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Mirella Pessoa de Melo

University of California, Santa CruzORCID 0000-0001-6872-6789Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:organoid / primary culture· 1

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Servo-Actuated 3D-Printed Disposable Microvalves for Automated, Scalable Organoid Culture in Standard Incubators

Mojtaba Zeraatkar, Drew Ehrlich, Sebastian Hernandez, H. Schweiger, Mirella Pessoa de Melo, Eliot Wachtel, Demir Ozcakir, Spencer T. Seiler, Kateryna Voitiuk, Yohei Rosen, Colleen Josephson, Mohammed A. Mostajo-Radji, David H. Haussler, Sofie R. Salama, Mircea Teodorescu

This paper develops a 3D-printed, servo-actuated microvalve system for automated organoid culture, validated in mouse and human models with comparable viability and gene expression to manual methods.

bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

A feedback-driven brain organoid platform enables automated maintenance and high-resolution neural activity monitoring

Kateryna Voitiuk, Spencer T. Seiler, Mirella Pessoa de Melo, Jinghui Geng, Tjitse van der Molen, Sebastian Hernandez, Hunter E. Schweiger, Jessica L. Sevetson, David F. Parks, Ash Robbins, Sebastian Torres-Montoya, Drew Ehrlich, Matthew A.T. Elliott, Tal Sharf, David H. Haussler, , Mircea Teodorescu

This paper introduces an automated brain organoid platform with IoT integration for continuous monitoring and control, showing increased neural activity and stable firing rates during automated media exchange.

Internet of Things · Jul 7, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience