Software
Explore our open-source code repository, where we share computational tools and codes developed for our research projects. These resources are freely available to support transparency and collaboration within the scientific community. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me for inquiries and collaboration (farid.alisafaei@njit.edu)
Tension Anisotropy
Tension anisotropy drives phenotypic transitions of cells via two-way cell-ECM feedback
F Alisafaei, D Shakiba, LE Iannucci, MD Davidson, KM Pryse, PG Chao, JA Burdick, SP Lake, EL Elson, VB Shenoy, GM Genin
To Appear (Nature Materials), 2024
Code available at GitHub
Vimentin Mechanobiology
Vimentin is a key regulator of cell mechanosensing through opposite actions on actomyosin and microtubule networks
F Alisafaei, K Mandal, R Saldanha, M Swoger, H Yang, X Shi, M Guo, H Hehnly, CA Castañeda, PA Janmey, AE Patteson, VB Shenoy
Communications Biology, 2024
Code available at GitHub
Skin Grafting
Expansion limits of meshed split-thickness skin grafts
H Yu, M Jafari, A Mujahid, CF Garcia, J Shah, R Sinha, Y Huang, D Shakiba, Y Hong, D Cheraghali, J Pryce, JA Sandler, EL Elson, JM Sacks, G Genin, F Alisafaei
Under Revision (Acta Biomaterialia), 2024
Code available at GitHub
Cellular Memory
Matrix softening controls stretch-induced cellular memory and fibroblast activation
Y Hong, X Peng, H Yu, M Jafari, D Shakiba, Y Huang, C Qu, EE Melika, AK Tawadros, A Mujahid, J Sandler, KM Pryse, JM Sacks, EL Elson, GM Genin, F Alisafaei
To Appear (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)), 2024
Code available at GitHub