Johana aims to conjugate electronic platforms with biological systems for monitoring and studying molecular and cellular processes. She focuses on using electrical platforms to study the effect of cancer-derived extracellular vesicles on epithelial and stem cell transformation towards malignant phenotypes, on conjugation of Supported Lipid Bilayers (SLB) with electrical platforms to study molecular processes at the cell membrane level, and in general, on biological applications of electric and sensing systems developed in the group.

• Dual Mode Sensing of Binding and Blocking of Cancer Exosomes to Biomimetic Human Primary Stem Cell Surfaces
  J. Uribe, W. C. Traberg, A. Hama, V. Druet, Z. Mohamed, A. Ooi, AM. Pappa, M. Huerta, S. Inal, R. M. Owens, and S. Daniel
  ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 7, 12, 5585–5597, (2021)
• A supported membrane platform to assess surface interactions between extracellular vesicles and stromal cells
  J. Uribe, H.Y. Liu, Z. Mohamed, A. Chiou, C. Fischbach, and S. Daniel
  ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 6 (7), 3945-3956, (2020)
• Reproducible in vitro model for dystrophic calcification of cardiac valvular interstitial cells: insights into the mechanisms of calcific aortic valvular disease.
  H. Cirka, J. Uribe, V. Liang, F.J. Schoen, and K.L. Billiar
  Lab Chip, 17 (5), 814-829 (2017)

• 2022- present: Post-doctoral fellow, Organic Bioelectronics Lab, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• 2022: Graduate Success Facilitator, Diversity Programs in Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
• 2019: Teaching assistant for cellular principles of biomedical engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
• 2015-2022: Research assistant, Daniel Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
• 2016-2021: Graduate Coordinator, Diversity Programs in Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
• 2016: Biomedical Engineering intern, Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY-Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, United States
• 2015: Research for undergraduates Coordinator, Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI), Worcester, United States
• 2014-2015: Research assistant, Mechanobiology Lab, Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI), Worcester, United States
• 2013: Intern at National Science Foundation (NSF) Robert Noyce Program, Fairhaven, United States
  

Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE)

SLBs Tissue engineering Organic electrochemical transistors extracellular vesicles Cancer