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Peer-reviewed contributions from Wood Laboratory exploring systems-level engineering, microfluidic platforms, and neurodegenerative disease mechanisms at Georgia Tech.

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2024Nature Biomedical Engineering(Vol. 8, pp. 312–328)
Alzheimer's Disease

Microfluidic Neurovascular Modeling Reveals Shear-Mediated Clearance of Amyloid-Beta Aggregates

Authors:E. Henderson, K. R. Patel, M. Vance, Levi B. Wood*

Key Finding: Featured on journal cover with direct implications for early-stage neurodegenerative therapy testing.

Microfluidic Chip Platform
Confocal Microscopy
Fluidic Perfusion
DOI: 10.1038/s41551-024-01189-x
2023Cell Systems(Vol. 14, Issue 6, pp. 490–505)
Traumatic Brain Injury

Dynamic Network Modeling Identifies Phosphorylation Hubs in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury

Authors:A. S. Jenkins, Levi B. Wood*, R. M. Thornton

Key Finding: Identified two novel upstream kinase targets now undergoing validation in in vivo mouse models.

Computational Systems Analysis
Phosphoproteomics
Mouse Models
DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2023.05.004
2023Lab on a Chip(Vol. 23, pp. 1820–1834)
Microfluidics

Integrated High-Throughput Microfluidic Arrays for Multiplexed Single-Cell Cytokine Secretion

Authors:D. Lin, Levi B. Wood*, S. G. Albright, C. H. Martinez

Key Finding: Reduces sample volume requirements by 90% compared to conventional plate-based assays.

Microfluidics
Single-cell Assays
Multiplexed ELISA
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00214E
2022Journal of Neuroinflammation(Vol. 19, Art. 142)
Alzheimer's Disease

Systems-Level Transcriptomic Profiling of Murine Microglial Priming in Chronic Neurodegeneration

Authors:R. K. O'Connor, T. M. Nguyen, Levi B. Wood*

Key Finding: Established open-access transcriptomic atlas utilized by over 40 global neurotrauma research groups.

Mouse Models
RNA-Seq
Network Biology
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-022-02509-3
2022IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering(Vol. 69, No. 11, pp. 3401–3412)
Systems Biology

Computational Reconstruction of Intercellular Signaling in Bioengineered Neural Tissues

Authors:Levi B. Wood*, M. J. Reynolds, K. S. Alvarez

Key Finding: Methodology adopted by Georgia Tech bioengineering core for rapid screening.

Computational Systems Analysis
Tissue Engineering
Signal Processing
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2022.3178901
2021Biophysical Journal(Vol. 120, Issue 18, pp. 3910–3924)
Traumatic Brain Injury

Mechanical Stretch Induces Rapid Astrocyte Reactivity and Glymphatic Transport Disruption in Vitro

Authors:S. E. Miller, H. Cho, Levi B. Wood*

Key Finding: Demonstrated direct biomechanical link between acute impact and long-term fluidic stasis.

Microfluidic Chip Platform
Biomechanics
Fluorescence Imaging
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.07.018

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Academic research group led by Dr. Levi Wood at the Georgia Institute of Technology, studying Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury via microfluidics, animal models, and systems engineering.

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Research Areas

Systems Neuroengineering

Multiscale modeling & network analysis

Microfluidic Platforms

Neurovascular in vitro models & assays

Neurodegenerative Disease

Alzheimer’s disease & neurotrauma pathology

Affiliations

  • Primary InstitutionGeorgia Institute of Technology
  • Academic DepartmentCoulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
  • Research InstituteParker H. Petit Institute (IBB)
  • Research GroupWood Systems Neuroengineering Lab
George W. Woodruff School

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