Diana Nada Caterina Massai

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center PolitoBIOMed Lab - Biomedical Engineering Lab

Profile

Research interests

BIOREACTORS
BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING
CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING
CARDIOVASCULAR MECHANICS
IN VITRO MODELS AND DYNAMIC CULTURE
MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION
MECHANOTRANSDUCTION
NANOINDENTATION
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
STEM CELL EXPANSION

Research topics

  • Mechanical characterization of materials for mechanotransduction studies
  • Bioreactors for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Skills

ERC sectors

LS9_1 - Applied biotechnology (including transgenic organisms, applied genetics and genomics, biosensors, bioreactors, microbiology, bioactive compounds)
LS7_5 - Applied gene and cell therapies, regenerative medicine
PE8_4 - Computational engineering
PE8_13 - Industrial bioengineering
PE8_7 - Mechanical and manufacturing engineering (shaping, mounting, joining, separation)

SDG

Goal 5: Gender equality
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 4: Quality education

Awards and Honors

  • TERMIS Travel Award conferred by Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society, United States (2012)
  • Best Oral Presentation Award "II Meeting Italian Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics" conferred by Italian Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics, Italy (2012)
  • Best SYIS-EU Poster Presentation Award “European Chapter Meeting of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society TERMIS 2014” conferred by Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (2014)
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA), Individual Fellowship – European Commission conferred by European Commission - Horizon 2020 (The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation), Belgium (2015)
  • Best Poster Presentation Award “Stem Cell Community Day 2017” conferred by Eppendorf AG (2017)
  • UBORA Design Competition 2020 conferred by UBORA (2020)
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Fellowships

Editorial boards

  • BIOENGINEERING (2023-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (2021-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. PART C, JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE (2020-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (2019-), Other editorial activities
  • BIOENGINEERING (2019-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS (2017-), Other editorial activities
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Conferences

  • XII Annual Meeting Italian Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics - ESB-ITA 2023 (18/9/2023-19/9/2023), Participation to the organizing committee
  • XI Annual Meeting Italian Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics - 2022 (6/10/2022-7/10/2022), Program committee
  • World Congress of Biomechanics - 2022 (10/7/2022-14/7/2022), Session moderator (Mechanobiology and Molecular Mechanism Session of the Cell Biomechanics 2: Mechanobiology Track)
  • III Annual Meeting CENTRO 3R "L'era delle 3R: modelli in silico, in vitro e in vivo per promuovere la ricerca traslazionale" - 2021 (30/9/2021-1/10/2021), Participation to the organizing committee
  • IX Annual Meeting Italian Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics - 2019 (30/9/2019-1/10/2019), Program committee
  • II Annual Meeting CENTRO 3R "3Rs in Italian Universities" - 2019 (20/6/2019-21/6/2019), Program committee
  • VII Annual Meeting Italian Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics - 2017 (28/9/2017-29/9/2017), Program committee
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Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Ricercatore, presso Hannover Medical School (1/10/2015-31/8/2017)

Other titles

  • Mentor del Teaching and Language Laboratory (TLLAB) del Politecnico di Torino (2022-)
  • Referente per il Collegio di Ingegneria Biomedica presso Teaching and Language Laboratory (TLLAB) del Politecnico di Torino (2022-)

Research networks

Teaching

Courses of Study Boards

Teachings

PhD

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Research groups

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Supervised PhD students

  • Simone Israel. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
  • Marta Tosini. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)

Publications

PoliTO co-authors

Last years publications

Publications by type

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Society and Enterprise

Patents and other intellectual properties

  • Sample holder for agitation-based processes. national and international Patent - Responsabile Scientifico
    Commercial Research
  • Sistema di generazione di microgravità privo di componenti rotanti in bireattori (biovortex). national and international Patent - Responsabile Scientifico
    Commercial Research