Dr Stefania Di Ciò
PDRA
School of Engineering and Material Science
Queen Mary University of London
07443 190647Queen Mary University of London
s.dicio@qmul.ac.uk
Research
organ-on-a-chip, brain organoid, vasculature
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to Predictive in vitro Models2020
Wu L, Di Cio S, Azevedo HS and Gautrot JE (2020). Photoconfigurable, Cell-Remodelable Disulfide Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels. American Chemical Society Biomacromolecules 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c006032019
Di Cio S, Iskratsch T, Connelly JT and Gautrot JE (2019). Contractile myosin rings and cofilin-mediated actin disassembly orchestrate ECM nanotopography sensing. Elsevier Biomaterials vol. 232, 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.1196832018
Kong D, Peng L, Di Cio S, Novak P and Gautrot JE (2018). Stem Cell Expansion and Fate Decision on Liquid Substrates Are Regulated by Self-Assembled Nanosheets. Acs Nano vol. 12, (9) 9206-9213. 10.1021/acsnano.8b03865Tang P, di Cio S, Wang W and E Gautrot J (2018). Surface-Initiated Poly(oligo(2-alkyl-2-oxazoline)methacrylate) Brushes. Langmuir vol. 34, (34) 10019-10027. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01682Kong D, Megone W, Nguyen KDQ, Di Cio S, Ramstedt M and Gautrot JE (2018). Protein Nanosheet Mechanics Controls Cell Adhesion and Expansion on Low-Viscosity Liquids. Nano Lett 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b05339Colak B, Di Cio S and Gautrot JE (2018). Biofunctionalised Patterned Polymer Brushes via Thiol-Ene Coupling for the Control of Cell Adhesion and the Formation of Cell Arrays. Biomacromolecules 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b014362017
Di Cio S, Bøggild TML, Connelly J, Sutherland DS and Gautrot JE (2017). Differential integrin expression regulates cell sensing of the matrix nanoscale geometry. Acta Biomaterialia vol. 50, 280-292. 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.11.0692016
Di Cio S and Gautrot JE (2016). Cell sensing of physical properties at the nanoscale: Mechanisms and control of cell adhesion and phenotype. Acta Biomaterialia vol. 30, 26-48. 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.11.0272015
Di Cio S and Gautrot JE (2015). Cell sensing of physical properties at the nanoscale: Mechanisms and control of cell adhesion and phenotype. Acta Biomaterialia 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.11.027