| Patterning ECM proteins for controlled cell growth and differentiation. In order to develop biologically integrated devices, it is important to organize biomolecules on surfaces with resolutions up to the nanometer scale. Our research activity is aimed at immobilizing various extra cellular, citosolic and integral membrane proteins on micro and nanochips. Because of the enormous variety of protein structure and functions, immobilization of these complex macromolecules could be a useful tool for a great variety of purposes. Read more |  |  | Novel scaffolds for bioengineering. Several polymeric materials, both natural and artificial, are investigated as biocompatible scaffolds for tissue engineering. In this contest, nanoengineered, 3-D scaffolds are used as a framework to guide tissue regeneration and to examine the cell behaviour, adhesion, and the interactions between cells and matrices. Read more
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