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Massimo Vassalli @MassiVassi

Interested in understanding the physical processes of life; studying how cells interpret their mechanical environment; developing nanoengineering tools

Joined June 2018
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Have you recently graduated, or you are about to be, and would like to challenge yourself with an interdisciplinary PhD at the frontier between evolution and mechanobiology ? Have a look at this opportunity, and get in touch for any questions! gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/grad…
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University of Glasgow
@UofGlasgow
26 Aug 2024
Great to see the PRISM-LT project, led by @MassiVassi of @UofGEngineering, showcased in @HorizonMagEU! The multinational PRISM-LT team are working across Europe to develop cost-effective 3D printing of a variety of living tissues. Read more ⬇️ projects.research-and-innova…

3D-printed living cells pave way for tomorrow's medicine and cruelty-free animal products

3D printing has come a long way since its early days in the 1980s and is considered an essential tool in many manufacturing processes. Now, however, researchers like Italian bioengineer Dr Riccardo...

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Horizon Magazine@HorizonMagEU
27 Aug 2024
EU-funded researchers are expanding the possibilities of 3D printing to include human organs and a variety of animal-derived products, including food. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4dYm0ot #ResearchImpactEU
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Horizon Magazine@HorizonMagEU
23 Aug 2024
Printing life: 3D-printed living cells pave way for tomorrow's medicine. Read the full story ➡️ bit.ly/4dYm0ot #ResearchImpactEU

Read the full story!

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Mariana Azevedo G Oliva@MarianaAG0
26 Jun 2024
Happy to share the preprint of my PhD work, addressing how Piezo1 is involved in sensing ECM viscoelasticity: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @GiusCiccone @SirioDupont @OanaDobre8405 @MassiVassi @ManuelMime

Piezo1 is a mechanosensor of soft matrix viscoelasticity

Mechanosensitive ion channels have emerged as fundamental proteins in sensing extracellular matrix (ECM) mechanics. Among those, Piezo1 has been proposed as a key mechanosensor in cells. However,...

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Miguel Pineda@Mapineda_glyco
12 Jun 2024
Do you know how mechanical forces lead cell responses and inflammation? We don't, but we would love to understand this! Fully funded #PhD, @theglasgowcemi, to merge stromal #immunology #mechanobiology and #glycomics. Details here:✍️rb.gy/3scyvy Deadline: 17th June!⏰
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Interested in working with us? We welcome applications from high-quality candidates for our early and mid-career (lecturer/senior lecturer/reader) and senior level (professorial) vacancies spanning our five research divisions and cross-cutting themes: gla.ac.uk/schools/engineerin…
Two colleagues talking in the Advanced Research Centre.

ALT Two colleagues talking in the Advanced Research Centre.

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Nature Methods@naturemethods
28 May 2024
Force-controlled nanopipettes allow precise control of mechanical stimuli to single cells, applied here to investigate the activation of Piezo1 mechanosensitive ion channels. @MassiVassi nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
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Finally out on the press our method to probe cellular mechanosensitivity by either applying a controlled pressure or indentation. This allows decoupling mechanosensing contributions from the plasma membrane and the underlying cortex doi.org/10.1038/s41592-024-0…

Dissecting cell membrane tension dynamics and its effect on Piezo1-mediated cellular mechanosensi...

Nature Methods - FluidFM-based force-controlled nanopipettes enable control of mechanical stimuli for the investigation of Piezo1-induced mechanosensation in cell membranes.

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Kudos should go to the friends and collaborators at @eth lbb.ethz.ch/ and @USI_university search.usi.ch/en/people/6938…
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We used FluidFM and lifetime fluorescence microscopy (Flipper-TR) to investigate the coupling of force application and tension propagation. Thanks @CapitanioLab for helping with the Optical Tweezers, @BorisMartinac for endless discussions, and everyone else for their contribution
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Carsten Schulte@CarstenSchulte4
30 Apr 2024
***PhD Opportunity*** "(Inter)Facing mechanotransduction-related aspects of brain tumour cell metastasis and therapeutic resistance" If 1) these key words raise your curiosity, 2) you could imagine to live in Glasgow🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and 3) work at the @StrathBiomedEng , please contact me😊!
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The discussion on Open Access and Article Processing Charges is rising to the attention of the funders council.science/current/blog…
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We are hiring for a 2y post-doc within the @theglasgowcemi to work on on "Brillouin Microscopy of in-vitro bone marrow models to support early diagnosis of leukaemia". Get in touch if you are interested! linkedin.com/posts/massimova…
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Sylvain GABRIELE@GabrieleSylvain
7 Mar 2024
🚨Checkout our new preprint on the interplay between matrix viscoelasticity and spatial confinement on the mechanobiology of mammary epithelial cells by @GiusCiccone, in collaboration with @ManuelMime and @MassiVassi 👇🏼 biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor…

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Oana Dobre@OanaDobre8405
6 Mar 2024
Great scientific time at @Nano4Mech 2024 conference in Camolgi, Italy 🧫🔬
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tinyurl.com/qmecbio Open PhD position at the Quantum Optospintronics Group. A fascinating opportunity to perform a truly interdisciplinary project, exploring novel ideas at the frontier between quantum physics and life science. Get in touch for any questions. Deadline 31/01
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N4M@Nano4Mech
1 Jan 2024
Checking that #Camogli and #CinqueTerre are ready for #N4M in March this year. Looking forward to see all #mechanobiology enthusiasts here at the beginning of March: n4m.mechanobiology.eu/2024
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N4M@Nano4Mech
2 Nov 2023
The website for the 7th edition of Nanoengineering for Mechanobiology is now live. A rich list of invited speakers and activities for #mechanobiology enthusiasts. Go to n4m.mechanobiology.eu/2024
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Excited to share that N4M 2024 is now live. Head to the website, look at the list of speakers and submit an abstract to contribute. Looking forward to see you in Camogli for Nanoengineering for Mechanobiology. linkedin.com/events/nanoengi…

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