Team

The Cellular Mechanobiology Lab started its activity at the University of Glasgow in October 2019, within the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment. If you are interested in joining the Lab, or you want additional information, please feel free to contact us via email.

Massimo Vassalli

Staff (Professor)

Head of the Lab, mechanobiology enthusiast, curious scientist

massimo.vassalli@glasgow.ac.uk

Aneesah Khan

PDRA

Passionate about exploring cell-environment interactions to propel advancements in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Current project: 'Printed symbiotic materials as a dynamic platform for living tissues production (PRISM-LT)'

Aneesah.Khan@glasgow.ac.uk

Anna Maria Kapetanaki

PhD student

lifETIME CDT PhD student, Interested in mechanobiology. Project: Label-free physical biomarkers for cell sorting

2454721k@student.gla.ac.uk

Camilla Romagnoli

PhD student

Project: Mechanobiology of senescent cells

c.romagnoli.1@research.gla.ac.uk

David Matthew Hughes

Guest

MEng in EEE engineering prototype devices (acustofluidics, microindentation) for potential commercialisation

david.hughes.4@glasgow.ac.uk

Emily Horsburgh

PhD student

Exploring living materials for producing pigments

2697854H@student.gla.ac.uk

Faiza Abdul Salam

PhD student

Industrial PhD student working with Schaefer SEE on the development of a next generation nanoindentation platform

2725666S@student.gla.ac.uk

Giuseppe Ciccone

PhD student

Giuseppe studies the interplay between matrix viscoelasticity and confinement by using micro patterned viscoelastic polyacrylamide hydrogels.

g.ciccone.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Laura Sabio Rodriguez

Guest

Focused on the development and testing of Engineered Living Material using probiotics.

Laura.SabioRodriguez@glasgow.ac.uk

Mariana Azevedo Gonzalez Oliva

PhD student

PhD student (first supervisor Prof Salmeron-Sanchez), actively collaborating with the CML for the study of Piezo1 mechanosensitivity

m.azevedo-gonzalez-oliva.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Marta Cubero Sarabia

PhD student

Project: Remote mechanical stimulation of stem cells for osteochondral regenerative therapy

2496511c@student.gla.ac.uk

Matilde Gelli

Visiting student

PhD student from the University of Florence, collaborating with the CML on the development of advanced control strategies for imaging techniques in AFM.

2896230G@student.gla.ac.uk

Matthew Walker

PDRA

Interested in mechanobiology, biomaterials and tissue engineering. Current project: Investigating the mechanical properties of gel ‘noodles’

Matthew.Walker@glasgow.ac.uk

Sabah Sardar

PhD student

Project: Identification of label-free biomarkers in visceral myopathy

2078317s@student.gla.ac.uk

Xally Valencia

PhD student

lifETIME CDT PhD Student (1st supervisor Prof John Christie). Project "Designing animal-free organoids based on engineered vegetables and protein crystals"

2783756V@student.gla.ac.uk

Alumni

We are particularly grateful to all the scientists who participated in the activities of the Cellular Mechanobiology Lab in recent years, and we wish them a great future career.