UPMC Press Release  ·  By Julia O’Brien, Ph.D., R.N.  ·  October 31, 2022 Pitt and CMU researchers, including Dr. Shiwarski and collaborators from the Subramanya lab, discovered how cells sense molecular crowding and regulate volume through WNK1 protein condensates — resolving a longstanding question in cell biology with implications for kidney disease and osmotic stress...

Carnegie Mellon University News Release  ·  By Daniel Carroll  ·  December 11, 2020 Dr. Shiwarski, then a postdoctoral fellow in the Feinberg lab, co-developed a novel biosensor that reveals the mechanobiological forces shaping organ development. The sensor enables measurement of previously uncharacterized forces relevant to conditions such as hypertension and organ morphogenesis. Article Link: https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2020/12/11-shape-an-organ.html

Carnegie Mellon University News Release  ·  By Daniel Carroll  ·  November 11, 2020 The Feinberg lab created the first full-sized 3D bioprinted human heart model using FRESH bioprinting and MRI data. The model realistically mimics the elasticity of cardiac tissue and sutures, providing surgeons and clinicians with a powerful new tool for surgical planning and...

Carnegie Mellon University News Release  ·  By Emily Durham  ·  August 8, 2019 CMU researchers published a landmark paper in Science detailing the FRESH 3D bioprinting technique, enabling the printing of collagen tissue scaffolds at organ scale for the first time. This work demonstrated the ability to bioprint a full-sized adult human heart model with...

Carnegie Mellon University News Release  ·  By Emily Durham  ·  August 23, 2019 Coverage of research from the Cohen-Karni lab at CMU, in which Dr. Shiwarski contributed to development of self-rolling biosensor arrays capable of taking electrical recordings from heart cells in three dimensions, advancing cardiac electrophysiology tools. Article Link: https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2019/08/23-cohen-karni-science-advances.html