Professor Warren Ruder's research focuses on the integration of synthetic biology with robotics to create biohybrid systems at various scales. His work combines engineered cells with electromechanical systems to develop robots and devices for therapeutic applications and biological research. Besides biohybrid robots, his lab also explores microbiome-host interactions, automated cell culture, and organ-on-a-chip platforms, aiming to use these synthetic biology technologies for drug testing and regenerative medicine development.
"Automated Discovery of Multicellular Behavior for Optimized Plant Growth and Climate Resilience"
DeAngelis MA, LeDuc PR, Ruder WC. Adv Intell Syst. 2026, e202500524
"An embedded microfluidic valve for dynamic control of cellular communication"
DeAngelis MA, Ruder WC, LeDuc PR. Appl Phys Lett. 2023, 123, 24, 244103
"Smart Magnetic Microrobots Learn to Swim with Deep Reinforcement Learning"
Behrens MR, Ruder WC. Adv Intell Syst. 2022 4, 10, 2200023
"Engineering control circuits for molecular robots using synthetic biology."
Wei TY, Ruder WC. APL Mater. 2020, 8, 10, 101104
"The Future Application of Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies as Proving Grounds for MicroBioRobots"
Fuller HC, Wei TY, Behrens MR, Ruder WC. Micromachines (Basel). 2020,11, 10, 947
"Open-source, 3D-printed Peristaltic Pumps for Small Volume Point-of-Care Liquid Handling"
Behrens MR, Fuller HC, Swist ER, Wu J, Islam MM, Long Z, Ruder WC, Steward R Jr. Sci Rep. 2020, 10, 1, 1543