Publications
“An Engineered Human Cardiac Tissue Model Reveals Contributions of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Autoantibodies to Myocardial Injury.” Nature Cardiovascular Research. S. Fleischer, T. Nash, M. Tamargo, R. Lock, G. Venturini, M. Morsink, P. Graney, V. Li, M. Lamberti, M. Liberman, Y. Kim, D. Tavakol, T. Zhuang, J. Whitehead, R. Friedman, R. Soni, J. Seidman, C. Seidman, L. Geraldino-Pardilla, R. Winchester, G. Vunjak-Novakovic. August 15, 2024.
“Immunosuppressants Tacrolimus and Sirolimus revert the cardiac antifibrotic properties of p38-MAPK inhibition in 3D-multicellular human iPS-heart organoids.” Y. Tian, Y. Tsujisaka, V. Y. Li, K. Tani, A. Lucena-Cacace, and Y. Yoshida. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. November 11, 2022.
"Water Transfer Printing: Hydrogel Micropatterning of Complex 3-Dimensional Surfaces for Biological Applications." V. Y. Li. Wellesley College Digital Repository. April 20, 2022.
“The Glomerulus: A Review on Current Biomimetic Models.” M.G. Valverde, L.S. Mille, K. Figler, E. Cervantes, V. Y. Li, J. Bonventre, R. Masereeuw, Y.S. Zhang. Nature Reviews Nephrology. January 21, 2022. Available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41581-021-00528-x
“The Directed Migration of Neutrophil-Like Cells Through Engineered Chemokine Secretion.” YiRan Li, Melody Wu, Margaret Zhang, Nika Shakiba, Shiva Razavi, Ron Weiss. MIT Undergraduate Research Journal Volume 38. Fall 2019. Available at: https://murj-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/issues/MURJ38_full.pdf
Presentations
"Understanding myocardial injury with clinical systolic dysfunction in systemic Erythematosus patients using iPSC-derived engineered cardiac tissues." S. Fleischer, T. Nash, M. Tamargo, R. Lock, G. Venturini, M, Morsink, V. Y. Li, M. Lamberti, P. Graney, M. Liberman, Y. Kim, R. Zhuang, J. Whitehead, R. Friedman, R. Soni, J. Seidman, C. Seidman, L. Geraldino-Paradilla, R. Winchester, G. Vunjak-Novakovic. Poster presentation at the Columbia Summer Research Symposium. New York, NY. July 26, 2023.
"Water Transfer Printing: Hydrogel Micropatterning of Complex 3-Dimensional Surfaces for Biological Applications." V. Y. Li. Presentation at The Ruhlman Conference. Wellesley, MA. April 26, 2022.
"Innovating Environmental Health: Providing Clean Air to Children through Collaborative Engineering and Education." V. Y. Li. Social Impact Lab Presentation at the Unite for Sight Global Health and Innovation Conference. April 10, 2021.
"Innovating Environmental Health: Building Air Filtration Devices to Clean the Air in Nepali Secondary Schools.” V. Y. Li, S. Sedhain, B. Mandal, B. Y. Li. Poster presentation at the 12th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference. March 21, 2021.
“A Literature Review on Indoor Air Pollution and The Impact of Poor Air Quality on Students in Under- Resourced School." V. Y. Li, S. Sedhain, F. Jaleel. Poster presentation at the National Collegiate Research Conference. January 21, 2021.