The research activities carried out by the Chemical Bioengineering Group cover the following areas:
- peptide synthesis, purification and characterization
- investigation of structure-activity relationships in biopolymers
- maturation process of pro-proteins
- metallic, ceramic and polymeric biomaterials covalently and selectively functionalised with bioactive peptides
- scaffold of self-aggregating peptides decorated with adhesive, growth or angiogenic sequences.
- chemoselective ligation for the development of innovative biomaterials and in biosensoristics
- model matrices for tumor tissues in the study of electroporation
- quorum sensing in the design of antibacterial surfaces
- peptide design for the differentiation of glioblastoma stem cells
- design of anti-calcifying surfaces
- functionalization with synthetic peptides of decellularized tissues
- characterization and treatment of animal pericardium for the production of bioprosthetic devices
- mechanical heart valve monitoring
- design and development of hybrid membrane for the production of hemocompatible pulsatile chambers (Total Artificial Heart project)
- Wavelet transform analysis of cutaneous microcirculation
