PhD students

Eva Barcelona-Estaje

Research title:

Engineering surface mobility to control stem cell differentiation.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Sara Bartlome

Research title:

Investigating the potential for MSC-derived extracellular vesicles to induce breast cancer cell dormancy within the bone marrow.

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Catherine Berry

Caroline Busch

Research title:

Investigating Leukaemic Stem Cell – Opportune Remodelling of the Bone Marrow Microenvironment.

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Catherine Berry

Giuseppe Ciccone

Research title:

Photoelastic Gel Microscopy.

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Massimo Vassalli

Simon Clark

Research title:

Characterising the immune response to nanokicked mesenchymal stem cells.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Seb Doherty-Boyd

Research title:

Synthetic niches for haematopoietic stem cell maintenance and genetic manipulation.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Matt Dalby

Ana San Felix

Research title:

Effect of forces and deformation of the substrate on MSCs metabolism and differentiation.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Martino Guiotto

Research title:

Regenerative medicine of peripheral nerve repair.

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Mathis Riehle

Nuttaporn Jarangdej

Research title:

Mechanobiology of stretch.

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Mathis Riehle

Olivia Johnson-Love

Research title:

Optimisation and scale-up of nanovibrational stimulation to control the differentiation of adult stem cells

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Peter Childs

Anna Maria Kapetanaki

Research title:

Label-free physical biomarkers for next generation cell sorting.

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Massimo Vassalli

Thomas Laverty

Research title:

Extracellular vesicles, extracellular matrix and their effects on cancer cells.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Matt Dalby

Xinyu Li

Research title:

Development of new bioactive hydrogels for therapeutics protein delivery during tissue regeneration.

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Cristina Gonzalez-Garcia

Lydia Styliani Marinou

Research title:

Advanced coatings to improve the bio-integration of vascular grafts

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Chanelle McGuinness

Research title:

Bioengineering pharma ready bone marrow models for cancer drug screening.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Matt Dalby

Michaela Petaroudi

Research title:

Bacterial engineering for the ex vivo expansion of Hematopoietic Stem Cells.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Eonan William Pringle

Research title:

Dissipative microenvironments to understand cell response to viscosity.

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Marco Cantini

Mariana Azevedo Gonzalez Oliva

Research title:

Role of piezo1 in transducing viscosity cues to the cell nucleus

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Camilla Romagnoli

Research title:

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Massimo Vassalli

Sofia Perea Ruiz

Research title:

Bioengineering microenvironments to study mechanotransduction in MSCs.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Matt Dalby

Alvaro Sanchez-Rubio

Research title:

'3D Bioprinting: new materials and structures for tissue engineering.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron=Sanchez

Marta Cubero Sarabia

Research title:

Remote mechanical stimulation of stem cells for osteochondral regenerative therapy.

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Massimo Vassalli

Sabah Sardar

Research title:

Identification of Label-free Biomarkers in Visceral Myopathy

1^st Supervisor:

Dr Massimo Vassalli

Stylianos Sarrigiannidis

Research title:

Collagen Calcium Phosphate Composite Devices for Bone Augmentation

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Christina Schofield

Research title:

Engineering a Novel In Vitro Model of the Blood-Brain Barrier.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Alexandre Trubert

Research title:

'Bioactive hydrogels for stem cell engineering.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Yinbo Xiao

Research title:

Bioengineering the hematopoietic stem cell niche.

1^st Supervisor:

Prof Matt Dalby