Saba Ghassemi

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Saba Ghassemi is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Saba Ghassemi has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Oncology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Saba Ghassemi's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (23 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (12 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers). Saba Ghassemi is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (23 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (12 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers). Saba Ghassemi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Singapore. Saba Ghassemi's co-authors include Michael C. Milone, Roddy S. O’Connor, Carl H. June, Omkar U. Kawalekar, James Hone, Michael P. Sheetz, Giovanni Meacci, Shuaimin Liu, Pere Roca‐Cusachs and Selene Nuñez-Cruz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Saba Ghassemi

39 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

CAR T cell immunotherapy for human cancer

2018 2.1k citations Carl H. June, Roddy S. O’Connor et al. profile →
Rapid manufacturing of non-activated potent CAR T cells

2022 184 citations Saba Ghassemi, Joseph S. Durgin et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Saba Ghassemi United States	17	2.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	615	42	3.9k
Roddy S. O’Connor United States	25	3.7k 1.6×	2.4k 1.9×	2.1k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	344 0.6×	54	5.8k
Naoto Hirano Canada	31	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.6×	1.7k 1.3×	293 0.3×	401 0.7×	87	4.4k
Quanming Shi United States	21	808 0.4×	610 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	533 0.5×	1.1k 1.7×	28	3.1k
Joel A. Spencer United States	23	1.9k 0.8×	720 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	491 0.8×	42	5.4k
Karen S. Aboody United States	46	2.0k 0.9×	559 0.4×	3.5k 2.7×	1.3k 1.2×	178 0.3×	103	6.8k
Meenal Datta United States	17	765 0.3×	663 0.5×	569 0.4×	956 0.9×	320 0.5×	42	2.6k
Emmanuel Donnadieu France	36	2.1k 0.9×	2.7k 2.1×	1.1k 0.9×	487 0.5×	278 0.5×	87	4.6k
Cheng Dong United States	31	692 0.3×	622 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	923 0.9×	707 1.1×	101	3.1k
Avery D. Posey United States	26	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	173 0.3×	48	3.9k
Heikyung Suh United States	31	1.1k 0.5×	3.0k 2.3×	3.3k 2.6×	859 0.8×	187 0.3×	55	6.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ghassemi, Saba, et al.. (2025). Innovative insights into micropile seismic response: Shaking table tests reveal critical dependencies and liquefaction mitigation. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 84(4). 1 indexed citations

Ma, Chao, Jie Tong, Shadab Kazmi, et al.. (2025). Bioengineered immunocompetent preclinical trial-on-chip tool enables screening of CAR T cell therapy for leukaemia. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 9(12). 2098–2114. 4 indexed citations

Kelly, Alison, Emily Megill, Zhongwei Gan, et al.. (2024). HYBRID CAR T CELLS WITH ENGINEERED FUEL FLEXIBILITY. Cytotherapy. 26(6). S186–S187.

Hajialilue‐Bonab, Masoud, et al.. (2023). Experimental Study on Seismic Response of Underground Tunnel–Soil–Piled Structure Interaction Using Shaking Table in Loose Sand. Buildings. 13(10). 2482–2482. 5 indexed citations

Durgin, Joseph S., Xiaoling Jin, Alexander A. Shestov, et al.. (2023). 442-B IL-18-enhanced non-activated CAR T-cells for improved metabolic function and therapeutic efficacy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A1786–A1786. 1 indexed citations

Hosseini, Zahra, et al.. (2022). Metabolic and epigenetic orchestration of (CAR) T cell fate and function. Cancer Letters. 550. 215948–215948. 13 indexed citations

Ma, Chao, et al.. (2022). Computational model of CAR T-cell immunotherapy dissects and predicts leukemia patient responses at remission, resistance, and relapse. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 10(12). e005360–e005360. 21 indexed citations

Durgin, Joseph S., Radhika Thokala, Lexus R. Johnson, et al.. (2021). Enhancing CAR T function with the engineered secretion of C. perfringens neuraminidase. Molecular Therapy. 30(3). 1201–1214. 21 indexed citations

Ghassemi, Saba, Francisco J. Martinez-Becerra, Аlyssa M. Master, et al.. (2020). Enhancing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Anti-tumor Function through Advanced Media Design. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 18. 595–606. 52 indexed citations

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Ghassemi, Saba, Roddy S. O’Connor, Selene Nuñez-Cruz, et al.. (2019). Simple, 1-Day Manufacturing of Quiescent Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy. Blood. 134(Supplement_1). 4436–4436. 1 indexed citations

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Ghassemi, Saba & Michael C. Milone. (2019). Manufacturing Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Ghassemi, Saba, Selene Nuñez-Cruz, Roddy S. O’Connor, et al.. (2018). Reducing Ex Vivo Culture Improves the Antileukemic Activity of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 6(9). 1100–1109. 212 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Roddy S., Lili Guo, Saba Ghassemi, et al.. (2018). The CPT1a inhibitor, etomoxir induces severe oxidative stress at commonly used concentrations. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 6289–6289. 126 indexed citations

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Meacci, Giovanni, Haguy Wolfenson, Shuaimin Liu, et al.. (2016). α-Actinin links extracellular matrix rigidity-sensing contractile units with periodic cell-edge retractions. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(22). 3471–3479. 57 indexed citations

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Wolfenson, Haguy, Giovanni Meacci, Shuaimin Liu, et al.. (2015). Tropomyosin controls sarcomere-like contractions for rigidity sensing and suppressing growth on soft matrices. Nature Cell Biology. 18(1). 33–42. 145 indexed citations

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Rangamani, Padmini, Azi Lipshtat, Evren U. Azeloglu, et al.. (2013). Decoding Information in Cell Shape. Cell. 154(6). 1356–1369. 127 indexed citations

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Meacci, Giovanni, Matthew R. Stachowiak, Shuaimin Liu, et al.. (2013). Sarcomere-Like Units Contract Cell Edges. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 477a–478a. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Gwan‐Hyoung, et al.. (2011). Adjacent assembly of self-assembled monolayers for the construction of selective bio-platforms. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 159(1). 75–81. 3 indexed citations

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Rossier, Olivier, Nils C. Gauthier, Nicolas Biais, et al.. (2010). Force generated by actomyosin contraction builds bridges between adhesive contacts. The EMBO Journal. 29(6). 1055–1068. 96 indexed citations

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Shi, Peng, K. Robert Shen, Saba Ghassemi, James Hone, & Lance C. Kam. (2009). Dynamic Force Generation by Neural Stem Cells. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 2(4). 464–474. 16 indexed citations

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