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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For pioneering advances in cellular, tissue, and organ engineering and for leadership in applying metabolic engineering to human health.
  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1993 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Martin L. Yarmush is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Surgery, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Yarmush has published extensively, appearing frequently in venues such as:

  • Journal of Burn Care & Research
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • PLoS ONE

Recent significant publications include:

  • Deep learning robotic guidance for autonomous vascular access, 2020, Nature Machine Intelligence
  • Hepatic gap junctions amplify alcohol liver injury by propagating cGAS-mediated IRF3 activation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Machine-Assisted Discovery of Chondroitinase ABC Complexes toward Sustained Neural Regeneration, 2022, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Autofluorescence of blood and its application in biomedical and clinical research, 2021, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • Partial freezing of rat livers extends preservation time by 5-fold, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in Yarmush's publications include:

  • O. Berk Usta
  • Rene Schloss
  • Heidi Yeh
  • Korkut Uygun
  • Aslıhan Gökaltun

Beyond journal articles, Yarmush has contributed to book publications, including a recent title published by World Scientific:

  • Pioneering Discoveries in Nanotechnology for Health and Wellbeing, 2024

Honors awarded to Yarmush reflect recognition by prominent bodies. These include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2017) for advances in cellular, tissue, and organ engineering and metabolic engineering applications in human health
  • Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2015)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (1993)

Best Publications

  • Organ reengineering through development of a transplantable recellularized liver graft using decellularized liver matrix

    Basak E. Uygun;Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez;Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez;Hiroshi Yagi;Hiroshi Yagi;Maria Louisa Izamis

  • Effect of cell–cell interactions in preservation of cellular phenotype: cocultivation of hepatocytes and nonparenchymal cells

    S. N. Bhatia;U. J. Balis;M. L. Yarmush;M. Toner

  • Hepatocyte function and extracellular matrix geometry: long-term culture in a sandwich configuration.

    James C. Y. Dunn;Martin L. Yarmush;Hans G. Koebe;Ronald G. Tompkins

  • Electroporation-Based Technologies for Medicine: Principles, Applications, and Challenges

    Martin L. Yarmush;Alexander Golberg;Gregor Serša;Tadej Kotnik

  • Long-term in vitro function of adult hepatocytes in a collagen sandwich configuration.

    James C. Y. Dunn;Ronald G. Tompkins;Martin L. Yarmush;Martin L. Yarmush

  • Mesenchymal stem cells: Mechanisms of immunomodulation and homing.

    Hiroshi Yagi;Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez;Biju Parekkadan;Yuko Kitagawa

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Molecules Reverse Fulminant Hepatic Failure

    Biju Parekkadan;Biju Parekkadan;Daan van Poll;Daan van Poll;Kazuhiro Suganuma;Edward A. Carter

  • Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: history, progress, and challenges.

    François Berthiaume;Timothy J Maguire;Martin L Yarmush

  • Controlling cell interactions by micropatterning in co-cultures: hepatocytes and 3T3 fibroblasts.

    Sangeeta N. Bhatia;Martin L. Yarmush;Mehmet Toner

  • Mesenchymal stem cell-derived molecules directly modulate hepatocellular death and regeneration in vitro and in vivo.

    Daan van Poll;Daan van Poll;Biju Parekkadan;Biju Parekkadan;Cheul H. Cho;François Berthiaume

  • Effect of extracellular matrix topology on cell structure, function, and physiological responsiveness: hepatocytes cultured in a sandwich configuration.

    Francois Berthiaume;Prabhas V. Moghe;Mehmet Toner;Martin L. Yarmush

  • Effect of Hypoxia on Insulin Secretion by Isolated Rat and Canine Islets of Langerhans

    K. E. Dionne;C. K. Colton;Martin Yarmush

  • Gut Microbiota-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites Modulate Inflammatory Response in Hepatocytes and Macrophages.

    Smitha Krishnan;Yufang Ding;Nima Saedi;Maria Choi

  • The growing role of precision and personalized medicine for cancer treatment

    Paulina Krzyszczyk;Alison Acevedo;Erika J Davidoff;Lauren M Timmins

  • Effects of oxygenation and flow on the viability and function of rat hepatocytes cocultured in a microchannel flat-plate bioreactor

    Arno W. Tilles;Harihara Baskaran;Partha Roy;Martin L. Yarmush

  • Microfabrication of hepatocyte/fibroblast co-cultures: role of homotypic cell interactions.

    S. N. Bhatia;U. J. Balis;M. L. Yarmush;M. Toner

  • Immunomodulation of activated hepatic stellate cells by mesenchymal stem cells

    Biju Parekkadan;Daan van Poll;Zaki Megeed;Naoya Kobayashi

  • Hepatocytes in collagen sandwich: evidence for transcriptional and translational regulation.

    J. C.Y. Dunn;R. G. Tompkins;Martin Yarmush

  • Reprogramming of Intestinal Glucose Metabolism and Glycemic Control in Rats After Gastric Bypass

    Nima Saeidi;Luca Meoli;Eirini Nestoridi;Nitin K. Gupta

  • structure, function, and physiological responsiveness: hepatocytes cultured in a sandwich configuration

    Francois Berthl;Prabhas V. Moghe;Mehmet Toner;Martin L. Yarmush

Frequent Co-Authors

Mehmet Toner
Mehmet Toner Harvard University
Ronald G. Tompkins
Ronald G. Tompkins Harvard University
Jeffrey R. Morgan
Jeffrey R. Morgan Brown University
Arul Jayaraman
Arul Jayaraman Texas A&M University
William G. Austen
William G. Austen Harvard University
Raymond T. Chung
Raymond T. Chung Harvard University
Constantinos Mavroidis
Constantinos Mavroidis Northeastern University
Robert L. Sheridan
Robert L. Sheridan Harvard University

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