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Sangeeta N. Bhatia

Sangeeta N. Bhatia

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2025
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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2023

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Best Female Scientists

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129
Citations
76669
World Ranking
366
National Ranking
222

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
128
Citations
68668
World Ranking
445
National Ranking
286

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For tissue engineering and tissue regeneration technologies, stem cell differentiation, and preclinical drug evaluation.
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Sangeeta N. Bhatia is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has a research focus spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work covers multiple interconnected subfields including molecular biology, biomedical engineering, immunology, cancer research, and oncology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Recent publications by the scientist encompass a range of subjects central to cancer detection, nanomedicine, molecular property prediction, and metastasis. Significant papers include:

  • "Early detection of cancer," 2022, published in Science
  • "Cancer nanomedicine," 2022, published in Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • "Cancer Cell-Derived Matrisome Proteins Promote Metastasis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma," 2020, published in Cancer Research
  • "Evidential Deep Learning for Guided Molecular Property Prediction and Discovery," 2021, published in ACS Central Science
  • "Synthetic biomarkers: a twenty-first century path to early cancer detection," 2021, published in Nature Reviews. Cancer

Frequent collaborators with whom they have published extensively include Heather E. Fleming, Jesse D. Kirkpatrick, Ava P. Soleimany, Carmen Martin-Alonso, and Qian Zhong.

Publication venues with multiple articles from this scientist feature prominently:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 20 publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 7 publications
  • Cancer Research, 5 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 4 publications
  • Science, 3 publications

Recognition for the scientist's contributions is reflected through several academy memberships and fellowships, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2017)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015)
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2015)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2015), cited for work in tissue engineering, stem cell differentiation, and preclinical drug evaluation
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2006)

Best Publications

  • Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis.

    Robert Verity;Lucy C Okell;Ilaria Dorigatti;Peter Winskill

  • Probing the Cytotoxicity Of Semiconductor Quantum Dots.

    Austin M Derfus;Warren C W Chan;Sangeeta N Bhatia

  • Microfluidic organs-on-chips

    Sangeeta N Bhatia;Donald E Ingber

  • Biodegradable luminescent porous silicon nanoparticles for in vivo applications.

    Ji-Ho Park;Luo Gu;Geoffrey von Maltzahn;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • Rapid casting of patterned vascular networks for perfusable engineered three-dimensional tissues

    Jordan S. Miller;Kelly R. Stevens;Michael T. Yang;Brendon M. Baker

  • Nanocrystal targeting in vivo

    Maria E. Åkerman;Warren C. W. Chan;Pirjo Laakkonen;Sangeeta N. Bhatia

  • Potential role of intratumor bacteria in mediating tumor resistance to the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine.

    Leore T. Geller;Michal Barzily-Rokni;Tal Danino;Oliver H. Jonas;Oliver H. Jonas

  • Microscale culture of human liver cells for drug development

    Salman R Khetani;Sangeeta N Bhatia;Sangeeta N Bhatia

  • 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

  • Targeting of drugs and nanoparticles to tumors

    Erkki Ruoslahti;Sangeeta N. Bhatia;Sangeeta N. Bhatia;Michael J. Sailor

  • An extracellular matrix microarray for probing cellular differentiation.

    Christopher J Flaim;Shu Chien;Sangeeta N Bhatia

  • Synchronized cycles of bacterial lysis for in vivo delivery

    M. Omar Din;Tal Danino;Arthur Prindle;Matt Skalak

  • Intracellular Delivery of Quantum Dots for Live Cell Labeling and Organelle Tracking

    Austin M. Derfus;Warren C. W. Chan;Warren C. W. Chan;Sangeeta N. Bhatia

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

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

  • Probing the role of multicellular organization in three-dimensional microenvironments

    Dirk R Albrecht;Gregory H Underhill;Gregory H Underhill;Travis B Wassermann;Robert L Sah

  • Three-Dimensional Photopatterning of Hydrogels Containing Living Cells

    Valerie A. Liu;Sangeeta N. Bhatia

  • Biomimetic amplification of nanoparticle homing to tumors

    Dmitri Simberg;Tasmia Duza;Ji Ho Park;Markus Essler

  • Fabrication of 3D hepatic tissues by additive photopatterning of cellular hydrogels

    Valerie Liu Tsang;Alice A. Chen;Lisa M. Cho;Kyle D. Jadin

  • Biomolecular screening with encoded porous-silicon photonic crystals

    Frédérique Cunin;Thomas A. Schmedake;Jamie R. Link;Yang Yang Li

  • Estimates of the severity of COVID-19 disease

    Verity R;Okell Lc;Dorigatti I;Winskill P

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Sailor
Michael J. Sailor University of California, San Diego
Erkki Ruoslahti
Erkki Ruoslahti Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Christl A. Donnelly
Christl A. Donnelly University of Oxford
Robert E. Schwartz
Robert E. Schwartz Cornell University
Neil M. Ferguson
Neil M. Ferguson Imperial College London
Christopher S. Chen
Christopher S. Chen Boston University
Azra C. Ghani
Azra C. Ghani Imperial College London
Charles M. Rice
Charles M. Rice Rockefeller University
William C. Hahn
William C. Hahn Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Anne Cori
Anne Cori Imperial College London

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