Smart Bio-Interfaces

05/10/2026

How do fluid flow and hydrostatic pressure differentially affect glioblastoma cells and healthy human astrocytes?

Our results just published on !

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-73650-0

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA

29/09/2026

Our work on about multifunctional polydopamine nanotubes highlighted by ANSA.it Italian news!

https://www.ansa.it/canale_scienza/notizie/frontiere/2026/09/28/possono-scaldarsi-o-produrre-elettricita-le-prime-nanoparticelle-multifunzione_270a08be-9198-49dc-a5cb-be18a3c6e3aa.html

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Possono scaldare, produrre elettricità o rilasciare farmaci a comando: sono le prime nanoparticelle 'multifunzione' che potrebbero innovare le terapie mediche, dai tumori alle malattie neurodegenerative (ANSA)

25/09/2026

Enhancing Europe’s competitiveness by empowering researchers as innovators: We are very happy to have contributed to the work of the ! group, summarized in this Policy Article just published on Science!

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady2388

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16/09/2026

At the Italian Chamber of Deputies in Roma for a discussion on the strategic role of frontier research and long-term investment in scientific excellence.

The panel focused on how ERC-funded research can contribute to innovation, competitiveness, and future-oriented knowledge ecosystems.

Thanks to and to all participants for a thoughtful exchange!

12/09/2026

Our review “Organic-based nanoparticles for theranostic uses” just published on BMC Biomedical Materials Science!

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s44495-026-00008-z

09/09/2026

Great experience at this year for our lab, with two keynote talks, four oral presentations, and three posters!

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21/08/2026

Journal cover for our paper about on !

https://pubs.acs.org/ancac3/article/doi/10.1021/acsnano.6c05512/5250393/Polydopamine-Nanotubes-Multifunctional-Smart


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18/08/2026

We are happy to share the appointment of Gianni Ciofani as Co-Editor-In-Chief of Nanomedicine, one of the leading journal of the sector!

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/innm20

12/08/2026

It has been a pleasure to attend in Rio de Janeiro.

Thanks to and for the invitation!

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA

10/08/2026

A new class of really “smart” nanoparticles: on we report on the synthesis and characterization of multifunctional polydopamine nanotubes.

https://pubs.acs.org/ancac3/article/doi/10.1021/acsnano.6c05512/5250393/Polydopamine-Nanotubes-Multifunctional-Smart

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