Teodor Veres, McGill University

Research

Affinity-Based Purification Antibody Breast Cancer Cell Size Circulating Tumor Cell Filtration Hot Embossing Microfabrication

Latest papers

Material-centric design of organ-on-a-chip systems: Towards industrial translation and mass manufacturing.
Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2026 · senior author
Gravity-based microfiltration reveals unexpected prevalence of circulating tumor cell clusters in ovarian and colorectal cancer.
Communications medicine · 2025
SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis in an angiotensin II–induced heart-on-a-chip disease model and extracellular vesicle screening
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Microfiltration of Circulating and Disseminated Tumor Cells in Ovarian Cancer: From Monitoring Therapeutic Response Towards Predicting Disease Outcome
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$382,500
Multidimensional separation isolation and characterization of circulating tumour cells
NSERC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$209,126
Multidimensional separation isolation and characterization of circulating tumour cells
CIHR · 2012 · Principal investigator
$343,124

All 3 grants and awards

17 publications.

01

Material-centric design of organ-on-a-chip systems: Towards industrial translation and mass manufacturing.

Hernández-Castro JA, Lussier F, Malic L, Geissler M, Kim TH, Moon BU, Li K, Zhao Y, Clime L, Brassard D, Morton K, Veres T

Advanced drug delivery reviews2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2026.115945 PMID: 42580482

02

Gravity-based microfiltration reveals unexpected prevalence of circulating tumor cell clusters in ovarian and colorectal cancer.

Meunier A, Hernández-Castro JA, Chahley N, Communal L, Kheireddine S, Koushki N, Davoudvandi N, Al Habyan S, Péant B, Lazaris A, Ng A, Veres T, McCaffrey L, Provencher D, Metrakos P, Mes-Masson AM, Juncker D

Communications medicine2025

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00702-9 PMID: 39900650

03

SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis in an angiotensin II–induced heart-on-a-chip disease model and extracellular vesicle screening

Wu Q, Rafatian N, Wagner KT, Blamer J, Smith J, Okhovatian S, Aggarwal P, Wang EY, Banerjee A, Zhao Y

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America202413 citations

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403581121

04

Extraction of nucleic acids from blood: unveiling the potential of active pneumatic pumping in centrifugal microfluidics for integration and automation of sample preparation processes.

Brassard D, Geissler M, Descarreaux M, Tremblay D, Daoud J, Clime L, Mounier M, Charlebois D, Veres T

Lab on a chip2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1039/c9lc00276f PMID: 30997461

05

Rapid and specific SPRi detection of L. pneumophila in complex environmental water samples.

Foudeh AM, Trigui H, Mendis N, Faucher SP, Veres T, Tabrizian M

Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry2015

DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-8726-y PMID: 25935681

06

Rapid and multiplex detection of Legionella's RNA using digital microfluidics.

Foudeh AM, Brassard D, Tabrizian M, Veres T

Lab on a chip2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1039/c4lc01468e PMID: 25659351

07

Sub-femtomole detection of 16s rRNA from Legionella pneumophila using surface plasmon resonance imaging.

Foudeh AM, Daoud JT, Faucher SP, Veres T, Tabrizian M

Biosensors & bioelectronics2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.08.032 PMID: 24035857

08

Separation of rare oligodendrocyte progenitor cells from brain using a high-throughput multilayer thermoplastic-based microfluidic device

Didar TF, Li K, Veres T, Tabrizian M

Biomaterials201329 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.04.014

09

High throughput multilayer microfluidic particle separation platform using embedded thermoplastic-based micropumping

Didar TF, Li K, Tabrizian M, Veres T

Lab on a Chip201328 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1039/c3lc50181g

10

Microfluidic designs and techniques using lab-on-a-chip devices for pathogen detection for point-of-care diagnostics

Foudeh AM, Didar TF, Veres T, Tabrizian M

Lab on a Chip2012446 citations

DOI: 10.1039/c2lc40630f

Microfiltration of Circulating and Disseminated Tumor Cells in Ovarian Cancer: From Monitoring Therapeutic Response Towards Predicting Disease Outcome

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Juncker, David

Keywords: Biomedical Device; Cancer Dissemination; Circulating Tumor Cell (Ctc); Ctc Cluster; Ctc Enrichment; Epithelial Ovarian Cancer; Gravity-Driven Filtration; Metastasis; Microfilters; Prognosis

$382,500

Multidimensional separation isolation and characterization of circulating tumour cells

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Juncker, David

$209,126

Multidimensional separation isolation and characterization of circulating tumour cells

Principal investigatorCIHR2012Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Juncker, David; Mihalcioiu, Catalin; Omeroglu, ATILLA; Veres, Teodor

Keywords: Affinity-Based Purification; Antibody; Breast Cancer; Cell Size; Circulating Tumor Cell; Filtration; Hot Embossing; Microfabrication

$343,124

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

Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Critical Care Medicine
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
Medicine
McGill Cancer Centre
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
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.

Teodor Veres

Faculty

17 shared papers, latest 2026

Maryam Tabrizian

Biomedical Engineering

13 shared papers, latest 2015

Tohid Didar

Mechanical Engineering

3 shared papers, latest 2013

Teodor Veres

Critical Care Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Luke McCaffrey

McGill Cancer Centre

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Arinjay Banerjee

Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Peter Metrakos

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Yufeng Zhao

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Karen Mossman

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Milica Radisic

Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2024

David Juncker

Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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