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Venkatram Prasad Shastri

University of FreiburgORCID 0000-0001-5125-9678Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Tobias ButelmanniD· 2 shared Bernd Heimrich· 1 shared Gregor HütteriD· 1 shared Henrique Sepúlveda Del Rio HamacekiD· 1 shared Katharina OstertagiD· 1 shared Kerit-Lii JoasooniD· 1 shared Laurent Starck· 1 shared Marie‐Françoise RitziD· 1 shared

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BioengineeringACS Applied Materials & InterfacesPeer-reviewedSep 17, 2026

Engineering Stable Hydrogels with Polydisperse Yeast Exopolysaccharides for Embedding Cancer Spheroids

Henrique Sepúlveda Del Rio Hamacek, Tobias Butelmann, Katharina Ostertag…·Rahul Kumar

The paper develops a stable hydrogel using polydisperse yeast exopolysaccharides for embedding cancer spheroids, demonstrating improved consistency and long-term stability.

DOI 10.1021/acsami.6c02843

yeastexperimental assay

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BioengineeringbioRxivPreprintJul 29, 2026

Bespoke sustainable 3D-printed labware for enhanced handling and standardization of tumor spheroid migration and invasion assays

Tobias Butelmann, Tobias Nicolaisen, Venkatram Prasad Shastri

The paper introduces a 3D-printed platform for standardized tumor spheroid invasion assays, reducing variability and enhancing reproducibility.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.28.741193

humanexperimental assay

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJul 31, 2023

Biophysical basis for the induction of glioblastoma-like phenotype in astrocytes

Laurent Starck, Melika Sarem, Bernd Heimrich…·Venkatram Prasad Shastri

The paper shows that nanoroughness induces a glioblastoma-like phenotype in astrocytes through spheroid formation, MMP2 activation, and gene expression changes.

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humanbulk RNA-seq

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