Invited Guest 2020

Medically Inspired Learning-based Automated Glucose Control Systems for People with Diabetes

Marzia  Cescon
David C. Zimmerman Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering
University of Houston,
Cullen College of Engineering,
Houston, TX

Peptide-based EphA2-receptor agonists as targeted drug delivery carriers: perspectives and challenges for therapeutic purposes

Riccardo Pracella, PhD
from Dr. Elena Binda lab
Laboratory Head
ISBReMIT- Institute for Stem-Cell Biology, Regenerative Medicine and Innovative Therapies
San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

PV windows for a sustainable future

Sergio Brovelli, PhD
Associate Professorship in Experimental Physics
Department of Materials Science of the University of Milano Bicocca, Italy

TFEB regulates murine liver cell fate during development and regeneration

Nunzia Pastore, PhD
Project Leader, pre-clinical studies
Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Italy

Mechanomimetic and Extracellular Matrix Modified Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering

Danielle Wu, PhD
Faculty member
Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences at UTHealth Science Center at Houston

How do nanoparticles enter solid tumours?

Shrey Sindhwani, PhD
University of Toronto
in the lab of Dr. Warren Chan

Lysosomal lipolysis coordinates Caenorhabditis elegans longevity

Marzia Savini
Graduate Student
Dr. Meng Wang’s Lab
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine

Engineering of Living Materials

Sara Molinari, PhD
Post-doc Research Associate
Caroline Ajo-Franklin Lab
Rice University

Regulatory T Cell Immunotherapy in Solid Organ Transplantation

Laura Contreras-Ruiz, PhD
Staff Scientist
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

New Directions in Personalized Nanomedicine: Perspectives from Molecular Imaging

Shreya Goel, PhD
Research Investigator
Department of Cancer Systems Imaging
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Naturally-derived materials: towards sustainable alternatives for biomedical applications and industrial packaging

Giulia Suarato, PhD
Postdoc
Smart Materials Groups
Translational Pharmacology Facility
Italian Institute of Technology
Genova (Italy)

Nanovaccine delivery to human CD169+ antigen-presenting cells in healthy and cancer patients

Alsya Affandi, PhD

Post-doctoral researcher
Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology & Immunology
Amsterdam UMC, VU University
The Netherlands

Biofabrication of human articular cartilage: a path towards the development of a clinical treatment

Serena Duchi, BSc PhD

Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne @ St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Biofab3D – ACMD @ St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity (ISOF), Bologna, Italy