Professor Massimo Vassalli

Professor of Bioengineering (Biomedical Engineering)

telephone: 01413302000
email: Massimo.Vassalli@glasgow.ac.uk

Level 4, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW

Biography

I graduated in Physics at the University of Florence (Italy) in 1999, including an instructive 1 year Erasmus experience at the University of Mainz (Germany). After the degree, I initially moved to the industry, working in the area of informatics and supporting the birth of a small company in the field. I quickly realized I would better enjoy the academic pathway and I decided to enroll in a cross-disciplinary PhD program between physics, engineering and biology at the University of Florence, and working at the Biophotonics Lab of the National Institute of Applied Optics. I then spent few years as research fellow inside different Italian national research institutes, learning and exploiting advanced optical microscopy and force spectroscopy techniques for the study of biological systems (molecules and cells). During 2009 I moved to the Institute of Biophysics ot the National Research Council in Genova, where I had the opportunity to cultivate my interest on "mechanics in biology". In the meantime, I never gave up the industrial experience and I supported technology transfer and innovation, leading to an increased network of interactions with national and international companies.

Since October 2019 I joined the School of Engineering of the University of Glasgow, to participate to the scientific activities of the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment led by Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez and Prof Matthew Dalby.

You can find more details on my scientific journey in the january 2021 edition of the "Meet the Editor" series of Biophysical Reviews.

Research interests

My general research interest is in understanding the mechanisms by which physical forces are transduced into biologically relevant signals (mechanotransduction), and their role in the homoeostasis of key physiological processes whose alteration eventually leads to pathology or degeneration, such as in cancer or ageing (mechanobiology). Moreover, exploiting my technical background in physics and engineering, I'm also committed in developing enabling microscopy and spectroscopy tools to measure mechanical properties, image and manipulate biological objects at the level of cells and molecules (nanoengineering).

You can have more details heading to the MEchanosensing and Cellular Biomechanics Lab website.

Publications

Selected publications

Morales, Julián Mejía, Hammarström, Björn, Lippi, Gian Lucca, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Glynne-Jones, Peter (2021) Acoustofluidic phase microscopy in a tilted segmentation-free configuration. Biomicrofluidics, 15(1), 014102. (doi: 10.1063/5.0036585)

Mattarelli, Maurizio, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Caponi, Silvia (2020) Relevant length scales in Brillouin imaging of biomaterials: the interplay between phonons propagation and light focalization. ACS Photonics, 7(9), pp. 2319-2328. (doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.0c00801)

Orapiriyakul, W. et al. (2020) Nanovibrational stimulation of mesenchymal stem cells induces therapeutic reactive oxygen species and inflammation for 3D bone tissue engineering. ACS Nano, 14(8), pp. 10027-10044. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03130) (PMID:32658450) (PMCID:PMC7458485)

Ridone, Pietro, Pandzic, Elvis, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Cox, Charles D., Macmillan, Alexander, Gottlieb, Philip A. and Martinac, Boris (2020) Disruption of membrane cholesterol organization impairs the activity of PIEZO1 channel clusters. Journal of General Physiology, 152(8), e201912515. (doi: 10.1085/jgp.201912515) (PMID:32582958)

Lüchtefeld, Ines, Bartolozzi, Alice, Mejía Morales, Julián, Dobre, Oana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1968-5428, Basso, Michele, Zambelli, Tomaso and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2020) Elasticity spectra as a tool to investigate actin cortex mechanics. Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 18, 147. (doi: 10.1186/s12951-020-00706-2)

All publications

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Number of items: 140.

2025

Loch, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2529, Mikhail, Ibram, Bianco, Simona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5305-8546, Ghosh, Dipankar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-2819, Sonani, Ravi R., Chechik, Victor, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Egelman, Edward H., Smith, Andrew J. and Adams, Dave J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3176-1350 (2025) A supramolecular benzophenone-based photoinitiator for spatially-resolved polymerization. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 17(20), pp. 30297-30305. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.5c03506) (PMID:40353572)

Kerdegari, S. et al. (2025) Contact-free characterization of nuclear mechanics using correlative Brillouin-Raman Micro-Spectroscopy in living cells. Acta Biomaterialia, (doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2025.04.009) (PMID:40189116) (In Press)

Ciccone, Giuseppe, Azevedo Gonzalez Oliva, Mariana, Versaevel, Marie, Cantini, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-1508, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Gabriele, Sylvain (2025) Epithelial cell mechanoresponse to matrix viscoelasticity and confinement within micropatterned viscoelastic hydrogels. Advanced Science, (Accepted for Publication)

Gelli, Matilde, Tiribilli, Bruno, Salam, Faiza Abdul, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Basso, Michele (2025) Adaptive drive as a control strategy for fast scanning in dynamic mode atomic force microscopy. Sensors, 25(3), 860. (doi: 10.3390/s25030860)

2024

Tan, M. et al. (2024) Polyetherureas as aqueous binders for Li ion batteries. ChemRxiv, (doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-mk39b)

Cubero-Sarabia, Marta, Kapetanaki, Anna Maria and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2024) Biophysical assays to test cellular mechanosensing: moving towards high throughput. Biophysical Reviews, (Accepted for Publication)

Giampietro, Costanza, Ferrari, Aldo and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2024) Editorial to the topical issue: the 7th Nanoengineering for Mechanobiology Symposium 2024 Camogli, Genoa, Italy. Biophysical Reviews, 16(6), pp. 831-832. (doi: 10.1007/s12551-024-01262-x) (PMID:39830131)

Kulyabin, Pavel, Magdysyuk, Oxana V., Naden, Aaron B., McLean Dawson, Daniel, Pancholi, Ketan, Walker, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5119-9118, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Kumar, Amit (2024) Manganese-catalyzed synthesis of polyketones using hydrogen-borrowing approach. ACS Catalysis, 14, pp. 10624-10634. (doi: 10.1021/acscatal.4c03019) (Early Online Publication)

Morena, Francesco, Argentati, Chiara, Caponi, Silvia, Lüchtefeld, Ines, Emiliani, Carla, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Martino, Sabata (2024) Piezo1 – serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A – Cofilin1 biochemical mechanotransduction axis controls F-actin dynamics and cell migration. Heliyon, 10(11), e32458. (doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32458) (PMID:38933959) (PMCID:PMC11201121)

Lüchtefeld, I. et al. (2024) Dissecting cell membrane tension dynamics and its effect on Piezo1-mediated cellular mechanosensitivity using force-controlled nanopipettes. Nature Methods, 21(6), pp. 1063-1073. (doi: 10.1038/s41592-024-02277-8) (PMID:38802520)

Ghosh, Dipankar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-2819, Coulter, Sophie M., Laverty, Garry, Holland, Chris, Doutch, James J., Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Adams, Dave J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3176-1350 (2024) Metal cross-linked supramolecular gel noodles: structural insights and antibacterial assessment. Biomacromolecules, 25(5), pp. 3169-3177. (doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00300) (PMID:38684138) (PMCID:PMC11094724)

Giampietro, Costanza, Ferrari, Aldo and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2024) Biophysical Reviews’ topical issue: the 7th Nanoengineering for Mechanobiology Symposium 2024 Camogli, Genoa, Italy. Biophysical Reviews, 16(2), pp. 149-150. (doi: 10.1007/s12551-024-01193-7) (PMID:38737207) (PMCID:PMC11078896)

2023

Bonnefond, Sylvain, Reynaud, Antoine, Cazareth, Julie, Abélanet, Sophie, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Brau, Frédéric and Lippi, Gian Luca (2023) Nanoscatterer-assisted fluorescence amplification technique. Nanomaterials, 13(21), 2875. (doi: 10.3390/nano13212875) (PMID:37947721)

Ghosh, Dipankar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-2819, Marshall, Libby J., Ciccone, Giuseppe, Liu, Wanli, Squires, Adam, Seddon, Annela, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Adams, Dave J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3176-1350 (2023) Fine-tuning supramolecular assemblies by controlling micellar aggregates. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 308(10), 2300082. (doi: 10.1002/mame.202300082)

Viti, F. et al. (2023) Multi-disciplinary insights from the First European Forum on Visceral Myopathy 2022 Meeting. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 68, pp. 3857-3871. (doi: 10.1007/s10620-023-08066-1) (PMID:37650948) (PMCID:PMC10517037)

Viti, F. et al. (2023) Patient's dermal fibrolasts as disease markers for visceral myopathy. Biomaterials Advances, 148, 213355. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213355)

Marshall, Libby J., Wallace, Matthew, Mahmoudi, Najet, Ciccone, Giuseppe, Wilson, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-5374, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Adams, Dave J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3176-1350 (2023) Hierarchical composite self-sorted supramolecular gel noodles. Advanced Materials, 35(17), 2211277. (doi: 10.1002/adma.202211277) (PMID:36720202)

Zambito, Martina, Viti, Federica, Bosio, Alessia G., Ceccherini, Isabella, Florio, Tullio and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2023) The impact of experimental conditions on cell mechanics as measured with nanoindentation. Nanomaterials, 13(7), 1190. (doi: 10.3390/nano13071190)

Ross, E. A. et al. (2023) Nanotopography reveals metabolites that maintain the immunomodulatory phenotype of mesenchymal stromal cells. Nature Communications, 14, 753. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36293-7) (PMID:36765065) (PMCID:PMC9918539)

Grandy, Carolin, Port, Fabian, Pfeil, Jonas, Azevedo Gonzalez Oliva, Mariana, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Gottschalk, Kay-Eberhard (2023) Cell shape and tension alter focal adhesion structure. Biomaterials Advances, 145, 213277. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.213277)

Keith, N. et al. (2023) Regenerative Futures: From Global to Local Development in 2032. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295862) [Exhibitions]

2022

Mouro, João, Paoletti, Paolo, Sartore, Marco, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Tiribilli, Bruno (2022) Photothermal self-excitation of a phase-controlled microcantilever for viscosity or viscoelasticity sensing. Sensors, 22(21), 8421. (doi: 10.3390/s22218421) (PMID:36366122)

Capponi, Giulio, Zambito, Martina, Neri, Igor, Cottone, Francesco, Mattarelli, Maurizio, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Caponi, Silvia and Florio, Tullio (2022) Cellular mechanosensitivity: validation of an adaptable 3d-printed device for microindentation. Nanomaterials, 12(15), 2691. (doi: 10.3390/nano12152691)

Baldini, Francesca, Khalil, Mohamad, Bartolozzi, Alice, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Di Ciaula, Agostino, Portincasa, Piero and Vergani, Laura (2022) Relationship between liver stiffness and steatosis in obesity conditions: in vivo and in vitro studies. Biomolecules, 12(5), 733. (doi: 10.3390/biom12050733)

Caponi, Silvia, Passeri, Alessandra, Capponi, Giulio, Fioretto, Daniele, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Mattarelli, Maurizio (2022) Non-contact elastography methods in mechanobiology: a point of view. European Biophysics Journal, 51(2), pp. 99-104. (doi: 10.1007/s00249-021-01567-9) (PMID:34463775)

Mejia Morales, J., Glynne-Jones, P., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Lippi, G.L. (2022) Acoustofluidic interferometric device for rapid single cell physical phenotyping. European Biophysics Journal, 51(2), pp. 185-191. (doi: 10.1007/s00249-021-01585-7) (PMID:35018482)

Sforna, Luigi, Michelucci, Antonio, Morena, Francesco, Argentati, Chiara, Franciolini, Fabio, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Martino, Sabata and Catacuzzeno, Luigi (2022) Piezo1 controls cell volume and migration by modulating swelling-activated chloride current through Ca2+ influx. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 237(3), pp. 1857-1870. (doi: 10.1002/jcp.30656) (PMID:34913176)

Ciccone, Giuseppe, Azevedo Gonzalez Oliva, Mariana, Antonovaite, Nelda, Lüchtefeld, Ines, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2022) Experimental and data analysis workflow for soft matter nanoindentation. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 179, e63401. (doi: 10.3791/63401)

2021

Gavazzo, Paola, Viti, Federica, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Oliva, Mariana Azevedo Gonzalez, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Vassalli, Massimo (2021) Biophysical phenotyping of mesenchymal stem cells along the osteogenic differentiation pathway. Cell Biology and Toxicology, 37(6), pp. 915-933. (doi: 10.1007/s10565-020-09569-7) (PMID:33420657)

Yang, B. et al. (2021) Surface-controlled spatially heterogeneous physical properties of a supramolecular gel with homogeneous chemical composition. Chemical Science, 12(42), pp. 14260-14269. (doi: 10.1039/D1SC04671C)

McDowall, Daniel, Walker, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5119-9118, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Cantini, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-1508, Khunti, Nikul, Edwards-Gayle, Charlotte Jennifer Chante, Cowieson, Nathan and Adams, Dave J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3176-1350 (2021) Controlling the formation and alignment of low molecular weight gel ‘noodles’. Chemical Communications, 57(70), pp. 8782-8785. (doi: 10.1039/D1CC03378F) (PMID:34378594)

Dobre, O. et al. (2021) A hydrogel platform that incorporates laminin isoforms for efficient presentation of growth factors – neural growth and osteogenesis. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(21), 2010225. (doi: 10.1002/adfm.202010225)

Oropesa-Nuñez, Reinier, Mescola, Andrea, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Canale, Claudio (2021) Impact of experimental parameters on cell-cell force spectroscopy signature. Sensors, 21(4), 1069. (doi: 10.3390/s21041069) (PMID:33557265)

Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2021) Meet the editor series—Massimo Vassalli. Biophysical Reviews, 13, pp. 7-10. (doi: 10.1007/s12551-021-00786-w) (PMID:33747243)

Hodgkinson, T. et al. (2021) The use of nanovibration to discover specific and potent bioactive metabolites that stimulate osteogenic differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells. Science Advances, 7(9), eabb7921. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abb7921) (PMID:33637520) (PMCID:PMC7909882)

Obino, Daniele, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Franceschi, Alberto, Alessandrini, Andrea, Facci, Paolo and Viti, Federica (2021) An overview on microfluidic systems for nucleic acids extraction from human raw samples. Sensors, 21(9), e3058. (doi: 10.3390/s21093058)

2020

Ciccone, Giuseppe, Dobre, Oana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1968-5428, Gibson, Graham M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0051-8654, Rey, Jose Manuel, Gonzalez-Garcia, Cristina, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Tassieri, Manlio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6807-0385 (2020) What caging force cells feel in 3D hydrogels: a rheological perspective. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9(17), 2000517. (doi: 10.1002/adhm.202000517) (PMID:32696605)

Bartolozzi, Alice, Viti, Federica, De Stefano, Silvia, Sbrana, Francesca, Petecchia, Loredana, Gavazzo, Paola and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2020) Development of label-free biophysical markers in osteogenic maturation. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 103, 103581. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103581)

Gambardella, Chiara, Piazza, Veronica, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Sbrana, Francesca, Lavorano, Silvia, Garaventa, Francesca and Faimali, Marco (2020) Microplastics ingestion in the ephyra stage of Aurelia sp. triggers acute and behavioral responses. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 189, 109983. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109983)

Hammarström, Björn, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Glynne-Jones, Peter (2020) Acoustic focussing for sedimentation-free high-throughput imaging of microalgae. Journal of Applied Phycology, 32, pp. 339-347. (doi: 10.1007/s10811-019-01907-5)

2019

Alfieri, Roberta, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Viti, Federica (2019) Flow-induced mechanotransduction in skeletal cells. Biophysical Reviews, 11(5), pp. 729-743. (doi: 10.1007/s12551-019-00596-1) (PMID:31529361)

Ferrari, Aldo, Capitanio, Marco, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Martinac, Boris (2019) Science by the sea: how nanoengineering met mechanobiology in Camogli. Biophysical Reviews, 11(5), pp. 659-661. (doi: 10.1007/s12551-019-00598-z) (PMID:31529357)

Baldini, Francesca, Bartolozzi, Alice, Ardito, Martina, Voci, Adriana, Portincasa, Piero, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Vergani, Laura (2019) Biomechanics of cultured hepatic cells during different steatogenic hits. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 97, pp. 296-305. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.05.036) (PMID:31151002)

Caponi, Silvia, Canale, Claudio, Cavalleri, Ornella and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2019) Characterization tools for mechanical probing of biomimetic materials. In: Kumar, Challa S.S.R. (ed.) Nanotechnology Characterization Tools for Tissue Engineering and Medical Therapy. Springer, pp. 69-111. ISBN 9783662595954 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-59596-1_2)

Margheri, Giancarlo, Tiribilli, Bruno, Trigari, Silvana and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2019) Switchable lensed linear micro axicon in plasmonic structures for all optical light processing. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 31(18), pp. 1518-1521. (doi: 10.1109/LPT.2019.2934583)

2018

Cacace, Teresa, Bianco, Vittorio, Paturzo, Melania, Memmolo, Pasquale, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Fraldi, Massimiliano, Mensitieri, Giuseppe and Ferraro, Pietro (2018) Retrieving acoustic energy densities and local pressure amplitudes in microfluidics by holographic time-lapse imaging. Lab on a Chip, 18(13), pp. 1921-1927. (doi: 10.1039/C8LC00149A) (PMID:29878010)

Vitale, R. M. et al. (2018) In silico identification and experimental validation of novel anti-Alzheimer’s multitargeted ligands from a marine source featuring a “2-aminoimidazole plus aromatic group” scaffold. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 9(6), pp. 1290-1303. (doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00416)

Bloise, N. et al. (2018) The effect of pulsed electromagnetic field exposure on osteoinduction of human mesenchymal stem cells cultured on nano-TiO2 surfaces. PLoS ONE, 13(6), e0199046. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199046) (PMID:29902240) (PMCID:PMC6002089)

Vassalli, M. et al. (2018) Intercalibration of counting methods for Ostreopsis spp. blooms in the Mediterranean Sea. Ecological Indicators, 85, pp. 1092-1100. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.07.063)

2017

Alloisio, S. et al. (2017) Generation of a functional human neural network by NDM29 overexpression in neuroblastoma cancer cells. Molecular Neurobiology, 54(8), pp. 6097-6106. (doi: 10.1007/s12035-016-0161-3) (PMID:27699601)

Gavazzo, Paola, Petecchia, Loredana, Facci, Paolo, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Viti, Federica (2017) Controlled single-cell cyclic compression and transcription analysis: a pilot study. Biophysical Chemistry, 229, pp. 39-45. (doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.07.010) (PMID:28818313)

Petecchia, L., Viti, F., Sbrana, F., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Gavazzo, P. (2017) A biophysical approach to quantify skeletal stem cells trans-differentiation as a model for the study of osteoporosis. Biophysical Chemistry, 229, pp. 84-92. (doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.05.011) (PMID:28578832)

Petecchia, L., Usai, C., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Gavazzo, P. (2017) Biophysical characterization of nanostructured TiO2 as a good substrate for hBM-MSC adhesion, growth and differentiation. Experimental Cell Research, 358(2), pp. 111-119. (doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.06.008) (PMID:28619648)

Palazzolo, G., Moroni, M., Soloperto, A., Aletti, G., Naldi, G., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Nieus, T. and Difato, F. (2017) Fast wide-volume functional imaging of engineered in vitro brain tissues. Scientific Reports, 7, 8499. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08979-8) (PMID:28819205) (PMCID:PMC5561227)

Cacace, T., Paturzo, M., Memmolo, P., Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Ferraro, P., Fraldi, M. and Mensitieri, G. (2017) Digital holography as 3D tracking tool for assessing acoustophoretic particle manipulation. Optics Express, 25(15), pp. 17746-17752. (doi: 10.1364/OE.25.017746) (PMID:28789266)

Cacace, Teresa, Paturzo, Melania, Memmolo, Pasquale, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Fraldi, Massimiliano, Mensitieri, Giuseppe and Ferraro, Pietro (2017) Investigation on Microfluidic Particles Manipulation by Holographic 3D Tracking Strategies. In: SPIE Optical Metrology, Munich, Germany, 24-27 Jun 2019, (doi: 10.1117/12.2271829)

Sbrana, Francesca, Landini, Ettore, Gjeci, Nikolla, Viti, Federica, Ottoviani, Ennio and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2017) OvMeter: an automated 3D-integrated opto-electronic system for Ostreopsis cf. ovata bloom monitoring. Journal of Applied Phycology, 29(3), pp. 1363-1375. (doi: 10.1007/s10811-017-1069-7)

2016

Bregante, Monica, Carpaneto, Armando, Piazza, Veronica, Sbrana, Francesca, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Faimali, Marco and Gambale, Franco (2016) Osmoregulated chloride currents in hemocytes from mytilus galloprovincialis. PLoS ONE, 11(12), e0167972. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167972) (PMID:27936151) (PMCID:PMC5148081)

Ghisellini, Paola, Caiazzo, Marialuisa, Alessandrini, Andrea, Eggenhöffner, Roberto, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Facci, Paolo (2016) Direct electrical control of IgG conformation and functional activity at surfaces. Scientific Reports, 6, 37779. (doi: 10.1038/srep37779) (PMID:27883075) (PMCID:PMC5121884)

Ossola, Dario, Dorig, Pablo, Voros, Janos, Zambelli, Tomaso and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2016) Serial weighting of micro-objects with resonant microchanneled cantilevers. Nanotechnology, 27(41), 415502. (doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/41/415502) (PMID:27608651)

Coluccino, Luca, Stagnaro, Paola, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Scaglione, Silvia (2016) Bioactive TGF-beta 1/HA alginate-based scaffolds for osteochondral tissue repair: design, realization and multilevel characterization. Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials, 14(1), e42-e52. (doi: 10.5301/jabfm.5000249) (PMID:26743836)

Soloperto, Alessandro, Palazzolo, Gemma, Tsushima, Hanako, Chieregatti, Evelina, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Difato, Francesco (2016) Laser nano-neurosurgery from gentle manipulation to nano-incision of neuronal cells and scaffolds: an advanced neurotechnology tool. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10, 101. (doi: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00101) (PMID:27013962) (PMCID:PMC4786546)

Soloperto, A., Bartolozzi, A., Palazzolo, G., Basso, M., Contestabile, A., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Difato, F. (2016) Expression and Biophysical Characterization of Bacterial Mechano-Sensitive Ion Channel of Large Conductance into Mammalian Cells. 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical-Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 27 Feb - 02 Mar 2016.

Soattin, Luca, Fiore, Michele, Gavazzo, Paola, Viti, Federica, Facci, Paolo, Raiteri, Roberto, Difato, Francesco, Pusch, Michael and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2016) The biophysics of piezo1 and piezo2 mechanosensitive channels. Biophysical Chemistry, 208, pp. 26-33. (doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.06.013) (PMID:26259784)

Cipolla, L., Russo, L., Sgambato, A., Guizzardi, R., Lecchi, M., Pastori, V., Petecchia, L., Gavazzo, P. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2016) Effects of neoglycosylated collagen matrices on neuroblastoma and human stem cells: a new perspective for neuro-regeneration? Second International Meeting of the Milan Center for Neuroscience (Neuromi): Prediction and Prevention of Dementia: New Hope, Milan, Italy, 06-08 Jul 2016.

2015

Petecchia, Loredana, Sbrana, Francesca, Utzeri, Roberto, Vercellino, Marco, Usai, Cesare, Visai, Livia, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Gavazzo, Paola (2015) Electro-magnetic field promotes osteogenic differentiation of BM-hMSCs through a selective action on Ca(2+)-related mechanisms. Scientific Reports, 5, 13856. (doi: 10.1038/srep13856) (PMID:26364969) (PMCID:PMC4568470)

Tsushima, Hanako, Emanuele, Marco, Polenghi, Alice, Esposito, Alessandro, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Barberis, Andrea, Difato, Francesco and Chieregatti, Evelina (2015) HDAC6 and RhoA are novel players in Abeta-driven disruption of neuronal polarity. Nature Communications, 6, 7781. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms8781) (PMID:26198811)

Giussani, V. et al. (2015) Active role of the mucilage in the toxicity mechanism of the harmful benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata. Harmful Algae, 44, pp. 46-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.hal.2015.02.006)

Di Poto, A. et al. (2015) In vitro effect of temperature on the conformational structure and collagen binding of SdrF, a Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesin. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99, s5593-5603. (doi: 10.1007/s00253-015-6456-x) (PMID:25683665)

Asnaghi, V. et al. (2015) Risk-monitoring, Modelling and Mitigation (M3-HABs) of Benthic Microalgal Blooms across Mediterranean Region. Sixth European Phycological Congress, London, UK, 23-28 Aug 2015.

Randazzo, L.A., Santangelo, M.G., Noto, R., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Manno, M. and Martorana, V. (2015) Protein Diffusion, Stability and Activity in Crowded Media. 10th European-Biophysical-Societies-Association (EBSA) European Biophysics Congress, Dresden, Germany, 18-22 Jul 2015.

2014

Pastorino, L., Dellacasa, E., Scaglione, S., Giulianelli, M., Sbrana, F., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Ruggiero, C. (2014) Oriented collagen nanocoatings for tissue engineering. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 114, pp. 372-378. (doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2013.10.026) (PMID:24246194)

Barenghi, Rossella, Beke, Szabolcs, Romano, Ilaria, Gavazzo, Paola, Farkas, Balázs, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Brandi, Fernando and Scaglione, Silvia (2014) Elastin-coated biodegradable photopolymer scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. BioMed Research International, 2014, 624645. (doi: 10.1155/2014/624645) (PMID:25405204) (PMCID:PMC4227440)

Corsaro, A., Raccosta, S., De Stefano, S., Thellung, S., Villa, V., Manno, M., Martorana, V., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Florio, T. (2014) Addressing thermal and mechanical stability of human prion protein with single molecule and ensemble measurements. International Prion Congress, Trieste, Italy, 27-30 May 2014.

2013

Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Sbrana, F., Laurita, A., Papi, M., Bloise, N., Visai, L. and Bochicchio, B. (2013) Biological and structural characterization of a naturally inspired material engineered from elastin as a candidate for tissue engineering applications. Langmuir, 29(51), pp. 15898-15906. (doi: 10.1021/la403311x) (PMID:24328291)

Torre, B., Basso, M., Tiribilli, B., Paoletti, P. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2013) Disclosing and overcoming the trade-off between noise and scanning speed in atomic force microscopy. Nanotechnology, 24(32), 325104. (doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/32/325104) (PMID:23868095)

Petecchia, L., Vercellino, M., Visai, L., Usai, C., Sbrana, F., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Gavazzo, P. (2013) Biophysical characterization of human mesenchimal stem cells. European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, 42(S1), S51. (doi: 10.1007/s00249-013-0917-x)

Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Basso, M. and Difato, F. (2013) Measurement of tension release during laser induced axon lesion to evaluate axonal adhesion to the substrate at piconewton and millisecond resolution. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 75, e50477. (doi: 10.3791/50477) (PMID:23748878) (PMCID:PMC3720120)

Thellung, S., Gatta, E., Pellistri, F., Corsaro, A., Villa, V., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Robello, M. and Florio, T. (2013) Excitotoxicity through NMDA receptors mediates cerebellar granule neuron apoptosis induced by prion protein 90-231 fragment. Neurotoxicity Research, 23, pp. 301-314. (doi: 10.1007/s12640-012-9340-9) (PMID:22855343)

Chiarpotto, M. et al. (2013) Mechanism of aluminium bio-mineralization in the apoferritin cavity. Applied Physics Letters, 103(8), 083701. (doi: 10.1063/1.4818749)

Fanelli, D., McKane, A.J., Pompili, G., Tiribilli, B., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Biancalani, T. (2013) Diffusion of two molecular species in a crowded environment: theory and experiments. Physical Biology, 10(4), 045008. (doi: 10.1088/1478-3975/10/4/045008) (PMID:23912053)

Gavazzo, Paola, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Costa, Delfina and Pagano, Aldo (2013) Novel ncRNAs transcribed by Pol III and elucidation of their functional relevance by biophysical approaches. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 7, 203. (doi: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00203)

Greco, G., Svaldo Lanero, T., Torrassa, S., Young, R., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Cavaliere, A., Rolandi, R., Pelucchi, E., Faimali, M. and Davenport, J. (2013) Microtopography of the eye surface of the crab Carcinus maenas: an atomic force microscope study suggesting a possible antifouling potential. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 10, 20130122. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0122)

Marasini, Carlotta, Jacchetti, Emanuela, Moretti, Manola, Canale, Claudio, Moran, Oscar and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2013) Visualization of single proteins from stripped native cell membranes: a protocol for high-resolution atomic force microscopy. Microscopy Research and Technique, 76(7), pp. 723-732. (doi: 10.1002/jemt.22223) (PMID:23681761)

Scaglione, Silvia, Barenghi, Rossella, Beke, Szabolcs, Ceseracciu, Luca, Romano, Ilaria, Sbrana, Francesca, Stagnaro, Paola, Brandi, Fernando and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2013) Characterization of a Bioinspired Elastin-Polypropylene Fumarate Material for Vascular Prostheses Applications. In: SPIE Optical Metrology 2013, Munich, Germany, 13-16 May 2013, 87920H. (doi: 10.1117/12.2021754)

2012

Difato, F., Tsushima, H., Pesce, M., Guiggiani, A., Benfenati, F., Blau, A., Basso, M., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Chieregatti, E. (2012) Axonal Regeneration of Cultured Mouse Hippocampal Neurons Studied by an Optical Nano-surgery System. In: SPIE BiOS 2012, San Francisco, CA, USA, 21-26 Jan 2012, p. 820760. (doi: 10.1117/12.908345)

Galante, Denise, Corsaro, Alessandro, Florio, Tullio, Vella, Serena, Pagano, Also, Sbrana, Francesca, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Perico, Angelo and D'Arrigo, Cristina (2012) Differential toxicity, conformation and morphology of typical initial aggregation states of Aβ1-42 and Aβpy3-42 beta-amyloids. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 44(11), pp. 2085-2093. (doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.08.010)

Mescola, Andrea, Vella, Serena, Scotto, Marco, Gavazzo, Paola, Canale, Claudio, Diaspro, Alberto, Pagano, Aldo and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2012) Probing cytoskeleton organisation of neuroblastoma cells with single-cell force spectroscopy. Journal of Molecular Recognition, 25(5), pp. 270-277. (doi: 10.1002/jmr.2173) (PMID:22528188)

Sbrana, F., Fotia, C., Bracalello, A., Baldini, N., Marletta, G., Ciapetti, G., Bochicchio, B. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2012) Multiscale characterization of a chimeric biomimetic polypeptide for stem cell culture. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 7(4), 046007. (doi: 10.1088/1748-3182/7/4/046007)

2011

Basso, Michele, Paoletti, Paolo, Tiribilli, Bruno and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2011) AFM imaging via nonlinear control of self-driven cantilever oscillations. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 10(3), pp. 560-565. (doi: 10.1109/TNANO.2010.2051815)

Bracalello, Angelo, Santopietro, Valentina, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Marletta, Giovanni, Del Gaudio, Rosanna, Bochicchio, Brigida and Pepe, Antonietta (2011) Design and production of a chimeric resilin-, elastin-, and collagen-like engineered polypeptide. Biomacromolecules, 12(8), pp. 2957-2965. (doi: 10.1021/bm2005388) (PMID:21707089)

Guiggiani, A., Torre, B., Contestabile, A., Benfenati, F., Basso, M., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Difato, F. (2011) Long-range and long-term interferometric tracking by static and dynamic force-clamp optical tweezers. Optics Express, 19(23), pp. 22364-22376. (doi: 10.1364/OE.19.022364)

Marasini, Carlotta and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2011) Direct Visualization of CFTR Conformation by Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging. 8th EBSA European Biophysics Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 23-27 Aug 2011.

Marchetti, S., Sbrana, F., Toscano, A., Fratini, E., Carlà, M., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Tiribilli, B., Pacini, A. and Gambi, C.M.C. (2011) β-connectin studies by small-angle x-ray scattering and single-molecule force spectroscopy by atomic force microscopy. Physical Review E, 83, 051919. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.051919) (PMID:21728583)

Paoletti, P., Basso, M., Pini, V., Tiribilli, B. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2011) Self-driven soft imaging in liquid by means of photothermal excitation. Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 114315. (doi: 10.1063/1.3665396)

Pini, Valerio, Tiribilli, Bruno, Gambi, Cecilia Maria Cristina and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2011) Erratum: Dynamical characterization of vibrating AFM cantilevers forced by photothermal excitation (vol 81, 054302, 2010). Physical Review B, 83, 179904. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.179904)

Sbrana, Francesca, Lorusso, Marina, Canale, Claudio, Bochicchio, Brigida and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2011) Effect of chemical cross-linking on the mechanical properties of elastomeric peptides studied by single molecule force spectroscopy. Journal of Biomechanics, 44(11), pp. 2118-2122. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.05.028)

2010

Monaldi, Ilaria, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Bachi, Angela, Giovedi, Silvia, Millo, Enrico, Valtorta, Flavia, Raiteri, Roberto, Benfenati, Fabio and Fassio, Anna (2010) The highly conserved synapsin domain E mediates synapsin dimerization and phospholipid vesicle clustering. Biochemical Journal, 426(1), pp. 55-64. (doi: 10.1042/BJ20090762) (PMID:19922412)

Pini, Valerio, Tiribilli, Bruno, Gambi, Cecilia Maria Cristina and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2010) Dynamical characterization of vibrating AFM cantilevers forced by photothermal excitation. Physical Review B, 81, 054302. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.054302)

Sbrana, F., Fanelli, D., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Carresi, L., Scala, A., Pazzagli, L., Cappugi, G. and Tiribilli, Bruno (2010) Progressive pearl necklace collapse mechanism for cerato-ulmin aggregation film. European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, 39, pp. 971-977. (doi: 10.1007/s00249-009-0465-6) (PMID:19471919)

Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Pini, Valerio and Tiribilli, Bruno (2010) Role of the driving laser position on atomic force microscopy cantilevers excited by photothermal and radiation pressure effects. Applied Physics Letters, 97, 143105. (doi: 10.1063/1.3497074)

2009

Basso, Michele, Paoletti, Paolo, Tiribilli, Bruno and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2009) Modeling and Analysis of Auto-tapping AFM. In: 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 09-11 Dec 2008, pp. 5188-5193. ISBN 9781424431236 (doi: 10.1109/CDC.2008.4739214)

2008

Basso, M., Paoletti, P., Tiribilli, B. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2008) Modelling and analysis of autonomous micro-cantilever oscillations. Nanotechnology, 19(47), 475501. (doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/47/475501)

Becucci, Lucia, Innocenti, Massimo, Salvietti, Emanuele, Rindi, Alessio, Pasquini, Irene, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Foresti, M. Luisa and Guidelli, Rolando (2008) Potassium ion transport by gramicidin and valinomycin across a Ag(111)-supported tethered bilayer lipid membrane. Electrochimica Acta, 53(22), pp. 6372-6379. (doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2008.04.043)

Imparato, A., Sbrana, F. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2008) Reconstructing the free-energy landscape of a polyprotein by single-molecule experiments. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 82(5), 58006. (doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/82/58006)

Marchetti, S., Sbrana, F., Raccis, R., Lanzi, L., Gambi, C.M.C., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Tiribilli, B., Pacini, A. and Toscano, A. (2008) Dynamic light scattering and atomic force microscopy imaging on fragments of beta-connectin from human cardiac muscle. Physical Review E, 77, 021910. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021910)

Papi, Massimiliano, Maulucci, Giuseppe, Arcovito, Giuseppe, Paoletti, Paolo, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and De Spirito, Marco (2008) Detection of microviscosity by using uncalibrated atomic force microscopy cantilevers. Applied Physics Letters, 93, 124102. (doi: 10.1063/1.2970963)

2007

Sbrana, F., Bongini, L., Cappugi, G., Fanelli, D., Guarino, A., Pazzagli, L., Scala, A., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Zoppi, C. and Tiribilli, B. (2007) Atomic force microscopy images suggest aggregation mechanism in cerato-platanin. European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, 36, pp. 727-732. (doi: 10.1007/s00249-007-0159-x)

2006

Basso, Michele, Bucher, Roberto, Romagnoli, Marco and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2006) Real-time Lontrol with Linux: A Web Services Approach. In: 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2005 and 2005 European Control Conference. CDC-ECC '05., Seville, Spain, 12-15 December 2005, pp. 2733-2738. ISBN 0780395670 (doi: 10.1109/CDC.2005.1582576)

Giannini, Rosalba, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Chellini, Flaminia, Polidori, Lucia, Dei, Rosanna and Giannelli, Marco (2006) Neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet laser irradiation with low pulse energy: a potential tool for the treatment of peri-implant disease. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 17(6), pp. 638-643. (doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2006.01278.x) (PMID:17092221)

Papi, Massimiliano, Arcovito, Giuseppe, De Spirito, Marco, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Tiribilli, Bruno (2006) Fluid viscosity determination by means of uncalibrated atomic force microscopy cantilevers. Applied Physics Letters, 88, 194102. (doi: 10.1063/1.2200588)

Quercioli, Franco, Tiribilli, Bruno, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Sbrana, Francesca (2006) Autocorrelator designs for nonlinear optical microscopy. Optical Engineering, 45(6), 064303. (doi: 10.1117/1.2215379)

Tiribilli, B., Ferraro, P., Grilli, S, Molesini, G., Vannoni, M. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2006) An Integrated Approach for Photonic Crystal Inspection and Characterization. In: SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 03-07 Apr 2006, 61880A. (doi: 10.1117/12.664930)

2005

Grilli, Simonetta, Ferraro, Pietro, De Natale, Paolo, Tiribilli, Bruno and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2005) Surface nanoscale periodic structures in congruent lithium niobate by domain reversal patterning and differential etching. Applied Physics Letters, 87(23), 233106. (doi: 10.1063/1.2137877)

Grilli, Simonetta, Ferraro, Pietro, Sansone, Lucia, Tiribilli, Bruno, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and De Natale, Paolo (2005) Fabrication of 2D Sub-micron Structures in Lithium Niobate for Photonic Crystal Applications. In: Optics and Photonics 2005, San Diego, CA, USA, 31 Jul - 04 Aug 2005, p. 593107. (doi: 10.1117/12.617106)

Tiribilli, B., Bani, D., Quercioli, F., Ghirelli, A. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2005) Atomic force microscopy of histological sections using a chemical etching method. Ultramicroscopy, 102(3), pp. 227-232. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2004.10.003) (PMID:15639354)

2004

Quercioli, Franco, Tiribilli, Bruno and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2004) Wavefront-division lateral shearing autocorrelator for ultrafast laser microscopy. Optics Express, 12(18), pp. 4303-4312. (doi: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004303) (PMID:19483977)

Quercioli, Franco, Tiribilli, Bruno, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Ghirelli, Alessandro (2004) Laser spectral characterization in multiphoton microscopy. Applied Optics, 43(15), pp. 3055-3060. (doi: 10.1364/AO.43.003055) (PMID:15176192)

Formigli, L. et al. (2004) Sphingosine 1-phosphate induces cell contraction via calcium-independent/Rho-dependent pathways in undifferentiated skeletal muscle cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 198(1), pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1002/jcp.10366) (PMID:14584038)

Nosi, D., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Polidori, L., Giannini, R., Tani, A., Chellini, F. and Paternostro, F. (2004) Effects of S1P on myoblastic cell contraction: Possible involvement of Ca2+-independent mechanisms. Cells Tissues Organs, 178(3), pp. 129-138. (doi: 10.1159/000082243) (PMID:15655330)

Pelli, S., Righini, G.C., Quercioli, F., Tiribilli, B., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Cremona, M. and Pereira, J.A.M. (2004) Optical Waveguides in LiF by Ion-beam Irradiation: Fabrication and Characterisation. In: 2003 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO/Europe 2003), Munich, Germany, 22-27 Jun 2003, p. 682. ISBN 0780377346 (doi: 10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313740)

Quercioli, F., Ghirelli, A., Tiribilli, B. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2004) Ultracompact autocorrelator for multiphoton microscopy. Microscopy Research and Technique, 63(1), pp. 27-33. (doi: 10.1002/jemt.10420) (PMID:14677131)

Quercioli, Franco, Ghirelli, Alessandro, Tiribilli, Bruno and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2004) Autocorrelator for Multiphoton Microscopy. In: Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 2004, pp. 162-170. (doi: 10.1117/12.544609)

2003

Bencini, C. et al. (2003) Effects of sphingosine 1-phosphate on excitation–contraction coupling in mammalian skeletal muscle. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 24(8), pp. 539-554. (doi: 10.1023/B:JURE.0000009898.02325.58) (PMID:14870969)

Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Giannelli, M. (2003) Effect of Nd: YAG laser on titanium dental implants studied by AFM. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, 108(4), pp. 195-203. (PMID:14974502)

Buah-Bassuah, Paul K., Tiribilli, Bruno, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 and Molesini, Giuseppe (2003) Simple portable lens meter. Applied Optics, 42(25), pp. 5086-5090. (doi: 10.1364/AO.42.005086) (PMID:12962384)

Pelli, S., Brenci, M., Calzolai, R., Quercioli, F., Tiribilli, B., Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Ghirelli, A., Cremona, M., Pereira, J.A.M. and Righini, G.C. (2003) Confocal Luminescence Microscopy Characterization of Optical Waveguides Produced by Ion Beam Irradiation on LiF. In: Integrated Optoelectronics Devices, San Jose, CA, USA, 2003, pp. 13-20. (doi: 10.1117/12.478329)

Quercioli, Franco, Tiribilli, Bruno, Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376, Ghirelli, A., Righini, Giancarlo, Pelli, Stefano and Cremona, Marco (2003) Confocal Microscopy for the Testing of Integrated Optical Devices. In: 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, Florence, Italy, 2002, pp. 665-667. (doi: 10.1117/12.527040)

2002

Formigli, L. et al. (2002) Sphingosine 1-phosphate induces Ca2+ transients and cytoskeletal rearrangement in C2C12 myoblastic cells. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 282(6), C1361-C1373. (doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00378.2001) (PMID:11997251)

Francini, F. et al. (2002) Ca2+ homeostasis and cytoskeletal rearrangement operated by sphingosine 1-phosphate in C2C12 myoblastic cells. Journal of Gravitational Physiology, 9(1), P281-P282. (PMID:15002581)

2001

Bartoli, Alessandro, Poggi, Pasquale, Quercioli, Franco, Tiribilli, Bruno and Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2001) Optical profilometer with a standalone scanning sensor head. Optical Engineering, 40(12), pp. 2852-2859. (doi: 10.1117/1.1417494)

2000

Giacomelli, G., Hegger, R., Politi, A. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2000) Convective Lyapunov exponents and propagation of correlations. Physical Review Letters, 85(17), 3616. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3616)

Giardinà, C., Livi, R., Politi, A. and Vassalli, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2000) Finite thermal conductivity in 1D lattices. Physical Review Letters, 84(10), 2144. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2144)

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Articles

Tan, M. et al. (2024) Polyetherureas as aqueous binders for Li ion batteries. ChemRxiv, (doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-mk39b)

Viti, F. et al. (2023) Patient's dermal fibrolasts as disease markers for visceral myopathy. Biomaterials Advances, 148, 213355. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213355)

Vassalli, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-4376 (2021) Meet the editor series—Massimo Vassalli. Biophysical Reviews, 13, pp. 7-10. (doi: 10.1007/s12551-021-00786-w) (PMID:33747243)

Vassalli, M. et al. (2018) Intercalibration of counting methods for Ostreopsis spp. blooms in the Mediterranean Sea. Ecological Indicators, 85, pp. 1092-1100. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.07.063)

Chiarpotto, M. et al. (2013) Mechanism of aluminium bio-mineralization in the apoferritin cavity. Applied Physics Letters, 103(8), 083701. (doi: 10.1063/1.4818749)

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Conference or Workshop Item

Conference Proceedings

Exhibitions

Keith, N. et al. (2023) Regenerative Futures: From Global to Local Development in 2032. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295862) [Exhibitions]

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Supervision

Afxenti, Ivi
Biphotons for nonlinear imaging
Isakova, Julia
Developing RAMAN-based methodology to investigate cell glycosylation signatures
Purdie, Euan
Exploiting metabolite GPCR mechanotransduction to find new treatments for metabolic disorders

Teaching

I'm currently involved in the following courses:

ENG2012: Biomed Engineering Skills 2
ENG2087: Engineering in Biology 2
ENG3090: Biomed Engineering Skills 3
ENG4200: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 4

If you have any query related to teaching on these courses, feel free to contact me via email.

Professional activities & recognition

Research fellowships

2016 - 2016: Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Government
2014 - 2014: Swiss National Science Foundation

Grant committees & research advisory boards

2014: FABCrea, President of the advisory board
2018 - 2019: Regional life science pole (PLSV), Liguria, Italy, Scientific Board
2016 - 2018: Regional Biotechnology Pole, Liguria, Italy, Scientific board

Editorial boards

2016: Scientific Reports
2018: Biophysical Reviews

Professional & learned societies

2018 - 2020: Secretary, Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics
2016 - 2018: Member, Optical Society of America
2014 - 2017: Member, Italian Society of Physics
2014 - 2016: Secretary, Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics
2012 - 2020: Member, Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics
2019: Member, British Biophysical Society
2019: Member, Institute of Physics

Selected international presentations

2018: Invited Lecturer at the International Biophysics School "Academician Radoslav K.Andjus" (NERKA) on Mechanobiology (Kotor, Montenegro)
2018: Plenary speaker at the Regional Biophysics Conference (Zrece, Slovenia)
2017: Technical Lecturer at the International School on Computational Microscopy (Amalfi, Italy)
2015: Invited lecturer at the Nano-bio imaging workshop (Bologna, Italy)
2014: Invited lecturer at the Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (Warsaw, Poland)

Research datasets

Jump to: 2025 | 2021 | 2020

Number of items: 5.

2025

Binner, P., Starshynov, I. , Tejeda, G. , McFall, A. , CICCONE, G., Walker, M. , Vassalli, M. , Tobin, A. and Faccio, D. (2025) Optical, contact-free assessment of brain tissue stiffness and neurodegeneration. [Data Collection]

2021

Oropesa-Nuñez, R., Mescola, A., Vassalli, M. and Canale, C. (2021) Impact of experimental parameters on cell-cell force spectroscopy signature. [Data Collection]

2020

Orapiriyakul, W., Tsimbouri, M. , Childs, P., Campsie, P., Wells, J., Fernandez-Yague, M. A., Burgess, K., Tanner, E., Tassieri, M. , Meek, D., Vassalli, M. , Biggs, M. J.P., Salmeron-Sanchez, M. , Oreffo, R. O. C., Reid, S. and Dalby, M. (2020) Nanovibrational Stimulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induces Therapeutic Reactive Oxygen Species and Inflammation for Three- Dimensional Bone Tissue Engineering. [Data Collection]

Lüchtefeld, I., Bartolozzi, A., Mejiá, J., Dobre, O. , Basso, M., Zambelli, T. and Vassalli, M. (2020) Elasticity Spectra as a Tool to Investigate Actin Cortex Mechanics. [Data Collection]

Hodgkinson, T., Tsimbouri, M. , Llopis-Hernandez, V. , Campsie, P., Scurr, D., Childs, P., Phillips, D. , Donnelly, S., Wells, J., Salmeron-Sanchez, M. , Burgess, K., Alexander, M., Vassalli, M. , Oreffo, R., Reid, S., France, D. and Dalby, M. (2020) Nanovibrational mesenchymal stem cell stimulation allows detection of highly osteo-specific bioactive metabolites that can be modified for enhanced potency. [Data Collection]

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