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C.A. Simmons
Associate Professor
- Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
- Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Canada Research Chair in Mechanobiology
Contact Information
Email: c.simmons@utoronto.ca
Website: http://cml.mie.utoronto.ca/doku.php
5 King's College Road, Room 221
Toronto, ON
Canada M5S 3G8
Tel: 416-946-0548
Fax: 416-978-7753
Research Interests
Cellular mechanobiology, biomechanics, tissue engineering, and biomedical engineering. Approaches integrate experimental and computational cell mechanics with state-of-the-art quantitative cellular and molecular biology. Current applications include stem cell-based tissue engineering; mechanobiological studies of heart valve calcification; and the development of novel technologies for high throughput mechanobiology.
Positions available for graduate and undergraduate students
Recent Publications
Osteocyte apoptosis regulates osteoclast precursor adhesion via osteocytic IL-6 secretion and endothelial ICAM-1 expression. Cheung WY, Simmons CA, You L. Bone. 2012 Jan. 50(1):104-10.
Hydrogel Substrate Stiffness and Topography Interact to Induce Contact Guidance in Cardiac Fibroblasts. Al-Haque S, Miklas JW, Feric N, Chiu LL, Chen WL, Simmons CA, Radisic M. Macromol Biosci. 2012 Oct. 12(10):1342-53. 2012 Aug 27.
The elastic properties of valve interstitial cells undergoing pathological differentiation.
Wyss K, Yip CY, Mirzaei Z, Jin X, Chen JH, Simmons CA. J Biomech. 2012 Mar 15. 45(5):882-7.
A digital microfluidic platform for primary cell culture and analysis. Srigunapalan S, Eydelnant IA, Simmons CA, Wheeler AR. Lab Chip. 2012 Jan 21. 12(2):369-75.
An improved texture correlation algorithm to measure substrate-cytoskeletal network strain transfer under large compressive strain. Zhao R, Simmons CA. J Biomech. 2012 Jan 3. 45(1):76-82. Epub 2011 Oct 24.
Calcific aortic valve disease: not simply a degenerative process: A review and agenda for research from the National Heart and Lung and Blood Institute Aortic Stenosis Working Group. Executive summary: Calcific aortic valve disease-2011 update. Rajamannan NM, Evans FJ, Aikawa E, Grande-Allen KJ, Demer LL, Heistad DD, Simmons CA, Masters KS, Mathieu P, O'Brien KD, Schoen FJ, Towler DA, Yoganathan AP, Otto CM. Circulation. 2011 Oct 18. 124(16):1783-91.
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