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
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
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
news.mit.edu/2025/new-3d-...
#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
news.mit.edu/2025/new-3d-...
#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!
@nationalacademies.org
@nationalacademies.org
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!
@nationalacademies.org
@nationalacademies.org
Had a great time presenting a keynote at the European Society of Biomaterials #ESB2025 meeting! The perfect place to share our latest work on tissue engineering biological actuators and catch up with #biomaterials friends from around the world!
ramanlab.mit.edu/publications/
ramanlab.mit.edu/publications/
September 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Had a great time presenting a keynote at the European Society of Biomaterials #ESB2025 meeting! The perfect place to share our latest work on tissue engineering biological actuators and catch up with #biomaterials friends from around the world!
ramanlab.mit.edu/publications/
ramanlab.mit.edu/publications/
Super excited to welcome Dr. Arielle Berman, PhD to our lab as an MIT Engineering Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow, following her recent PhD with Prof. Zhenan Bao at Stanford! Check out some of Arielle's exciting prior work here:
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
September 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Super excited to welcome Dr. Arielle Berman, PhD to our lab as an MIT Engineering Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow, following her recent PhD with Prof. Zhenan Bao at Stanford! Check out some of Arielle's exciting prior work here:
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Loved speaking at the Engineering Life symposium exploring science at the interface of Mechanics and Biology this week, hosted by Prof. Mariana Medina-Sánchez (@bcube-tud.bsky.social)! Great to share our work on using magnetic matrix actuation (MagMA) to program tissue function. #25EngLife
September 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Loved speaking at the Engineering Life symposium exploring science at the interface of Mechanics and Biology this week, hosted by Prof. Mariana Medina-Sánchez (@bcube-tud.bsky.social)! Great to share our work on using magnetic matrix actuation (MagMA) to program tissue function. #25EngLife
Excited to welcome Dr. Inkyu Lee to our lab as a new postdoc! Inkyu brings tremendous expertise in bioelectronics from his training with Prof. Tzahi Cohen-Karni at Carnegie Mellon University - check out some of his excellent PhD thesis research here:
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
August 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Excited to welcome Dr. Inkyu Lee to our lab as a new postdoc! Inkyu brings tremendous expertise in bioelectronics from his training with Prof. Tzahi Cohen-Karni at Carnegie Mellon University - check out some of his excellent PhD thesis research here:
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Wrapping up a stellar summer with our MIT summer research program (MSRP) interns - huge congratulations and thank you to our interns and their mentors! You can learn more about MSRP here: oge.mit.edu/msrp/
August 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wrapping up a stellar summer with our MIT summer research program (MSRP) interns - huge congratulations and thank you to our interns and their mentors! You can learn more about MSRP here: oge.mit.edu/msrp/
Celebrating summer with the trainees of both the Raman Lab and the Flynn Lab ( @raflynn5.bsky.social ) at our first joint social - grateful for these folks and many exciting conversations at the intersection of engineering and biology!
July 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Celebrating summer with the trainees of both the Raman Lab and the Flynn Lab ( @raflynn5.bsky.social ) at our first joint social - grateful for these folks and many exciting conversations at the intersection of engineering and biology!
a ~whirlwind~ week of science giving 3 talks on our work in tissue engineering, mechanobiology, & robotics at the:
1) European Solid Mechanics Conference
2) Society for Experimental Biology
3) Biohybrid Robotics Symposium
Presenting work on several preprints (!) you can find here:
ramanlab.mit.edu
1) European Solid Mechanics Conference
2) Society for Experimental Biology
3) Biohybrid Robotics Symposium
Presenting work on several preprints (!) you can find here:
ramanlab.mit.edu
July 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
a ~whirlwind~ week of science giving 3 talks on our work in tissue engineering, mechanobiology, & robotics at the:
1) European Solid Mechanics Conference
2) Society for Experimental Biology
3) Biohybrid Robotics Symposium
Presenting work on several preprints (!) you can find here:
ramanlab.mit.edu
1) European Solid Mechanics Conference
2) Society for Experimental Biology
3) Biohybrid Robotics Symposium
Presenting work on several preprints (!) you can find here:
ramanlab.mit.edu
Always a blast introducing new folks to the history + future of #biohybrid #robotics - today at the University of Bristol SoftLab Seminar! Great to get feedback on what we've done so far + an exciting reminder of how much we have left to keep us busy in the coming decades 😊
June 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Always a blast introducing new folks to the history + future of #biohybrid #robotics - today at the University of Bristol SoftLab Seminar! Great to get feedback on what we've done so far + an exciting reminder of how much we have left to keep us busy in the coming decades 😊
Loved presenting at the @museumofscience.bsky.social luncheon focused on encouraging the next generation of women and girls in science! Particularly happy that the museum has acquired the AAAS IF/THEN collection featuring the careers of women in STEM:
www.mos.org/discover/if-...
www.mos.org/discover/if-...
June 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Loved presenting at the @museumofscience.bsky.social luncheon focused on encouraging the next generation of women and girls in science! Particularly happy that the museum has acquired the AAAS IF/THEN collection featuring the careers of women in STEM:
www.mos.org/discover/if-...
www.mos.org/discover/if-...
Huge shout out to the creative team that produced this beautiful video capturing our teaching efforts at the intersection of mechanics and biology! Learn more about our work to integrate hands-on experiences in biomechanics and mechanobiology for students at MIT:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tult...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tult...
June 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Huge shout out to the creative team that produced this beautiful video capturing our teaching efforts at the intersection of mechanics and biology! Learn more about our work to integrate hands-on experiences in biomechanics and mechanobiology for students at MIT:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tult...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tult...
Our latest paper made it to the cover of Biomaterials Science! We leverage an efficient method for hydrogel micropatterning (STAMP) to fabricate complex muscle tissues like this #biohybrid iris that actuates in response to light:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#TissueEngineering #MyoBlue
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#TissueEngineering #MyoBlue
June 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Our latest paper made it to the cover of Biomaterials Science! We leverage an efficient method for hydrogel micropatterning (STAMP) to fabricate complex muscle tissues like this #biohybrid iris that actuates in response to light:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#TissueEngineering #MyoBlue
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#TissueEngineering #MyoBlue
Huge thanks to Monize Caiado Decarli for asking me to speak about being a #NewPI in #TissueEngineering @eutermis.bsky.social! Great questions from the audience on being a woman in science, building a lab from scratch, and how my childhood growing up around the world shaped the professor I am today.
May 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Huge thanks to Monize Caiado Decarli for asking me to speak about being a #NewPI in #TissueEngineering @eutermis.bsky.social! Great questions from the audience on being a woman in science, building a lab from scratch, and how my childhood growing up around the world shaped the professor I am today.
Honored to give a keynote at the 4D Tissue Engineering session @eutermis.bsky.social organized by Miguel Castilho, @ruidomingues.bsky.social, and @rita-s-almeida.bsky.social! Particularly exciting to receive questions on our unpublished work - coming soon to a preprint server near you ☺️💪🏽
May 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Honored to give a keynote at the 4D Tissue Engineering session @eutermis.bsky.social organized by Miguel Castilho, @ruidomingues.bsky.social, and @rita-s-almeida.bsky.social! Particularly exciting to receive questions on our unpublished work - coming soon to a preprint server near you ☺️💪🏽
Best way to wrap up the end of a busy semester? Lab clean out + ice cream!
May 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Best way to wrap up the end of a busy semester? Lab clean out + ice cream!
What an honor to learn about the history and future of mechanosensory biology from Dr. @ardemp.bskyverified.social himself (and his Piezo tattoo)! Such an exciting and inspiring talk for everyone studying science at the intersection of mechanics and biology 🙌🏽 Thank you for visiting us at MIT!
May 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
What an honor to learn about the history and future of mechanosensory biology from Dr. @ardemp.bskyverified.social himself (and his Piezo tattoo)! Such an exciting and inspiring talk for everyone studying science at the intersection of mechanics and biology 🙌🏽 Thank you for visiting us at MIT!
I’m usually early to bed and early to rise, but some experiences are worth staying up late for - thanks to Seung-Kyun Kang for the invitation to give a virtual seminar at Seoul National University! Check out the Kang Lab’s exciting work in bioelectronics:
bielab.snu.ac.kr/main/
bielab.snu.ac.kr/main/
May 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I’m usually early to bed and early to rise, but some experiences are worth staying up late for - thanks to Seung-Kyun Kang for the invitation to give a virtual seminar at Seoul National University! Check out the Kang Lab’s exciting work in bioelectronics:
bielab.snu.ac.kr/main/
bielab.snu.ac.kr/main/
Excited to help organize a session on "Dynamic Extracellular Matrices to Control Cell Signaling" at #TERMISAM2025! The deadline for abstract submissions is April 28 - please consider joining our session and sharing your work in this space:
am2025.termis.org/abstract-ins...
@termisam.bsky.social
am2025.termis.org/abstract-ins...
@termisam.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Excited to help organize a session on "Dynamic Extracellular Matrices to Control Cell Signaling" at #TERMISAM2025! The deadline for abstract submissions is April 28 - please consider joining our session and sharing your work in this space:
am2025.termis.org/abstract-ins...
@termisam.bsky.social
am2025.termis.org/abstract-ins...
@termisam.bsky.social
What would it take to build a meter-scale autonomous biohybrid robot? Postdoc Dr. Ronald Heisser takes a visionary swing at this question in our new review. Take a deep dive into the grand challenges that remain at the interface of #TissueEngineering & #Robotics:
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
April 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What would it take to build a meter-scale autonomous biohybrid robot? Postdoc Dr. Ronald Heisser takes a visionary swing at this question in our new review. Take a deep dive into the grand challenges that remain at the interface of #TissueEngineering & #Robotics:
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Last week was full of exciting (bio)materials research! Kicked off the week with two talks on our work in both 2D and 3D biohybrid robots at the MRS spring meeting in Seattle, and wrapped up with talks on biofabrication from lab members at the annual SFB conference in Chicago. Feeling ~energized~ 💪🏽
April 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last week was full of exciting (bio)materials research! Kicked off the week with two talks on our work in both 2D and 3D biohybrid robots at the MRS spring meeting in Seattle, and wrapped up with talks on biofabrication from lab members at the annual SFB conference in Chicago. Feeling ~energized~ 💪🏽
Some communities just feel like home - loved the symposium on multicellular engineered living systems (MCELS) last week! Highlights included sharing our labs early stories, a panel on #scicomm, and @shahjess.bsky.social giving her first presentation on her graduate work!
m-cels.mit.edu/symposium/
m-cels.mit.edu/symposium/
March 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Some communities just feel like home - loved the symposium on multicellular engineered living systems (MCELS) last week! Highlights included sharing our labs early stories, a panel on #scicomm, and @shahjess.bsky.social giving her first presentation on her graduate work!
m-cels.mit.edu/symposium/
m-cels.mit.edu/symposium/