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Nika Shakiba

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Biomedical Engineering
Research interest
Research focused on Induced pluripotent stem cell and Reprogramming, with related work in Synthetic biology, Optical tweezers, Toolbox. Notable publications include 'Genome-wide characterization of the routes to pluripotency', 'The optoelectronic microrobot: A versatile toolbox for micromanipulation', and 'CD24 tracks divergent pluripotent states in mouse and human cells'.
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citations
664
works
9
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

A call to action for deciphering genetic variants in human pluripotent stem cells for cell therapy
Cell stem cell 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
Synthetic genetic circuits to uncover the OCT4 trajectories of successful reprogramming of human fibroblasts
Science Advances 2023cited by 19position: middledoi
Context-aware synthetic biology by controller design: Engineering the mammalian cell
Cell Systems 2021cited by 87position: firstdoi
The optoelectronic microrobot: A versatile toolbox for micromanipulation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019cited by 139position: middledoi
High-throughput micropatterning platform reveals Nodal-dependent bisection of peri-gastrulation–associated versus preneurulation-associated fate patterning
PLoS Biology 2019cited by 40position: middledoi
Patterned Optoelectronic Tweezers: A New Scheme for Selecting, Moving, and Storing Dielectric Particles and Cells
Small 2018cited by 59position: middledoi
CD24 tracks divergent pluripotent states in mouse and human cells
Nature Communications 2015cited by 92position: firstdoi
Genome-wide characterization of the routes to pluripotency
Nature 2014cited by 212position: middledoi
Shark Skin Drag Reduction
2012cited by 9position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Peter W. Zandstra · University of British Columbia Hospital3 papers (2015–2019)Jastaranpreet Singh · Sunnybrook Health Science Centre2 papers (2018–2019)Ron Weiss · Hebrew University of Jerusalem2 papers (2021–2023)Yanfeng Zhang · China Institute of Sport Science2 papers (2018–2019)Yujie Chen · Zhejiang Normal University2 papers (2018–2019)Siyuan Yu · Jiangsu University2 papers (2018–2019) · 2 papers (2015–2025)Aaron R. Wheeler · University of Toronto2 papers (2018–2019)Shuailong Zhang · Jiangsu University2 papers (2018–2019)Ross D. Jones · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2021–2023)Domitilla Del Vecchio · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2021–2023)M. Dean Chamberlain · University of Saskatchewan2 papers (2018–2019)Paul J. Gokhale · University of Sheffield1 papers (2025–2025)Claudia Spits · KU Leuven1 papers (2025–2025)Martín F. Pera · Jackson Laboratory1 papers (2025–2025)Samer M. I. Hussein · Université Laval1 papers (2015–2015) · 1 papers (2015–2015)Davide Danovi · King's College London1 papers (2019–2019) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Florian T. Merkle · University of Cambridge1 papers (2025–2025)