Faculty & Staff

Neda Latifi

Assistant Professor

Office: ENC 2510

Phone: 813-396-0489

Email

Neda Latifi

Education

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2018-2023, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • Ph.D Tissue Engineering, 2018, McGill University - Montreal, Canada
  • M.Sc. Applied Solid Mechanics, 2011, Isfahan University of Technology - Iran
  • B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, 2008, Isfahan University of Technology - Iran

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Research Areas

Cardiovascular tissue engineering, tissue-mimetic biomaterials, Biofabrication, Cell-biomaterial interactions, Tissue culture bioreactors, Preclinical translation of engineered tissues, Heterotypic collagen fibrils, Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Elastogenesis

Memberships

  • American Heart Association (AHA) 2023-Present
  • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2020-Present
  • BMES Diversity Committee, Committee Member 2021-2027
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)   2014-Present
  • Canadian Biomaterials Society (CBS) 2015-2024
  • CBS Board of Directors, Board Member 2021-2023
  • The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) 2016-Present
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2014-2019
  • ASME-Women in Engineering Group 2014-Present
  • International Society for Cellular Therapy 2018- 2019
  • Canadian Society of Biomechanics (CSB) 2015- 2016
  • CBS-Montreal Chapter, President 2017- 2018
  • CBS-Montreal Chapter, Vice President 2016- 2017

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Courses Taught

  • Research and Innovation Principles and Practice – BME 5913
  • Materials Engineering I – EGN 3365
  • Biomaterials Engineering – BME 4101
  • Directed Research - BME 7915
  • Directed Research - BME 5910
  • Undergraduate Research Experience – BME 4914

Research Grants

Co-Investigator, Ted Rogers Center for Heart Research Seed Grant 4/2023 - 4/2025 Preclinical Evaluation of Tissue Engineered Pulmonary Valve Material for Pediatric Valve Augmentation, Translational Biology and Engineering Program (TBEP) Translation Team Grant, Ted Rogers Center for Heart Research, Direct cost: $200,000 for 2 years (April 2023–April 2025), PI: C. A. Simmons

Honors and Awards

  • Featured Speaker, Biomedical Engineering Society UNITE Program, December 2021
  • Rising Star in Engineering in Health by Colombia University, Dec 2020
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2021-2023
  • Fonds de Recherche du Quebec Nature et Technologies (FRQNT) Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 2018-2021
  • Scientific Reports one 100–author for material science papers in 2018, April 2019
  • Student Scientist Award, TERMIS-Americas, December 2017
  • First-place Award of the 2014 ASME International Mechanical Engineering, November 2014
  • McGill Engineering International Tuition Award (MEITA), 2011–2014
  • McGill Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel (GREAT) Award, July 2014
  • McGill Graduate Travel Funding Program (GTFP) Award, April 2014
  • McGill Graduate Travel Funding Program (GTFP) Award, June 2012
  • Graduate Excellence Fellowship Award (Merit-based Scholarship), 2008-2010
  • Undergraduate Excellence Fellowship Award (Merit-based Scholarship), 2004-2008
  • Membership of intelligent students, Isfahan University of Technology, 2004-2011
  • High rank in selective examination for National Physics Olympiad, Iran, 2003

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Recent Publications

  1. V. Guruji, Y. Q. Zhou, M. Tang, Z. Mirzaei, Y. Ding, M. Elabatarny, N. Latifi, and C. A. Simmons, Identification of congenital aortic valve malformations in juvenile natriuretic peptide receptor 2 deficient (Npr2+/-) mice using high-frequency ultrasound. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 327.1 (2024), pp.H56-H66.
  2. M. Mohan, N. Latifi, R. Flick, C. A. Simmons, and E. W. K. Young, Interrogating matrix stiffness and metabolomics in pancreatic ductal carcinoma using an openable microfluidic tumor-on-a-chip, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16.16 (2024), pp.20169-20185.
  3. B. Mirani, S. O. Mathew, N. Latifi, M. R. Labrosse, B. G. Amsden, C. A. Simmons, Programmable melt electrowriting to engineer soft connective tissues with prescribed, biomimetic, biaxial mechanical properties. Adv. Funct. Mater., 34.1 (2024), 2302786
  4. E. M. Strohm, N. I. Callaghan, Y. Ding, N. Latifi, N. Rafatian, S. Funakoshi, I. Fernandes, C. Reitz, M. Di Paola, A. Gramolini, M. Radisic, G. Keller, M. C. Kolios, and C. A. Simmons, Non-invasive quantification of contractile dynamics in cardiac cells, spheroids and organs-on-a-chip using high frequency ultrasound. ACS Nano, 18.1 (2024), 314-327
  5. A. Mazine, A. Mikryukov, I. Fernandes, C. Liu, S. Jahangiri, M. Martin, E. K. Gahwiler, J. Gomez, N. Latifi, M. A. Laflamme, C. A. Simmons, S. P. Hoerstrup, M. Y. Emmert, B. D. Gelb, M. Gu, G. M. Keller, Generation of the cardiac valve lineage from human pluripotent stem cells. Circulation, 148, no. Suppl-1 (2023): A15510-A15510
  6. W. Dhahri, T. S. Valdman, D. Wilkinson, E. Ceylan, N. Andharia, B. Qiang, H. Masoudpour, F. Wulkan, E. Quesnel, W. Jiang, S. Funakoshi, J. Gomez, N. Latifi, C. A. Simmons, G. Keller, M. A. Laflamme, In vitro matured human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes form grafts with enhanced structure and function in injured hearts, Circulation, 145.18 (2022): 1412
  7. M. Asgari, N. Latifi, F. Giovaniello and M. Amabili, Revealing layer-specific ultrastructure and nano-mechanics of fibrillar collagen in human aorta via AFM testing: implications on tissue mechanics at macroscopic scale, Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2.5 (2022): 2100159
  8. N. Latifi, M. Lecce, and C. A. Simmons, Porcine umbilical cord perivascular cells for preclinical testing of tissue engineered heart valves, Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods, 27.1 (2021): 35
  9. S. Bouhabel, S. Park, K. Kolosova, N. Latifi, K. Kost, N. Y. K. Li-Jessen, and L. Mongeau, Functional analysis of injectable substance treatment on surgically injured rabbit vocal folds, Journal of Voice 37.6 (2021), 829-839
  10. H. Ravanbakhsh, G. Bao, N. Latifi and L. Mongeau, Functionalized carbon nanotube-based composite hydrogels for vocal fold tissue engineering: Biocompatibility, rheology and Swelling, Materials Science and Engineering: C (2019): 109861
  11. N. Latifi, M. Asgari, H. Vali and L. Mongeau, A tissue-mimetic nano-fibrillar hybrid injectable hydrogel for potential soft tissue engineering applications, Scientific Reports, 8.1 (2018): 1047
  12. M. Asgari*, N. Latifi*, H. K. Heris*, H. Vali and L. Mongeau, In vitro fibrillogenesis of tropocollagen type III in collagen type I affects its relative fibrillar topology and mechanics, Scientific Reports, 7.1 (2017): 1392. * M. Asgari, N. Latifi and H. K. Heris equally contributed to this work.
  13. N. Latifi, H. K. Heris, S. L. Thomson, R. Taher, S. Kazemirad, S. SheibaniN. Y. K. Li-Jessen, H. Vali and L. Mongeau, A flow perfusion bioreactor system for vocal fold tissue engineering applications, Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods, 22, no. 9 (2016), 823-838

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