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PaolaOcchetta

Paola Occhetta

CEO, CO-Founder
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MarcoRasponi

Marco Rasponi

CTO, Co-Founder
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RobertaVisone

Roberta Visone

R&D Science Leader

Expert in qualification of advanced OoC modes, leading discussion with EMA for regulating cardiotoxicity applications.

ErikaFerrari

Erika Ferrari

Commercial Science Leader

Background in OoC development. Actively involved in the establishment of strategic partnerships and collaborations.

StevanoPiazza

Stefano Piazza

R&D Product Engineer

Background in OoC development. Actively involved in the industrialization of highthroughput uBeat®-based OoC systems.

CaterinaPernici

Caterina Pernici

R&D Product Engineer

Background in OoC applications. Dedicated to hardware and software development of OoC related control systems.

MicolDAntonio

Micol D'Antonio

Junior R&D Product Engineer

Backgroung in OoC and miniaturized sensors. Involved in the uBeat®-based OoC industrialization.

MarcoMondini

Marco Mondini

Junior R&D Scientist

Background in OoC applications. Involved in design and implementation of pharmacological studies.

Elena Vatrano

Elena Vatrano

Junior R&D Scientist

Background in OoC applications. Involved in design and implementation of pharmacological studies.

Sergi Gomez

MSCA PhD Candidate

Background in OoC applications. Involved in the development and validation of cardiac fibrosis model (uScar).

ADVISORS

COLLABORATORS

Alberto Redaelli

Scientific Advisor, Co-Founder

KOL in cardiovascular field. Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Division at Politecnico di Milano. Founder of 2 startups, inventor of 18 patents.

Scott Woodward

Business Advisor (External)

Venture and Life Science Company builder. Global CRO experience and Life Science Management Consulting.

COLLABORATORS

Alessandro Cordiale

Junior R&D Engineer

PhD Candidate at Politecnico di Milano. He works on the development of microfluidic models of epithelial-endothelial barriers for drug discovery.

Elisa Monti

Junior R&D Engineer

PhD Candidate at Politecnico di Milano. She is investigating the molecular correlation between mechanical overloads and the onset of osteoarthritis in a cartilage-on-chip model.

Alumni

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Ferran Juan Lozano

Background in OoC applications.
Ferran worked on the development and validation of uHeart.

Past Internship Students

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Sara Corbetta

Sara worked on the realization of a 3D model of cardiac fibrosis and on the validation of a new microfluidic platform to acquire cardiac electrical signals.

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Martina Pezzuto

Martina worked on the qualification of a 3D model of cardiac fibrosis in different context of uses such as drug screening and advanced therapeutic applications.

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Luca Rigamonti

Luca worked on the validation of a microfluidic platform for testing injectable medical devices (MD) on uKnee model, to fulfill the needs of MD companies with the coming of the EU MDR 2017/745.

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Andrea Pigazzini

Andrea worked on the upgrade of our uBox control system, to expand the versatility of our models and the complexity of mechanical stimuli.

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Sara Sitta

Sara worked on a proof-of-concept 3D model of lung fibrosis induced through mechanical stimuli.

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Giacomo Cretti

Giacomo worked on integrating different readouts in our uHeart cardiac model benchmarking it against traditional 2D culture systems for cardiotoxicity screening.

Paola Occhetta, PhD

Paola Occhetta is CEO and co-founder of BiomimX and Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano. Her main interests are the development, the validation and the commercialization of patho-physiological Organs-on-chip models as tools for drug screening.

She got the PhD in Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2015 on the development of microfluidic platforms for 3D cell culture. She concluded 4 years of PostDoc fellowship at the Department of Biomedicine of the University Hospital of Basel, working in the establishment of in vitro models of cartilage development and pathologies. She came back to Politecnico di Milano as PostDoctoral fellow, as beneficiary of the European Project MSCA Individual Fellowship and of a project for young researchers financed by Cariplo Foundation, both aimed at developing a model of joint-on-a-chip for advancing the development of anti-osteoarthritic drugs. She has been recently appointed Assistant Professor with a tenure position at Politecnico di Milano as beneficiary of an Horizon Europe ERC Starting Grant, one of the most prestigious project granted by European Commission to talented young PI, in the field of Organs-on-Chip (OoC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). She is also active member of the CEN CENLEC Focus Group who drafted the roadmap for OoC standardization. She authored more than 35 scientific papers published on international peer-reviewed journals (h index 17), 5 book chapters and she is inventor of 1 granted patent.

Marco Rasponi, PhD

Marco Rasponi is Principal Investigator in the Microfluidics and biomimetic Microsystems Laboratory (MiMic Lab).

He has a Master degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano (2002) and has obtained a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2006 on design of MEMS devices aimed at the biomedical use. In 2006 he was awarded the Fondazione Rocca fellowship and from January 2007 to May 2008 he worked as postoctoral fellow at the Mechanical Engineering Department of MIT. Since 2015 he serves as Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering of Politecnico di Milano. His main research activity involves the design of microfluidic devices for biological applications.

He is author of more than 40 scientific articles in peer-reviewed international journals, 5 book chapters, inventor in 6 patent applications and co-founder of BiomimX, spin-off Company of Politecnico di Milano.