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Veronika Magdanz
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Research
Latest papers
Elucidating motion patterns in sperm cell motion with dynamic mode decomposition.
Journal of biological physics · 2026
Kidney Stone Dissolution By Tetherless, Enzyme-Loaded, Soft Magnetic Miniature Robots.
Advanced healthcare materials · 2025 · senior author
Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots.
ACS nano · 2025
Latest funding
- $150,000
Multi-parametric analysis of cells to accelerate the discovery of biological targets and advance the development of novel strategies to modulate inflammation and immunity
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $125,000
Soft Microrobots for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SMART)
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $64,000
Flexible wireless medical microrobots
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
11 publications.
Elucidating motion patterns in sperm cell motion with dynamic mode decomposition.
Šimánek P, Hořenín J, Khalil ISM, Magdanz V, Klingner A, Kovalenko A
Kidney Stone Dissolution By Tetherless, Enzyme-Loaded, Soft Magnetic Miniature Robots.
Khabbazian A, Kwong L, Lewis A, Liu E, Abdelrazec N, Bakenecker AC, Fontanals N, Lopez G, Sánchez S, Lopez JM, Carrillo B, Farcas M, Kallweit C, Yu ACH, Behrad Khamesee M, Magdanz V
Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots.
Ju X, Chen C, Oral CM, Sevim S, Golestanian R, Sun M, Bouzari N, Lin X, Urso M, Nam JS, Cho Y, Peng X, Landers FC, Yang S, Adibi A, Taz N, Wittkowski R, Ahmed D, Wang W, Magdanz V, Medina-Sánchez M, Guix M, Bari N, Behkam B, Kapral R, Huang Y, Tang J, Wang B, Morozov K, Leshansky A, Abbasi SA, Choi H, Ghosh S, Borges Fernandes B, Battaglia G, Fischer P, Ghosh A, Jurado Sánchez B, Escarpa A, Martinet Q, Palacci J, Lauga E, Moran J, Ramos-Docampo MA, Städler B, Herrera Restrepo RS, Yossifon G, Nicholas JD, Ignés-Mullol J, Puigmartí-Luis J, Liu Y, Zarzar LD, Shields CW, Li L, Li S, Ma X, Gracias DH, Velev O, Sánchez S, Esplandiu MJ, Simmchen J, Lobosco A, Misra S, Wu Z, Li J, Kuhn A, Nourhani A, Maric T, Xiong Z, Aghakhani A, Mei Y, Tu Y, Peng F, Diller E, Sakar MS, Sen A, Law J, Sun Y, Pena-Francesch A, Villa K, Li H, Fan DE, Liang K, Huang TJ, Chen XZ, Tang S, Zhang X, Cui J, Wang H, Gao W, Kumar Bandari V, Schmidt OG, Wu X, Guan J, Sitti M, Nelson BJ, Pané S, Zhang L, Shahsavan H, He Q, Kim ID, Wang J, Pumera M
Sperm cell empowerment: X-ray-guided magnetic fields for enhanced actuation and localization of cytocompatible biohybrid microrobots.
Magdanz V, van der Mijle Meijer JK, Ligtenberg LW, Pervez Y, LaBrash-White M, Shabani Dargah M, Mulder I, Mohsenkani S, Gorbet M, Bouzari N, Shahsavan H, Weber L, Liefers RH, Warlé MC, Khalil ISM
Analysis of magnetic configuration and its effect on motion in magnetically actuated soft miniature robots within tubular confinement.
Khabbazian A, Khamesee MB, Magdanz V
Exploring sperm cell motion dynamics: Insights from genetic algorithm-based analysis.
Klingner A, Kovalenko A, Magdanz V, Khalil ISM
Ex vivo validation of magnetically actuated intravascular untethered robots in a clinical setting.
Ligtenberg LW, Rabou NCA, Goulas C, Duinmeijer WC, Halfwerk FR, Arens J, Lomme R, Magdanz V, Klingner A, Klein Rot EAM, Nijland CHE, Wasserberg D, Liefers HR, Jonkheijm P, Susarrey-Arce A, Warlé M, Khalil ISM
Adsorption of DNA and Aptamers to Sodium Urate Crystals and Inhibition of Crystal Growth.
Yang C, Liu Y, Wong KY, Li H, Magdanz V, Sun C, Liu J
Locomotion of bovine spermatozoa during the transition from individual cells to bundles.
Zhang K, Klingner A, Le Gars Y, Misra S, Magdanz V, Khalil ISM
Flagellar Propulsion of Sperm Cells Against a Time-Periodic Interaction Force.
Wang Z, Klingner A, Magdanz V, Hoppenreijs MW, Misra S, Khalil ISM
Multi-parametric analysis of cells to accelerate the discovery of biological targets and advance the development of novel strategies to modulate inflammation and immunity
Principal investigators: Gorbet, Maud
Keywords: flow cytometry; immune response; in vitro models; biocompatibility; inflammation; cell-biomaterial interactions; leukocytes; sperm cells; fish cells; primary and stem cells
Soft Microrobots for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SMART)
Principal investigators: Shahsavan, Hamed
Flexible wireless medical microrobots
Principal investigators: Magdanz, Veronika
Keywords: medical robotics; microrobotics; wireless; soft robots; magnetic actuation; cell transport; minimal invasive; tissue; regenerative therapy; 3d printing
Flexible wireless medical microrobots
Principal investigators: Magdanz, Veronika
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Hamed Shahsavan and Veronika Magdanz: 2 shared papers
- Yu Sun and Hamed Shahsavan: 1 shared paper
- Yu Sun and Veronika Magdanz: 1 shared paper
- Juewen Liu and Veronika Magdanz: 1 shared paper
- Monica Farcas and Veronika Magdanz: 1 shared paper
- Maud Gorbet and Hamed Shahsavan: 1 shared paper
- Maud Gorbet and Veronika Magdanz: 1 shared paper
- Systems Design Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Other
Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Hamed Shahsavan
Chemical Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Yu Sun
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Juewen Liu
Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Monica Farcas
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Maud Gorbet
Systems Design Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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