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Nicoletta INVERARDI

USA
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Biography

Dr. Nicoletta Inverardi is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Under the mentorship of Prof. Ebru Oral and Prof. Orhun Muratoglu, her current research explores the preparation, characterization and clinical translation of high-performance therapeutic biomaterials for orthopeadic implants. Prior to this, Nicoletta obtained her PhD in the Materials Science and Technology Laboratory at the University of Brescia, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Stefano Pandini. During her PhD, she spent 15 months as a visiting student in the Langer Lab and Traverso Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Between Brescia and MIT, her research focused on stimulus responsive materials for drug delivery. Her PhD thesis was awarded the Julia Polak European Doctorate Award by the European Society for Biomaterials and one of the Best Italian PhD theses in Bioengineering by the Italian National Bioengineering Group. Before her PhD, Nicoletta received her B.S and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering of Materials, both full marks cum laude from the University of Brescia.

Expertise

Nicoletta's expertise lies at the intersection of materials science and biomedical engineering. Recent work regards the development of stimulus responsive materials and drug delivery platforms with engineered mechanical and functional properties. Her research is grounded in a materials science background with focus on the process-structure-property relationships. Relevant skills regard the processing of polymeric biomaterials by molding and additive manufacturing, and their characterization by thermal (e.g., DSC, TGA), thermo-mechanical (e.g., DMTA), physico-chemical characterization and spectroscopy (e.g., FTIR, NMR), mechanical and tribological testing, morphological analysis (optical microscopy and SEM), drug elution studies.

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ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue totaling more than 11.8 billion euros (FY 2024/25) in the four ZEISS segments Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. Today, about 46,600 employees globally in around 50 countries work hard to fulfill and exceed customer expectations. 15 percent of revenues is invested in science and R&D. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global challenges. Research Microscopy Solutions ZEISS Microscopy is the world's only one-stop manufacturer of light, electron, X-ray and ion microscope systems and offers solutions for correlative microscopy. The portfolio comprises of products and services for life sciences, materials and industrial research, as well as education and clinical practice. Contact us Carl Zeiss S.p.A. con socio unico Research Microscopy Solutions Via Varesina 162 20156 Milano (MI) Tel. 02937731 Email: info.microscopy.it@zeiss.com

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PhD Position in Oral Peptide Administration – University College Dublin (UCD)

04-09-2026

The Research Ireland Rinn Centre for BioPharmaceutics at UCD offers a 4-year funded PhD position in Professor David Brayden’s lab (UCD School of Veterinary Medicine & Conway Institute). The research focuses on oral peptide administration using a novel cell-penetrating peptide, developed in collaboration with Professors Helen McCarthy (QUB) and Nick Dunne (DCU).

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Junior Professor Chair in Biomaterials – University of Rennes (ISCR)

04-09-2026

The University of Rennes invites applications for a Junior Professor Chair (JPC) in Biomaterials at the Institute of Chemical Sciences of Rennes (ISCR). The position focuses on tissue engineering for regenerative medicine, using 3D printing and biomaterial synthesis to develop medical devices in collaboration with Rennes University Hospital and industry partners.

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ESB WEBINAR 28 July 2026 - 13:00-14:00 (CET)

09-07-2026

The ESB Summer Webinar will take place on 28 July 2026 | 13:00-14:00 (CET).

Dr Thomas Robinson from the UK Society for Biomaterials (UKSB) and Dr Debby Gawlitta from the Netherlands Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (NBTE) will present their latest research titled “Spray It Forward: Therapeutic Polysaccharide Formulations for Equitable Healthcare” and “Size matters in bone regeneration”.

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