Our Team

Elisa Cimetta
Principal Investigator

Maria Rosaria Esposito
Lab Manager

Pina Fusco
Postdoctoral Researcher
I study cancer progression and dissemination using advanced 3D in vitro models

Luca Zanella
PhD student

Sara Micheli
Postdoctoral Researcher
I focus on the development of microscaled devices to study tumor behavior and its interactions with the microenvironment

Caterina Piunti
PhD student
I develop microfluidic platforms to study the role of EVs in cancer progression and as anticancer therapeutics

Noemi Torriero
PhD student
I employ 3D cancer cells cultures to characterize tumor growth and aggressiveness

Anna Fietta
PhD student
I develop multi-compartment 3D models to decode the mechanisms driving Neuroblastoma metastatic dissemination

Federico Maggiotto
PhD student
I use 3D bioprinting to recreate vascularized mimics of human healthy and diseased tissues

Eleonora Zanrè
PhD student
I combine microfluidics and 3D models to study cancer behavior