Ritu Raman

The codevelopment of soft robotics and assistive technology Fostering relationships between the disability and soft robotics communities will spark innovations that could benefit all.

Happy to contribute to this Science Robotics perspective led by Raman Lab postdoc Dr. Ronald Heisser. We highlight how fostering relationships between the disability and soft #robotics communities could spark innovations that benefit society:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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...

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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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...

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...

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

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!

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

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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...

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

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

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/

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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

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...

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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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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/...

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!

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

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...

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The ***constructive*** nature of the feedback is my favorite part! We’ve found it a super useful tool in the lab thus far!

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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/

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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Congrats Kara!!! Super exciting work!

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 ...

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...

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...

The elephant 😍

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.