Christopher Moraes, McGill University

Research

mechanobiology Microenvironment microfabrication organoid biomanufacturing hydrogels organ-on-a-chip tissue engineering

Latest papers

Stress-Adaptive Biomaterials With Tunable Yielding Architectures Regulate Organoid Morphogenesis.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026 · senior author
Microscale strategies in engineering the pancreas: Toward clinical translation.
Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2026 · senior author
Electrodeposition-Optimized PEDOT Interfaces on Printed Circuit Boards for Stable, Low-Impedance Organoid Electrophysiology.
ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026

All 64 publications

Latest funding

Modular mycelium composting toilet
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$249,428
Biomimetic dynamic mechanobiology: developing control strategies for self-organizing microengineered tissues
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$165,000
Additive Manufacturing of and for Organ-on-a-Chip models and analysis of their Extravesicular Secretions
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$147,482

All 17 grants and awards

64 publications.

01

Stress-Adaptive Biomaterials With Tunable Yielding Architectures Regulate Organoid Morphogenesis.

Reeves JPW, Rostami S, Rammal M, Bocan A, Lépine P, Harrington MJ, Durcan TM, Moraes C

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/smll.74538 PMID: 42434933

02

Microscale strategies in engineering the pancreas: Toward clinical translation.

Billaud M, Campbell BE, Zhu X, Ling SD, Movasat H, Li C, Prezelj D, Vdovenko D, Shakiba N, Hoesli CA, Moraes C

Advanced drug delivery reviews2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2026.115919 PMID: 42303158

03

Electrodeposition-Optimized PEDOT Interfaces on Printed Circuit Boards for Stable, Low-Impedance Organoid Electrophysiology.

Ebrahimi S, Rostami S, Petrossian G, Quenneville E, Dorval-Courchesne NM, Moraes C, Cicoira F

ACS applied materials & interfaces2026

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6c03097 PMID: 42113887

04

Pure Chitosan Microfluidic Spinning Affords Modular Core-Sheath Fibers and Hand-Crafted Scaffolds with Enhanced Fibroblast Compatibility.

Kaur I, Forigua A, Titi HM, Morocz Y, Juncker D, Moraes C, Moores A

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202510372 PMID: 41738980

05

Heart-On-a-Chip with Integrated Ultrasoft Mechanosensors for Continuous Measurement of Cell- and Tissue-Scale Contractile Stresses.

Mousavi A, Boghdady CM, Cui S, Rostami S, Shakeri A, Rafatian N, Aurousseau M, Andelfinger G, Radisic M, Moraes C, Savoji H

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202504493 PMID: 41474071

06

Biophysical Considerations in Cell Fusion.

Abdolkhani MA, Forigua A, Moraes C

Advances in experimental medicine and biology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-22637-2_5 PMID: 42168740

07

Internal Delivery and Transport within Cellular Aggregates via Perfusable Glass-Sheathed Hydrogel Microtubes.

Li C, Kalashnikov N, Moraes C

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c02197 PMID: 40905930

08

Micropocket-Based Differentiation System to Streamline and Scale Stem Cell-Derived Pancreatic Islet Production.

O'Brien S, Li C, Trana R, Hoesli C, Moraes C

ACS biomaterials science & engineering2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5c00372 PMID: 40700651

09

Invasive phenotypes of triple-negative breast cancer-associated fibroblasts are mechanosensitive, AhR-dependent and correlate with disease state.

Brewer G, Savage P, Fortier AM, Zhao H, Pacis A, Wang YC, Zuo D, de Nobrega M, Pedersen A, Cassel de Camps C, Souleimanova M, Ramos VM, Ragoussis J, Park M, Moraes C

Acta biomaterialia2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2025.04.061 PMID: 40318744

10

Integrating Miniaturized Turbines into Microfluidic Droplet Generating Systems for Scalable Microgel Production.

Campbell BE, Zhang K, Shi A, Rostami S, Pioche-Lee D, Li C, Leblond A, Forigua A, Boghdady CM, Moraes C, Lesher-Pérez SC

ACS applied bio materials2025

DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.4c01950 PMID: 40259819

Modular mycelium composting toilet

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Dahmen, Joseph

$249,428

Biomimetic dynamic mechanobiology: developing control strategies for self-organizing microengineered tissues

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Moraes, Christopher

Keywords: mechanobiology; microfabrication; microenvironment; tissue engineering; organ-on-a-chip

$165,000

Additive Manufacturing of and for Organ-on-a-Chip models and analysis of their Extravesicular Secretions

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Juncker, David

$147,482

Advanced Cellular Microenvironments

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Moraes, Christopher

Keywords: Microenvironment; organoid; biomanufacturing; ; mechanobiology; microfabrication; hydrogels

$400,000

Targeting neutrophil-exosome regulated changes in tissue stiffness as a promoter of breast cancer liver metastasis

Nominated PICIHR2020CIHR - ICR / Cancer Research Society Partnership - Research Grants

Principal investigators: Moraes, Christopher

Keywords: Extracellular Matrix; Extracellular Vesicles; Mechanobiology; Neutrophil Extracellular Traps; Neutrophils; Stiffness

$60,000

Fiber laser for high-rate ultrafast micromachining

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Kietzig, AnneMarie

$150,000

Advanced Cellular Microenvironments

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Moraes, Christopher

$25,000

Imaging system for live 3D tissue engineered constructs

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Hoesli, Corinne

$150,000

Bioengineering Facility for UV Structured Substrate Patterning

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Ehrlicher, Allen

$150,000

Reconceptualizing cancer metastasis as a balance of intra-tumoural mechanical forces

Nominated PICIHR2018Operating Grant: CCS Innovation Grants

Principal investigators: Moraes, Christopher

Keywords: Reconceptualizing Cancer Metastasis

$62,000

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

Chemical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
McGill Cancer Centre
Oncology
Medicine
Centre INRS- Institut Armand-Frappier
Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nanosystèmes
Other

Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Luke McCaffrey

McGill Cancer Centre

5 shared papers, latest 2023

Michael CANVA

Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nanosystèmes

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Cathy Vaillancourt

Centre INRS- Institut Armand-Frappier

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Jianyu Li

Mechanical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Audrey Moores

Department of Chemistry

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Nika Shakiba

School of Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Noemie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne

Chemical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Fabio Cicoira

Génie chimique

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Jean-François Bryche

Laboratoire Nanotechnologies et Nanosystèmes

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Maryam Tabrizian

Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Anne-Claude Gingras

Department of Molecular Genetics

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Yu Sun

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Corinne Hoesli

Chemical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Allen Ehrlicher

Bioengineering

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Milica Radisic

Institute of Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2026

David Juncker

Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: mechanobiology Dear Professor Moraes, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Stress-Adaptive Biomaterials With Tunable Yielding Architectures Regulate Organoid Morphogenesis." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Biomimetic dynamic mechanobiology: developing control strategies for self-organizing microengineered tissues" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Christopher Moraes

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Stress-Adaptive Biomaterials With Tunable Yielding Architectures Regulate Organoid Morphogenesis.

Microscale strategies in engineering the pancreas: Toward clinical translation.

Electrodeposition-Optimized PEDOT Interfaces on Printed Circuit Boards for Stable, Low-Impedance Organoid Electrophysiology.

Pure Chitosan Microfluidic Spinning Affords Modular Core-Sheath Fibers and Hand-Crafted Scaffolds with Enhanced Fibroblast Compatibility.

Heart-On-a-Chip with Integrated Ultrasoft Mechanosensors for Continuous Measurement of Cell- and Tissue-Scale Contractile Stresses.

Biophysical Considerations in Cell Fusion.

Internal Delivery and Transport within Cellular Aggregates via Perfusable Glass-Sheathed Hydrogel Microtubes.

Micropocket-Based Differentiation System to Streamline and Scale Stem Cell-Derived Pancreatic Islet Production.

Invasive phenotypes of triple-negative breast cancer-associated fibroblasts are mechanosensitive, AhR-dependent and correlate with disease state.

Integrating Miniaturized Turbines into Microfluidic Droplet Generating Systems for Scalable Microgel Production.

Modular mycelium composting toilet

Biomimetic dynamic mechanobiology: developing control strategies for self-organizing microengineered tissues

Additive Manufacturing of and for Organ-on-a-Chip models and analysis of their Extravesicular Secretions

Advanced Cellular Microenvironments

Targeting neutrophil-exosome regulated changes in tissue stiffness as a promoter of breast cancer liver metastasis

Fiber laser for high-rate ultrafast micromachining

Advanced Cellular Microenvironments

Imaging system for live 3D tissue engineered constructs

Bioengineering Facility for UV Structured Substrate Patterning

Reconceptualizing cancer metastasis as a balance of intra-tumoural mechanical forces

Frequent collaborators

Nathalie Tufenkji

Luke McCaffrey

Morag Park

Dao Nguyen

Michael CANVA

Cathy Vaillancourt

Jianyu Li

Audrey Moores

Elena Kuzmin

Nika Shakiba

Noemie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne

Jonathan Spicer

Fabio Cicoira

Jean-François Bryche

Joseph Dahmen

Maryam Tabrizian

Anne-Claude Gingras

Yu Sun

Corinne Hoesli

Allen Ehrlicher

Milica Radisic

David Juncker