Ritu Raman
@rituraman.bsky.social
Eugene Bell Assistant Prof at MIT • tissue engineering the neuromuscular system to restore mobility and power robots • RamanLab.mit.edu
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Ritu Raman
@rituraman.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hello 🦋! An intro: I’m a tissue engineer + new PI at MIT, and my lab builds neuromuscular tissues for applications in regenerative medicine + biohybrid robotics. Looking forward to sharing our lab’s journey and newest scientific stories with all of you!
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Great MIT News feature on how our lab is tackling one of the most significant challenges in 3D #bioprinting: gravity-driven cell sedimentation! Our modular platform prevents clogged nozzles + uneven cell distribution, enabling fabrication of large-scale viable tissues:
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Magnetic mixer improves 3D bioprinting
A new approach developed at MIT aims to solve a core limitation in 3D bioprinting, by actively preventing cell sedimentation within bioinks, allowing for more reliable and biologically consistent 3D p...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Great MIT News feature on how our lab is tackling one of the most significant challenges in 3D #bioprinting: gravity-driven cell sedimentation! Our modular platform prevents clogged nozzles + uneven cell distribution, enabling fabrication of large-scale viable tissues:
news.mit.edu/2026/magneti...
news.mit.edu/2026/magneti...
New #3Dbioprinting paper out today in Device @cellpress.bsky.social! Presenting MagMix: a compact modular platform for active in situ bioink mixing during bioprinting. MagMix uses a magnetic propellor to prevent cell settling, enabling consistent fabrication of large tissues: doi.org/10.1016/j.de...
February 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
New #3Dbioprinting paper out today in Device @cellpress.bsky.social! Presenting MagMix: a compact modular platform for active in situ bioink mixing during bioprinting. MagMix uses a magnetic propellor to prevent cell settling, enabling consistent fabrication of large tissues: doi.org/10.1016/j.de...
Out today in Nature Electronics: we share our perspective on how instrumenting biohybrid robots with onboard #bioelectronics capable of integrated sensing, control, and power can enable real-world deployment of muscle-powered machines.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Robotics #TissueEngineering
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Robotics #TissueEngineering
Using electronics to build biohybrid robots with physical intelligence - Nature Electronics
Biohybrid robots, which rely on living muscles to drive force generation, could be of use in applications ranging from microsurgery to unmanned exploration. But the development of untethered and auton...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Out today in Nature Electronics: we share our perspective on how instrumenting biohybrid robots with onboard #bioelectronics capable of integrated sensing, control, and power can enable real-world deployment of muscle-powered machines.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Robotics #TissueEngineering
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#Robotics #TissueEngineering
Out today in Nature - our collaborative work with Ryan Flynn's lab, led by Dr. Peiyuan Chai with support from Dr. @sinakheiri.bsky.social and @shahjess.bsky.social from our group. Exciting findings showcasing how glycoRNAs can modulate angiogenesis!
Science update from my postdoc Peiyuan Chai - his work “glycoRNA complexed with heparan sulfate regulates VEGF-A signaling” is now published @nature.com uncovering a new layer or glycoRNA-regulation of growth factor mediated control physiological processes rdcu.be/e1bBX
January 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Out today in Nature - our collaborative work with Ryan Flynn's lab, led by Dr. Peiyuan Chai with support from Dr. @sinakheiri.bsky.social and @shahjess.bsky.social from our group. Exciting findings showcasing how glycoRNAs can modulate angiogenesis!
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January marks 5 years of the Flynn Lab - it has been an exciting start and I’ve been lucky to have a great set of lab members that have been working with me to uncover new aspects of glycoRNAs and cell surface RNA biology… Now as an Associate Professor! @harvard.edu @bostonchildrens.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM
January marks 5 years of the Flynn Lab - it has been an exciting start and I’ve been lucky to have a great set of lab members that have been working with me to uncover new aspects of glycoRNAs and cell surface RNA biology… Now as an Associate Professor! @harvard.edu @bostonchildrens.bsky.social
So happy that our paper on high-resolution patterning of muscle tissues with “STAMP” made it to the “Most Popular” collection in Biomaterials Science! Particularly rewarding to see many other labs adapt + use STAMP in the past year:
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#myoblue #TissueEngineering #muscle
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#myoblue #TissueEngineering #muscle
Leveraging microtopography to pattern multi-oriented muscle actuators
Engineering skeletal muscle tissue with precisely defined alignment is of significant importance for applications ranging from drug screening to biohybrid robotics. Aligning 2D contractile muscle mono...
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January 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
So happy that our paper on high-resolution patterning of muscle tissues with “STAMP” made it to the “Most Popular” collection in Biomaterials Science! Particularly rewarding to see many other labs adapt + use STAMP in the past year:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#myoblue #TissueEngineering #muscle
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#myoblue #TissueEngineering #muscle
So proud of Dr. Tamara Rossy from our lab for presenting her exciting research as one of the BMES CMBE postdoc awardees! Our muscles never skip leg day 💪🏽
@bmes-cmbe.bsky.social #myoblue
@bmes-cmbe.bsky.social #myoblue
🏋️♀️🧬 Engineered muscle hits the gym.
Tamara Rossy, Postdoctoral Travel Awardee, shares approaches to enhance the maturity of human iPSC-derived skeletal muscle.
Because functional muscle doesn’t skip leg day. 💪
#CMBE2026
Tamara Rossy, Postdoctoral Travel Awardee, shares approaches to enhance the maturity of human iPSC-derived skeletal muscle.
Because functional muscle doesn’t skip leg day. 💪
#CMBE2026
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
So proud of Dr. Tamara Rossy from our lab for presenting her exciting research as one of the BMES CMBE postdoc awardees! Our muscles never skip leg day 💪🏽
@bmes-cmbe.bsky.social #myoblue
@bmes-cmbe.bsky.social #myoblue
Wrapping up an incredible 2025 with the Raman Lab squad - we flexed our muscles and pumped out 14 exciting papers, preprints, and reviews! Stay tuned for lots more to come in 2026 from this dynamic team 💪🏽
ramanlab.mit.edu/publications/
#myoblue
ramanlab.mit.edu/publications/
#myoblue
December 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Wrapping up an incredible 2025 with the Raman Lab squad - we flexed our muscles and pumped out 14 exciting papers, preprints, and reviews! Stay tuned for lots more to come in 2026 from this dynamic team 💪🏽
ramanlab.mit.edu/publications/
#myoblue
ramanlab.mit.edu/publications/
#myoblue
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And now it's time without further ado for my 12th Annual Top 10 Muscle Papers of the Year countdown. This year, we had over 70 votes for the top muscle papers of 2025. Thank you to all participants and authors for an exciting year of muscle biology. #Myoblue
December 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And now it's time without further ado for my 12th Annual Top 10 Muscle Papers of the Year countdown. This year, we had over 70 votes for the top muscle papers of 2025. Thank you to all participants and authors for an exciting year of muscle biology. #Myoblue
Excited to share our new paper on high-throughput #optogenetic #exercise assays for tissue engineered skeletal muscle! We leverage a multi-well stimulation apparatus to study how exercise regimen of various durations + frequencies impact muscle gene expression:
doi.org/10.1002/btm2...
#myoblue
doi.org/10.1002/btm2...
#myoblue
December 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Excited to share our new paper on high-throughput #optogenetic #exercise assays for tissue engineered skeletal muscle! We leverage a multi-well stimulation apparatus to study how exercise regimen of various durations + frequencies impact muscle gene expression:
doi.org/10.1002/btm2...
#myoblue
doi.org/10.1002/btm2...
#myoblue
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December 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Download our large database of postdoc fellowships in all fields of research.
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Your body has tendons, your robots should too! Our new paper in Advanced Science highlights how adding tendons to muscle-powered “biohybrid” robots makes them 11X stronger. Check out this great MIT News feature of our work:
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#biohybrid #robotics #biomaterials
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#biohybrid #robotics #biomaterials
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Your body has tendons, your robots should too! Our new paper in Advanced Science highlights how adding tendons to muscle-powered “biohybrid” robots makes them 11X stronger. Check out this great MIT News feature of our work:
news.mit.edu/2025/artific...
#biohybrid #robotics #biomaterials
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#biohybrid #robotics #biomaterials
Want to make your biohybrid robots *11X* more powerful? Add tendons! The latest story from our lab gives muscle actuators a *major design upgrade* by tissue engineering modular "muscle-tendon units" that mimic musculoskeletal architectures in nature:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Want to make your biohybrid robots *11X* more powerful? Add tendons! The latest story from our lab gives muscle actuators a *major design upgrade* by tissue engineering modular "muscle-tendon units" that mimic musculoskeletal architectures in nature:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Preprint alert: Our latest study shows that "4D" force patterning enables spatial control of angiogenesis! Check out how we use Magnetic Matrix Actuation to precisely fabricate of 3D microvascular networks:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Led by @sinakheiri.bsky.social @shahjess.bsky.social!
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Led by @sinakheiri.bsky.social @shahjess.bsky.social!
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Preprint alert: Our latest study shows that "4D" force patterning enables spatial control of angiogenesis! Check out how we use Magnetic Matrix Actuation to precisely fabricate of 3D microvascular networks:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Led by @sinakheiri.bsky.social @shahjess.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Led by @sinakheiri.bsky.social @shahjess.bsky.social!
Meet the Raman Lab at #TERMISAM2025! Excited to share presentations from Angel Bu, Jessica Shah, Dr. Tamara Rossy, Brandon Rios, and Dr. Ferdows Afghah highlighting our latest efforts in #TissueEngineering.
@termisam.bsky.social
@termisam.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Meet the Raman Lab at #TERMISAM2025! Excited to share presentations from Angel Bu, Jessica Shah, Dr. Tamara Rossy, Brandon Rios, and Dr. Ferdows Afghah highlighting our latest efforts in #TissueEngineering.
@termisam.bsky.social
@termisam.bsky.social
Visionary talk from Jennifer Lewis yesterday at the MIT.nano Dresselhaus Lecture, highlighting opportunities for 3D printing in soft robotics & tissue engineering! You can watch the full lecture and the q&a session (moderated by me!) here: mitnano.mit.edu/events/dress...
@wyssinstitute.bsky.social
@wyssinstitute.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Visionary talk from Jennifer Lewis yesterday at the MIT.nano Dresselhaus Lecture, highlighting opportunities for 3D printing in soft robotics & tissue engineering! You can watch the full lecture and the q&a session (moderated by me!) here: mitnano.mit.edu/events/dress...
@wyssinstitute.bsky.social
@wyssinstitute.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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We are recruiting new faculty in IMES at MIT!
IMES (Institute for Medical Engineering and Science) is the MIT home of the famous HST program. As faculty are also appointed in a department at MIT, we have diverse research programs, all focused on human health.
faculty-searches.mit.edu/imes-search/
IMES (Institute for Medical Engineering and Science) is the MIT home of the famous HST program. As faculty are also appointed in a department at MIT, we have diverse research programs, all focused on human health.
faculty-searches.mit.edu/imes-search/
MIT Faculty Searches MIT INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE FACULTY SEARCH
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October 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We are recruiting new faculty in IMES at MIT!
IMES (Institute for Medical Engineering and Science) is the MIT home of the famous HST program. As faculty are also appointed in a department at MIT, we have diverse research programs, all focused on human health.
faculty-searches.mit.edu/imes-search/
IMES (Institute for Medical Engineering and Science) is the MIT home of the famous HST program. As faculty are also appointed in a department at MIT, we have diverse research programs, all focused on human health.
faculty-searches.mit.edu/imes-search/
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During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost!
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October 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost!
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We’re excited to report work led by postdoc Jennifer Porat in the lab, finding that DNA accumulates on the surface of living cells and that the secreted extracellular protein DNASE1L3 can modulate its levels on B and T cells. With a new twist for ATAC-seq as well www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
DNASE1L3 surveils mitochondrial DNA on the surface of distinct mammalian cells
The extracellular space is a critical environment for discriminating self versus non-self nucleic acids and initiating the appropriate immune responses through signaling cascades to relay information ...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We’re excited to report work led by postdoc Jennifer Porat in the lab, finding that DNA accumulates on the surface of living cells and that the secreted extracellular protein DNASE1L3 can modulate its levels on B and T cells. With a new twist for ATAC-seq as well www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Lead by postdoc in the lab Ruiqi Ge and in collaboration with Bob Coffey’s lab, we are happy to share rPAL-seq for rapid and sensitive sequencing based profiling of glycoRNAs @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lead by postdoc in the lab Ruiqi Ge and in collaboration with Bob Coffey’s lab, we are happy to share rPAL-seq for rapid and sensitive sequencing based profiling of glycoRNAs @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Had such a fun visit to GeorgiaTech, hosted by @gregory-sawicki.bsky.social! Always exciting to share the latest from the lab and meet other folks working at the intersection of #biomechanics + #robotics. Please enjoy my adorable souvenir courtesy of @drblackboots.bsky.social, Buzz the YellowJacket.
September 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Had such a fun visit to GeorgiaTech, hosted by @gregory-sawicki.bsky.social! Always exciting to share the latest from the lab and meet other folks working at the intersection of #biomechanics + #robotics. Please enjoy my adorable souvenir courtesy of @drblackboots.bsky.social, Buzz the YellowJacket.
Love this MIT news feature of our work at the intersection of AI + bio-manufacturing, showcasing a method to make 3D bioprinting more reliable, scalable, and efficient!
news.mit.edu/2025/new-3d-...
#3Dprinting #bioprinting #AI #manufacturing
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#3Dprinting #bioprinting #AI #manufacturing
September 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Love this MIT news feature of our work at the intersection of AI + bio-manufacturing, showcasing a method to make 3D bioprinting more reliable, scalable, and efficient!
news.mit.edu/2025/new-3d-...
#3Dprinting #bioprinting #AI #manufacturing
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#3Dprinting #bioprinting #AI #manufacturing
Honored to be selected to participate in the NAE Grainger Frontiers of Engineering meeting, alongside other scientists spanning neural engineering 🧠, quantum computing 🖥️, fusion energy⚡️ & sustainable aviation ✈️.The future of science is inspiring, as are the people shaping it!
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September 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Honored to be selected to participate in the NAE Grainger Frontiers of Engineering meeting, alongside other scientists spanning neural engineering 🧠, quantum computing 🖥️, fusion energy⚡️ & sustainable aviation ✈️.The future of science is inspiring, as are the people shaping it!
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