Research Themes

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE APPLICATIONS

  • Synthesis and chemical modifications of polymers for biomedical applications
  • Biomaterials for medical devices and scaffolds for regenerative medicine
  • Metallic components and devices for biomedical applications

 

CARDIOVASCULAR APPLICATIONS

  • Functional and molecular characterisation of cell interaction with polymers for vascular applications
  • Cardiovascular and metabolic implications of innovative devices
  • Devices and tools for early diagnosis, remote monitoring and treatment of cardiovascular diseases

 

NEUROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

  • Pathogenetic mechanisms of neuromuscular diseases in a 3D biocompatible scaffold
  • Regenerative and reparative medicine for neurological applications
  • Early biological and functional biomarkers for neurological applications
  • Molecular and biological functional bases of phenotypic diversity in neurodegenerative diseases

 

MUSCULOSKELETAL APPLICATIONS

  • Clinical research on musculoskeletal diseases
  • Motion analysis and motor control
  • Skeletal biomechanics: experimental in vitro testing

 

IN SILICO MEDICINE (Big Data, AI, digital twins)

  • In Silico Medicine of neuromusculoskeletal diseases
  • Computational biomedical imaging
  • Artificial intelligence for health
  • Machine learning and (bio)-physics based modelling for multi-omic big biomedical data
  • Data and systems science for digital biomarkers discovery, rehabilitation, and active and healthy ageing
  • Explainable sub-symbolic and symbolic AI models for the health field
  • Artificial intelligence and augmented reality for surgical navigation in robotic urological surgery

 

DIAGNOSTICS

  • Clinical test of innovative diagnostic and therapeutic tools
  • Functional and electrophysiological predictors of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions

 

NON-THERMAL PLASMA APPLICATIONS

  • Sanification by means of non-thermal low temperature plasmas
  • Biomedical and therapeutical applications of cold atmospheric pressure plasmas

 

INFECTIONS

  • Development and clinical assessment of innovative technologies for the laboratory diagnosis of severe infections

 

BIOETHICS AND BIOLAW

  • Legal aspects of clinical research. Bioethics and Biolaw. Medical Law. Medical doctors' liability