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Gianluca Cidonio

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Nanotechnologies for Neurosciences
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Dr Gianluca Cidonio is a research scientist and a bioengineer, graduated (BSc and MSc) in Biomedical Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome.

During his MSc studies, Gianluca investigated composite hydrogels for 3D printing and, ultimately, cardiac regeneration and drug delivery (Trombetta Lab at University of Rome “Campus Biomedico”) with Dr Piemonte and Dr Rainer.

He was found successful recipient of a bioengineering scholarship to study at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA, USA) during his last year of graduate studies. He worked as a student in the Suh lab (Temple University) generating new cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) for the delivery of drug cargos within living cells.

In 2015, Gianluca joined the Bone and Joint Research Group led by Prof Richard Oreffo at the University of Southampton. Gianluca focused on the study of 3D bioprinting technologies to guide skeletal tissue regeneration. He worked extensively on the development of novel nanocomposite bioinks (e.g. using clay nanoparticles) for the printing of living human bone marrow stromal cells and the regeneration of bone tissue. He developed expert skills in building and analysing engineered tissue-like implants both in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo. In 2018, he defended his PhD thesis in tissue engineering and got his first fellowship (EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship) to develop multiple research projects for the fabrication of functional constructs using novel bone extracellular matrix material.

Dr Cidonio joined the Center for Life Nano Science (CLNS) in IIT during late 2019, to work a novel microfluidic-bioprinting technology towards the fabrication of complex and physiological tissue substitutes.

Education

Title: PhD
Institute: University of Southampton
Location: Southampton
Country: United Kingdom
From: 2015 To: 2018

Title: MSc Biomedical Engineering
Institute: University of Rome Sapienza
Location: Rome
Country: Italy
From: 2012 To: 2014

Title: BSc Clinical Engineering
Institute: University of Rome Sapienza
Location: Rome
Country: Italy
From: 2009 To: 2012

All Publications
2022
Marcotulli M., Tirelli M., Volpi M., Jaroszewicz J., Scognamiglio C., Kasprzycki P., Karnowski K., Swieszkowski W., Ruocco G., Costantini M., Cidonio G., Barbetta A.
Microfluidic 3D Printing of Emulsion Ink for Engineering Porous Functionally Graded Materials
Advanced Materials Technologies
Article Journal
2022
Iafrate L., Benedetti M.C., Donsante S., Rosa A., Corsi A., Oreffo R.O.C., Riminucci M., Ruocco G., Scognamiglio C., Cidonio G.
Modelling skeletal pain harnessing tissue engineering
In vitro models
2021
Cidonio G., Costantini M., Pierini F., Scognamiglio C., Agarwal T., Barbetta A.
3D printing of biphasic inks: beyond single-scale architectural control
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
2021
Okesola B.O., Mendoza-Martinez A.K., Cidonio G., Derkus B., Boccorh D.K., Osuna De La Pena D., Elsharkawy S., Wu Y., Dawson J.I., Wark A.W., Knani D., Adams D.J., Oreffo R.O.C., Mata A.
De Novo Design of Functional Coassembling Organic-Inorganic Hydrogels for Hierarchical Mineralization and Neovascularization
ACS Nano, vol. 15, (no. 7), pp. 11202-11217
2021
Cidonio G., Glinka M., Kim Y-H., Dawson J. I., Oreffo R. O. C.
Nanocomposite Clay-Based Bioinks for Skeletal Tissue Engineering
Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: Methods and Protocols
Book Chapter Book
Awards and Achievements
2021
Cidonio G.
AIRC "Aldi" Fellowship
2019
Cidonio G.
Italy Made Me Award
2018
Cidonio G.
EPSRC Doctoral Prize Award
Editorships
2021
Cidonio G.
Regenerative Technologies - Frontiers in Medical Technology