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Malak Elbatarny

University Health NetworkORCID 0000-0002-4636-549XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioengineering· 1 Developmental Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Alice L.Y. Xu· 1 shared Amine MazineiD· 1 shared Amos A. Lim· 1 shared Beiping QiangiD· 1 shared Brandon M. MurareanuiD· 1 shared Craig A. SimmonsiD· 1 shared Daniella EliathambyiD· 1 shared Hayley W Y YapiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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10 top collaborators · 21 mutual co-author links

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Alice L.Y. Xu

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Modelling Medial Degenerative Features by Enzymatic Digestion to Evaluate Disease-Relevant Structure-Function Relationships in the Thoracic Aorta

Daniella Eliathamby, Lucas Ung, Hayley W Y Yap, Malak Elbatarny, Maral Ouzounian, Michelle Patricia Bendeck, Michael A. Seidman, Craig A. Simmons, Jennifer Chia-Ying Chung

This study uses enzymatic digestion to model ECM degeneration in aortic tissue and identifies biomechanical impacts of elastin, collagen, and proteoglycan degradation.

bioRxiv · Feb 9, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

Human pluripotent stem cell-derived atrioventricular node-like pacemaker cells exhibit biological conduction bridge properties in vitro and in vivo

Michelle Lohbihler, Amos A. Lim, Stéphane Massé, Maggie Kwan, Omar Mourad, Olya Mastikhina, Brandon M. Murareanu, Malak Elbatarny, Renu Sarao, Beiping Qiang, Wahiba Dhahri, Matthew L. Chang, Alice L.Y. Xu, Amine Mazine, Shahryar Khattak, , Stephanie I. Protze

This study generates human pluripotent stem cell-derived AVN-like pacemaker cells that replicate AVN function in vivo, suggesting their potential as biological conduction bridges for treating AV block.

bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2025 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology