SEM² published
SEM² is published in APL Bioengineering, introducing coarse-grained homogeneous particle dynamics as an accessible route for bringing mechanics into cell and tissue models.
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2023 at SPL
18 stories documenting our research, people, events, and milestones.
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Gianni Ciofani presents in the Through the Looking Glass seminar series
Gianni Ciofani presented in SPL's Through the Looking Glass seminar series, exploring how active nanomaterials can be used for cancer therapy and the remote manipulation of cellular functions.
Kay Oliver Schink presents in the Through the Looking Glass seminar series
Kay Oliver Schink presented in SPL's Through the Looking Glass seminar series, showing how phosphoinositide switches control the earliest stages of macropinocytosis.
isogeometric heart-biophysics review
Our featured review in Biophysical Reviews surveys progress toward isogeometric models that connect cardiac anatomy, mechanics, and electrophysiology.
Manuela Raimondi presents in the Through the Looking Glass seminar series
Manuela Raimondi presented in SPL's Through the Looking Glass seminar series, sharing frontier platforms for experimental cell modelling and more human-relevant biomedical research.
μSplit at ICCV
μSplit appears in the ICCV 2023 proceedings, introducing image decomposition for fluorescence microscopy and a new route to separating signals computationally.
Seeing Is Believing
Francesco presented SPL's work at Seeing Is Believing, joining an international microscopy community focused on making dynamic biology visible.
Daniela Canevari begins supporting SPL projects
Welcome to Daniela Canevari, who joins SPL's project-support team and strengthens the connection between the lab and University administration.
Julius Zimmermann joins SPL
Welcome to Julius Zimmermann, who joins SPL from the University of Rostock to develop bioimage-analysis and computational tools for live-cell experiments.
NanoInnovation
Francesco presented SPL's work at NanoInnovation 2023 and helped convene a session connecting nanotechnology, biomaterials, and human tissue models.
ESB-ITA
Francesco presented SPL's work at the ESB-ITA meeting, sharing engineered biomaterials and tissue-model research with Italy's biomaterials community.
Transducers 2023
Alessandro Enrico presented SPL's work at Transducers 2023, connecting engineered physiological systems with the international sensors and microsystems community.
mixed isogeometric collocation paper
Our mixed isogeometric collocation method is published, enabling efficient finite-deformation electromechanical simulations for cardiac muscle.
Saranya Vasudevan joins SPL
Welcome to Saranya Vasudevan, who joins SPL as a postdoctoral research fellow to model how cells interact with engineered matrices and culture platforms.
Alessandro Bertero presents in the Through the Looking Glass seminar series
Alessandro Bertero presented in SPL's Through the Looking Glass seminar series, exploring the functional dynamics of chromatin topology in the human heart.
Alessandro Enrico joins SPL
Welcome to Alessandro Enrico, who joins SPL from KTH Royal Institute of Technology to work across materials science, laser fabrication, and high-throughput tissue-engineering research.
immersed isogeometric analysis paper
Our hybrid immersed isogeometric method is published, combining collocation and finite-cell ideas for efficient analysis on complex geometries.
RESET grant
SPL has received PRIN support for RESET, a project investigating whether modulating senescent macrophages can help resolve persistent infection.