Ajay Tijore

Assistant Professor

Phone : +91-80-2293-3752 (O)
E-mail: ajaytijore@iisc.ac.in
Website: http://tijorelab.com

Research Interests:
Cancer and stem cell mechanobiology

Educational History

Post-doctoral Research Fellow : (2017-2021), Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore
PhD (2016): NTU Singapore (Biomaterials and Bioengineering)
Masters (2011): IIT Bombay, India (Biomedical Engineering)

Courses offered

BE 206: Biology for engineers

BE 222: Stem Cell Technology

Bioengineering Practicum

Awards / Honours / Affiliations

RSC Young Researcher Award, Nov 2023

R.I. Mazumdar Young Investigator Award, July 2023 – June 2025

Outstanding Abstract Award, Asian-Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, Japan, 2021 

Publications

  • Saigaonkar S, Joshi A, Akshay Kumar, Choudhury AR, Pratap R, Tijore A*, Ultrasound-generated nanoscale mechanical stimulation to regulate stem cell differentiation, ACS Nanoscience Au, 2025.
  • Gomathi S, Choudhury AR, Luha R, Kumar A., Kulkarni K, Yao M, Pratap R, Kapali A, Tijore A*, Selective killing of cancer-associated fibroblasts by ultrasound-mediated mechanical forces, Biomaterials, 2025, 328, 123844.
  • Kumari A, Kumar A, Xu G, Roy K, Pratap R, Holle A, Tijore A*, Confinement suppresses mechanical force-mediated cancer cell apoptosis, Small, 2025, 21, 2504261
  • Veena SM, Chen D, Akshay Kumar, Pratap R, Young JL, Tijore, A*, Nanoscale ligand spacing regulates mechanical force-induced cancer cell killing, Nano Letters, 2025, 25, 2418–2425.
  • Kumari A, Veena SM, Luha R, Tijore A*, Mechanobiological strategies to augment cancer treatment, ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 42072-42085
  • Tijore, A.; Margadant, F.; Dwivedi, N.; Morgan, L.; Yao, M.; Hariharan, A.; Chew, C. A. Z.; Powell, S.; Bonney, G. K.; Sheetz M*, Ultrasound-mediated mechanical forces activate selective tumor cell apoptosis, Bioengineering & Translational Medicine 2024, 10, e10737