Team

The MEchanosensing and Cellular Biomechanics 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
Massimo Vassalli
Staff (Professor)

Head of the Lab, mechanobiology enthusiast, curious scientist

massimo.vassalli@glasgow.ac.uk
Aleksandra Kozyrina
Aleksandra Kozyrina
PDRA

Physicist by education, mechanobiologist by love. Working on the simultaneous mechanochemical fingerprint mapping of a dynamic bone marrow niche.

aleksandra.kozyrina@glasgow.ac.uk
Alexandre Trubert
Alexandre Trubert
PDRA

Tissue engineer striving to construct living tissues in vitro. PDRA on the PRISM-LT project.

Alexandre.Trubert@glasgow.ac.uk
Aneesah Khan
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
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
Camilla Romagnoli
PhD student

Project: Mechanobiology of senescent cells

c.romagnoli.1@research.gla.ac.uk
David Matthew Hughes
David Matthew Hughes
Guest

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

david.hughes.4@glasgow.ac.uk
Emily Horsburgh
Emily Horsburgh
PhD student

Exploring living materials for producing pigments

2697854H@student.gla.ac.uk
Faiza Abdul Salam
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
Giedre Astrauskaite
Giedre Astrauskaite
PDRA

Physicist with a specialism in optical microscopy, passionate about working at the interface of imaging and life science. Current project: 'Brillouin microscopy of in-vitro bone marrow models to support early diagnosis of leukaemia.'

Giedre.Astrauskaite@glasgow.ac.uk
Ke Wang
Ke Wang
PhD student

Exploring mechanosensing and mechanoprotection in physiology and pathology

2222113W@student.gla.ac.uk
Laura Sabio Rodriguez
Laura Sabio Rodriguez
Guest

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

Laura.SabioRodriguez@glasgow.ac.uk
Marta Cubero Sarabia
Marta Cubero Sarabia
PhD student

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

2496511c@student.gla.ac.uk
Sabah Sardar
Sabah Sardar
PhD student

Project: Identification of label-free biomarkers in visceral myopathy

2078317s@student.gla.ac.uk
Valentina Pisano
Valentina Pisano
PhD student

Using correlative spectroscopy (Brillouin and Raman) to investigate the cellular damage induced by ionising radiations

3129955P@student.gla.ac.uk
Xally Valencia
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 MECB Lab in recent years, and we wish them a great future career.