Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering

Tissue Engineering aims to assemble functional constructs through the combination of cells, biomaterials, and biofactors to restore damaged tissues or organs. Our lab focuses on the characterization of primary human cells, including bone marrow- and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells, chondrocytes, and osteoblasts, to define suitable cell sources for specific tissue engineering applications. We also design and develop bioreactors for dynamic culture and mechanical stimulation of 3D constructs for bone, cartilage, and tendon tissue engineering. Furthermore, we exploit rapid prototyping techniques to fabricate microfluidic devices, high-throughput cell culture platforms, and scaffolds with a controlled architecture to investigate the processes of cell proliferation and differentiation in 2D and 3D envronments.


NEWS / EVENTS

15/12/2010 Silvia Lopa starts her PhD!!!
We are happy to announce that Silvia Lopa will soon start her PhD in Biotechnology Applied to Medical Science (University of Milan) as part of our research group!
03/11/2010 Meet us at TeRM in Lattrop (18-19 Nov)!
01/09/2010 Meet us at TERMIS-AP in Sidney (15-17 Sep)!
01/06/2010 Meet us at TERMIS-EU 2010 in Galway (13-17 Jun)!
18/05/2010 Dr. Matteo Moretti wins the NASA Tech Brief Award
We are happy to announce that CTE-Lab PI Matteo Moretti, PhD, has been awarded with the NASA Tech Brief Award for the development of scientific and technical innovations

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