Massimo Vassalli

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/…

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 ⬇️ ….research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-mag…

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

Printing life: 3D-printed living cells pave way for tomorrow's medicine. Read the full story ➡️ bit.ly/4dYm0ot #ResearchImpactEU

Happy to share the preprint of my PhD work, addressing how Piezo1 is involved in sensing ECM viscoelasticity: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… @GiusCiccone @SirioDupont @OanaDobre8405 @MassiVassi @ManuelMime

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!⏰

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/engine…

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/s4159…

Kudos should go to the friends and collaborators at @eth lbb.ethz.ch and @USI_university search.usi.ch/en/people/6938…

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…

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

***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😊!

The discussion on Open Access and Article Processing Charges is rising to the attention of the funders council.science/current/blog/t…

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/massimov…

🚨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/sh…

Great scientific time at @Nano4Mech 2024 conference in Camolgi, Italy 🧫🔬

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

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

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

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/nanoeng…