tensile Buckling. Paula Arambel, Mitchell Riek and Rebecca E. Taylor. Proceedings of uTAS, Savannah, Georgia, pp. 1623-24.. 2017.

2013

  • Stretchable, conformal microelectrode array fabricated with patterned flex circuit technology. Rebecca E. Taylor, Chris M. Boyce, Mary C. Boyce and Beth L. Pruitt. Proceedings of the 2013 Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology Conference, Marina del Ray, CA. 2013.

2011

  • Micropost-based Functional Assay of Adult Heart Cells: Does Mechanosensing Limit Force Production?. Rebecca E. Taylor, Alexandre Ribeiro, Giovanni Fajardo, Hedi Razavi, Bernstein and Beth L. Pruitt. Proceedings of MicroTAS, Seattle, WA (51 percent acceptance rate). 2011.

2010

  • Self-Assembling Single Cells Across Microposts: First Axial Force Measurements in Immature Cardiomyocytes. Rebecca E. Taylor, Keekyoung Kim and Beth L. Pruitt. Proceedings of Solid State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, pp. 98-99 (11 percent oral presentations / 44 percent overall acceptance rate). 2010.

2009

  • A Stretchable Cell Culture Platform with Embedded Electrode Array. Pinghung Wei, Rebecca E. Taylor, Zhenwhen Ding, Gadryn Higgs, James J. Norman, Beth L. Pruitt and Babak Ziaie. Proceedings of MEMS, Sorrento, Italy, pp. 407-410. (33 percent acceptance rate). 2009.
  • Synchronized Mechanical and Electrical Stimulation of Primary Heart Cells with a Stretchable Microelectrode Array. Rebecca E. Taylor, Stephanie J. Lue, Karl Gumerlock, Giovanni Fajardo, Gadryn Higgs, James J. Norman, Pinghung Wei, Zhenwhen Ding, Daniel Bernstein, Ellen Kuhl and Beth L. Pruitt. Proceedings of MEMS in Medicine and Biology, Quebec City, Canada. 2009.

2007

  • Pulsatile pressure system for cellular mechanical stimulation. Rebecca E. Taylor, Oscar J. Abilez, Feng Cao, Joseph C. Wu, Chengpei Xu and Beth L. Pruitt. Proceedings of ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Keystone, CO.. 2007.