Alumni

Alumni
Nasser Sadr, PhD
Elisa Bonacina, PhD
Maria Antonietta Sabatino, PhD
Caterina Turrisi, PhD
Roberta Visone, MSc
Matteo Laganà, MSc
Margherita Pierro, MSc
Elena Vianello, MSc
 
Visiting Students:
Nathalie Mayer, visiting PhD student, University of Lion (Lyon, FR)
PhD Thesis “Translational research for cartilage repair: multifactorial approach combining human chondrocytes, differentiation factors, biomaterials and bioreactors for the reconstruction of hyaline cartilage”
 
Raymond J. Kemp, visiting Master student, University of Twente (Twente, NL)
Internship Project “Fabrication of multi-well chips for spheroid cultures and implantable constructs through rapid prototyping techniques.”
 
Craig Milner, visiting Master student, Guy Hilton Research Centre, (Keele, UK)
Internship Project “‘Local Array Magnetic Bioreactor”
 
Master Students:
Andrea Gnocchi, Master student, Università degli Studi di Milano
Master Thesis "Chondrogenic and osteogenic response of human primary chondrocytes and mesenchymal stem cells to a bovine colostrum derivative"
 
Marta Bottagisio, Master student, Università degli Studi di Milano
Master Thesis “Dynamic culture of ovine bone marrow stem cell-loaded constructs for bone tissue engineering”
 
Lara Marchetti and Stefania Marcotti, Master students, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Design and experimental validation of a microfluidic device for anti-tumoral drug screening”
 
Roberta Visone, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
“Development of a culture chamber for electro-stimulation and optical imaging of 3D constructs cultured under interstitial perfusion”
 
Paola Occhetta, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Gelatin methacrylate-based photopolymerizable hydrogels: synthesis, characterization and application in microscale tissue engineering”
 
Iolanda Scibelli, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Biofabrication of 3D vascularized constructs for bone tissue engineering and preliminary evaluation of vascular sprouting”
 
Martina Sciola, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis, “Development and experimental validation of a computational model to study the influence of geometric parameters of tissue engineering scaffolds in the process of dynamic cell seeding”
 
Andrea Marcotto, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Quality by Design approach applied to tissue engineering: optimization of dynamic seeding in the Oscillating Perfusion Bioreactor”
 
Marta Marchi, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Upgrade of a tissue engineering bioreactor through the implementation of a multifunctional actuating system”
 
Davide Meroni, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis, “Development of collagen carriers for cell culture and optimization of a dynamic cell seeding protocol in the Oscillating Perfusion Bioreactor”
 
Gabriele Hu, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Development of control and sensing systems of a bioreactor for cartilage tissue engineering”
 
Pierro Margherita, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Development and validation of a microfluidic system for cartilage tissue engineering”
 
Lilly Turner, Master student, Università degli Studi di Milano
Master Thesis “Characterization of novel cell sources for the treatment of chondral defects: mesenchymal stem cells from subcutaneous adipose tissue and infrapatellar fat pad”
 
Marta Tavola and Stefania Pedroli, Master students, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Validation of a novel orthopedic bioactive implants: hydrogel enrichment of macroporous titanium for the delivery of mesenchymal stem cells and strontium.”
 
Silvia Caddeo, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “In vitro evaluation of a novel polyurethane scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering”
 
Faith Elicona, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Optimization of in vitro culture of mesenchymal stem cells for cartilage tissue engineering”
 
Pietro Cecini, Master student, Politecnico di Milano
Master Thesis “Development of a high-throughput bioreactor for generation and mechanical stimulation of engineered cartilage”


NEWS / EVENTS

12/12/2016 Mara Gilardi awarded with a FIRC Foundation annual scholarship for Moores Cancer Center (San Diego, CA, USA)
We are proud to announce that CTE-Lab PhD student Mara Gilardi has been awarded with a scholarship from the FIRC Foundation to spend one year at the Moores Cancer Center (UC San Diego Health Science,
08/12/2016 Meet us at TERMIS-AM 11, 14 December 2016 San Diego, CA, USA
American Chapter Meeting of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society 2016
13/05/2016 Meet us at TERMIS-EU 2016, 28 June - 1 July, 2016 Uppsala, Sweden
European Chapter Meeting of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society 2016
10/11/2015 Best Poster Award at Biofabrication 2015
We are proud to announce that the CTE-Lab, in collaboration with Yokohama National University, is the winner of the Best Poster Award of the Biofabrication Congress 2015 for the work “The surface desi
04/11/2015 Congratulations Simone Bersini!
We are proud to announce that CTE-Lab Post-Doc Simone Bersini has been awarded with the GNB Alberto Mazzoldi Doctoral Prize for the PhD Thesis entitled “Engineered Micro and Macroscale Human 3D Vascul

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