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Aleksandra Fomina

University of TorontoORCID 0000-0003-2528-7493Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Alison P. McGuiganiD· 2 shared Adam Tam· 1 shared Chengxin YuiD· 1 shared Ileana L. CoiD· 1 shared Jennifer Lam· 1 shared Jose L. CadavidiD· 1 shared Kieran R. CampbelliD· 1 shared M. Teresa CiudadiD· 1 shared

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2023-2025 · peak 1/yr

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10 top collaborators · 27 mutual co-author links

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BioengineeringbioRxivPreprintFeb 26, 2025

In-House Manufacturing of 3D Culture Chips via Vacuum Thermoforming for Enhanced Imaging Applications

Aleksandra Fomina, Adam Tam, Jennifer Lam…·Alison P. McGuigan

This paper develops a cost-effective method for manufacturing 3D cancer models using vacuum thermoforming, enabling high-resolution imaging of tumor cell behavior.

DOI 10.1101/2025.02.26.640460

imagingexperimental assay

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BioengineeringbioRxivPreprintJul 13, 2023

An Engineered 3D Co-culture Model of Primary Macrophages and Patient-Derived Tumour Cells to Explore Cellular Responses in the Graded Hypoxic Microenvironment of Pancreatic Cancer

Ileana L. Co, Chengxin Yu, Sara Lamorte…·Alison P. McGuigan

This paper develops a 3D co-culture model of macrophages and PDAC organoids to study hypoxia-driven cellular interactions and their impact on chemoresistance and immune responses.

4 citations

humanorganoid / primary culture

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