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
Cell-based food
Cellular agriculture
Cultured meat
In vitro models and dynamic culture
Mechanical characterization
Mechanotransduction
Nanoindentation
Regenerative medicine
Stem cell expansion
Tissue engineering

Scientific branch

ING-IND/34 - INDUSTRIAL BIOENGINEERING
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Research topics

  • Bioreactors and dynamic culture devices for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine on Earth and in Space
  • Cellular mechanotransduction
  • Mechanical characterization of materials and biological tissues
  • Space biomedicine

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

Open badges

Awards and Honors

  • 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)
  • 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)

Fellowships

View moreView less

Editorial boards

  • FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (2023-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (2021-2022), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. PART C, JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE (2020-2022), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • BIOENGINEERING (2019-2021), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (2019-), Other editorial activities
  • FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS (2017-), Other editorial activities
View moreView less

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
View moreView less

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Professore a contratto, presso Università degli Studi del PIEMONTE ORIENTALE "Amedeo Avogadro"-Vercelli
  • 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 Trasferimento Tecnologico presso Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale (2023-)
  • Referente per il Collegio di Ingegneria Biomedica presso Teaching and Language Laboratory (TLLAB) del Politecnico di Torino (2022-)
  • Componente della Commissione Gestione Laboratori presso Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale (2023-)

Research networks

Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

PhD

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Other activities and projects related to teaching

Titolarità
2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22 - Titolare "Corso integrato: Produzione di farmaci biotecnologici, modulo: Bioreattori"
Laurea Magistrale in Biotecnologie Farmaceutiche, Università del Piemonte Orientale

2014-15 - Titolare "Bioreattori"
Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, Politecnico di Torino

2010-11 - Titolare “Ingegneria dei tessuti e applicazioni biotecnologiche”
Laurea Specialistica in Ingegneria Biomedica, Politecnico di Torino

Collaborazioni
2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13 - Collaboratrice “Bioingegneria cellulare e tessutale”
Laurea di I Livello in Ingegneria Biomedica, Politecnico di Torino

2013-14, 2012-13, 2011-12 - Collaboratrice “Progettazione di protesi e organi artificiali”
Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, Politecnico di Torino

2010-11, 2009-10, 2008-09 - Collaboratrice “Applicazioni biomediche delle radiazioni”
Laurea Specialistica in Ingegneria Energetica e Nucleare, Politecnico di Torino


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 (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
    Research subject: Managment of biological variability in bioreactors for fermentation
    Medical Innovation and Technology
    Bionanotechnology
    Multiscale Modelling Methods in Biomechanics
    Materials, surfaces and biofabrication techniques for tissue engineering and advanced implants
    Medical Innovation and Technology
    Bionanotechnology
    Multiscale Modelling Methods in Biomechanics
    Materials, surfaces and biofabrication techniques for tissue engineering and advanced implants
  • Marta Tosini. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
    Research subject: Multiscale characterization of biological tissues
    Medical Innovation and Technology
    Multiscale Modelling Methods in Biomechanics
    Materials, surfaces and biofabrication techniques for tissue engineering and advanced implants
    Medical Innovation and Technology
    Multiscale Modelling Methods in Biomechanics
    Materials, surfaces and biofabrication techniques for tissue engineering and advanced implants
  • Beatrice Masante. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
    Research subject: Bioreactor design and testing; material characterization; tissue engineering; cell culture
    Bionanotechnology
    Multiscale Modelling Methods in Biomechanics
    Materials, surfaces and biofabrication techniques for tissue engineering and advanced implants
    Bionanotechnology
    Multiscale Modelling Methods in Biomechanics
    Materials, surfaces and biofabrication techniques for tissue engineering and advanced implants
    Bionanotechnology
    Multiscale Modelling Methods in Biomechanics
    Materials, surfaces and biofabrication techniques for tissue engineering and advanced implants

Publications

PoliTO co-authors

Last years publications

Publications by type

Latest publications View all publications in Porto@Iris

Society and Enterprise

Patents and other intellectual properties