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  1. Heterochromatin-Driven Nuclear Softening Protects the Genome against Mechanical Stress-Induced Damage

    Article • Cell, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr michele Nava

  2. Human bone perivascular niche-on-a-chip for studying metastatic colonization

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr michele Nava

  3. Emerging roles of mechanical forces in chromatin regulation

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, June 2017, The Company of Biologists

    Dr michele Nava

  4. Scaling-Up Techniques for the Nanofabrication of Cell Culture Substrates via Two-Photon Polymerization for Industrial-Scale Expansion of Stem Cells

    Article • Materials, January 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr michele Nava

  5. An experimental-numerical investigation on the effects of macroporous scaffold geometry on cell culture parameters

    Article • The International Journal of Artificial Organs, January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr michele Nava

  6. 3D Stem Cell Niche Engineering via Two-Photon Laser Polymerization

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr michele Nava

  7. Two-photon polymerized “nichoid” substrates maintain function of pluripotent stem cells when expanded under feeder-free conditions

    Article • Stem Cell Research & Therapy, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr michele Nava

  8. Synthetic niche substrates engineered via two-photon laser polymerization for the expansion of human mesenchymal stromal cells

    Article • Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr michele Nava

  9. Direct photo-patterning of hyaluronic acid baits onto a fouling-release perfluoropolyether surface for selective cancer cell capture and immobilization

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering C, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr michele Nava

  10. Hollow Fiber Bioreactor Technology for Tissue Engineering Applications

    Article • The International Journal of Artificial Organs, January 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr michele Nava

  11. The effect of scaffold pore size in cartilage tissue engineering

    Article • Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials, January 2016, Wichtig

    Dr michele Nava

  12. Computational prediction of strain-dependent diffusion of transcription factors through the cell nucleus

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr michele Nava

  13. A strain-dependent diffusivity model to study the nuclear import of mechanobiological transcription factors

    Article • August 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr michele Nava

  14. Interactions between structural and chemical biomimetism in synthetic stem cell niches

    Article • Biomedical Materials, January 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr michele Nava

  15. Optimization of Femtosecond Laser Polymerized Structural Niches to Control Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Fate in Culture

    Article • Micromachines, June 2014, MDPI AG

    Dr michele Nava

  16. Bio-chemo-mechanical models for nuclear deformation in adherent eukaryotic cells

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr michele Nava

  17. A multiphysics 3D model of tissue growth under interstitial perfusion in a tissue-engineering bioreactor

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr michele Nava

  18. Three-dimensional structural niches engineered via two-photon laser polymerization promote stem cell homing

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr michele Nava

  19. Controlling Self-Renewal and Differentiation of Stem Cells via Mechanical Cues

    Article • Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr michele Nava

  20. Two-photon laser polymerization: from fundamentals to biomedical application in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

    Article • Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials, January 2012, Wichtig

    Dr michele Nava

  21. Breakthroughs in Computational Modeling of Cartilage Regeneration in Perfused Bioreactors

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, December 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr michele Nava