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First and Last Name: Ksenia Menshikh
Student/PhD/Postdoc: PhD Candidate
Institute: Università del Piemonte Orientale
Department: Department of Health Sciences
Group leader: Prof. Lia Rimondini (INNOVATION Lab)
Matrix Marvel: Stem Cells Thriving on Bone-Mimicking Scaffolds
Short description of image: In our studies, I am searching for a synthetic scaffold suitable for the use as a bone-like environment in 3D models of skeletal diseases in vitro. This scanning electron microscopy image shows extracellular matrix (pink) produced by primary mesenchymal stem cells seeded on the 3D-printed tricalcium phosphate scaffold (its granules are in blue). * The fact that the cells produced abundant amounts of matrix and integrated in the scaffold’s microstructure indicates that the tricalcium phosphate scaffold is cytocompatible and can potentially play role of a bone-like environment - at least, from the point of observations in vitro.
Instrument used to produce the image: Scanning Electron Microscope JSM-IT500 by Leica.


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Enzo MENNA

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Enzo MENNA; ITALY
Università di Padova Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

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Biography
Full Professor of Organic Chemistry since 2010, at the University of Padova where he received his Laurea Degree in Chemistry in 1995, cum laude. From 1996 through 1998 he was PhD student at the same University with a project concerning the study on hydrogen bonds by NMR measurements and quantum chemical calculations. His present activity concerns the synthesis of organic materials. In 1999 he started working, as Assistant Professor, on the functionalization of fullerenes. Since then he developed a branch concerning the chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes, an almost unexplored topic at that time, then extended to other carbon nanostructures (CNSs), such as Graphene Based Materials. Main goal of his research has been the realization of soluble and functional CNSs derivatives. The products that were obtained have allowed the study of physico-chemical properties of CNSs in solution and the incorporation in polymer matrices. His research activity is mainly focused on materials for energy conversion and storage or for biomedical applications. He has been research unit leader of a European NanoSciERA project (encapsulation of photoactive molecules inside SWCNTs), of a collaborative project with VenetoNanotech ScpA (impact of CNSs on human health), of a FIRB-FiR (CNS-based organic solar cells) and of a PRIN project (hybrid photovoltaics), both funded by Italian Ministry of Research. He also participated at an EU FP7 project (Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Polymeric Membranes for Gas and Vapour Separations). He is executive board member of the Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials (CMBM) and of the Centre “Giorgio Levi Cases” for Energy Economics and Technology of the University of Padova. He teaches organic chemistry and chemistry of organic materials. Co-author of 99 scientific papers (84 in ISI journals, with average IF = 7.1, and 15 publications including book chapters and conference proceedings) and 1 patent. (upd. 2024.08)

Expertise
Organic functionalization of carbon nanostructures (CNS): nanotubes, graphene (RGO), nanohorns, etc. Preparation of CNS-polymer nanocomposites. In particular composites based on semiconducting polymers (energy conversion and storage) and biocompatible polymers (biomedical and tissue regeneration). Characterization: TGA, DSC, Raman, UV-Vis-NIR.
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9448-4776

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Postdoc position at AO Research Institute (ARI) Davos

Postdoc position at AO Research Institute (ARI) Davos

The AO Research Institute Davos is seeking a postdoc with a strong background in biopolymer chemistry and biomaterials!

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