Dr Stefania Di Ciò

Stefania Di Ciò

PDRA

School of Engineering and Material Science
Queen Mary University of London

Research

organ-on-a-chip, brain organoid, vasculature

Publications

Publications of specific relevance to Predictive in vitro Models

2022

Jones CFE, Di Cio S, Connelly JT and Gautrot JE (2022). Design of an Integrated Microvascularized Human Skin-on-a-Chip Tissue Equivalent Model. Frontiers Media  Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology  vol. 10, 10.3389/fbioe.2022.915702
Sarmin AM, Moussaid NE, Suntornnond R, Tyler EJ, Kim Y-H, Di Cio S, Megone WV, Pearce O, Gautrot JE, Dawson J and Connelly JT (2022). Multi-Scale Analysis of the Composition, Structure, and Function of Decellularized Extracellular Matrix for Human Skin and Wound Healing Models. Mdpi  Biomolecules  vol. 12, (6) 10.3390/biom12060837

2020

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.0c00603

2019

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.2019.119683

2018

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.8b03865
Tang 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.8b01682
Kong 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.7b05339
Colak 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.7b01436

2017

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.2016.11.069

2016

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.2015.11.027

2015

Di Cio S and Gautrot JE (2015). Cell sensing of physical properties at the nanoscale: Mechanisms and control of cell adhesion and phenotype. Elsevier  Acta Biomaterialia  vol. 30, 26-48. 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.11.027