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Claudia Elena Varela

Boston UniversityORCID 0000-0001-8082-092XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:organoid / primary culture· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Benjamin Wolking· 1 shared Carly LongiD· 1 shared Christopher S. CheniD· 1 shared Diego Alonso Quevedo‐MorenoiD· 1 shared Ellen Tunney RocheiD· 1 shared Francisco Sanchez· 1 shared Hyunwoo YukiD· 1 shared Jean BonnemainiD· 1 shared

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BioengineeringbioRxivPreprintSep 1, 2026

A Biophysical Platform for Electromechanical Stimulation of Engineered Cardiac Tissues

Ruifeng Hu, Claudia Elena Varela, M. Çağatay Karakan…·Thomas G. Bifano

This paper develops a biophysical platform to deliver electromechanical stimulation to engineered cardiac tissues and shows that synchronized stimulation increases contractile force.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.31.747584

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BioengineeringbioRxivPreprintOct 7, 2025

A matrix-mimicking bioadhesive epicardium for tunable modulation of biomechanics in the acutely infarcted heart

Claudia Elena Varela, Diego Alonso Quevedo‐Moreno, Jean Bonnemain…·Ellen Tunney Roche

This paper introduces a bioadhesive epicardium platform that modulates cardiac biomechanics after myocardial infarction in rats.

DOI 10.1101/2025.10.07.681040

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