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Taisiya Sigaeva
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Research
Latest papers
Biaxial biomechanics of aged human carotid arteries.
Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2026
Incorporation of regional mechanical heterogeneity into finite-element simulations of soft biological tissues.
Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2025 · senior author
Magnetic resonance imaging-based hemodynamic wall shear stress alters aortic wall tissue biomechanics in bicuspid aortic valve patients.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2024
Latest funding
- $1,141,380
Exploiting reindeer to understand the mechanisms of skin regeneration and inform development of novel regenerative therapeutics
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $12,500
Topography of Skin Biomechanics
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $128,000
Topography of Skin Biomechanics
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
15 publications.
Biaxial biomechanics of aged human carotid arteries.
van Loo C, Stevens KA, Sigaeva T, Giudici A, Schurgers LJ, Delhaas T, Au JS, Spronck B
Incorporation of regional mechanical heterogeneity into finite-element simulations of soft biological tissues.
Amiri A, Hamedzadeh A, Di Martino ES, Willett TL, Sigaeva T
Magnetic resonance imaging-based hemodynamic wall shear stress alters aortic wall tissue biomechanics in bicuspid aortic valve patients.
Nightingale M, Scott MB, Sigaeva T, Guzzardi D, Garcia J, Malaisrie SC, McCarthy P, Markl M, Fedak PWM, Di Martino ES, Barker AJ
Compromised homeostasis in aged carotid arteries revealed by microstructural studies of elastic lamellae.
Gkousioudi A, Sigaeva T, Yu X, Seta F, Wainford RD, Zhang Y
A novel constitutive model considering the role of elastic lamellae' structural heterogeneity in homogenizing transmural stress distribution in arteries.
Sigaeva T, Zhang Y
A classification approach to improve out of sample predictability of structure-based constitutive models for ascending thoracic aortic tissue.
Tong TT, Nightingale M, Scott MB, Sigaeva T, Fedak PWM, Barker AJ, Di Martino ES
Biomechanics in ascending aortic aneurysms correlate with tissue composition and strength.
Nightingale M, Gregory A, Sigaeva T, Dobson GM, Fedak PWM, Appoo JJ, Di Martino ES, University of Calgary Aorta At-Risk Working Group
Reply from authors: Toward physiologically meaningful biomechanical parameters from ex vivo biaxial testing.
Nightingale M, Sigaeva T, Di Martino ES
Biomechanical properties of ascending aortic aneurysms: Quantification of inter- and intra-patient variability.
Sigaeva T, Sattari S, Polzer S, Appoo JJ, Di Martino ES
Biomechanics of Wound Healing in an Equine Limb Model: Effect of Location and Treatment with a Peptide-Modified Collagen-Chitosan Hydrogel.
Sparks HD, Sigaeva T, Tarraf S, Mandla S, Pope H, Hee O, Di Martino ES, Biernaskie J, Radisic M, Scott WM
Exploiting reindeer to understand the mechanisms of skin regeneration and inform development of novel regenerative therapeutics
Principal investigators: Biernaskie, Jeffrey A
Keywords: Fibrosis; Scar; Single Cell Genomics; Skin; Tissue Regeneration; Wound Healing
Topography of Skin Biomechanics
Principal investigators: Sigaeva, Taisiya
Topography of Skin Biomechanics
Principal investigators: Sigaeva, Taisiya
Keywords: soft biological tissues; nonlinear elasticity; mechanical characterization; constitutive modelling; skin; regional variations; multilayered; biaxial tensile test; uniaxial tensile test; residual stress
Precision assessment of the abdominal aortic aneurysm: role of heterogeneity at the macro and micro scales
Principal investigators: Di Martino, Elena S
Keywords: Aneurysm; Aorta; Histology; Mechanical Testing; Medical Imaging; Microscopy; Simulation; Strain
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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