RUSSO LAURA

• 2022 Associate Professor. University of Milano-Bicocca. Biomaterials for tissue engineering and medical devices. Development of 3D in vitro tissue models and artificial tissues.
• 2021 Partner and Member of Scientific Advisory Boardof Biocompatibility Innovation (BCI) 
• 2017 Visiting Researcher. Cùram – Ireland.
• 2018 Adjunct Lecturer. University of Galway – Ireland Department of Chemistry.
• 2017 - 2022 Assistant Professor. University of Milano-Bicocca. Biomaterials for tissue engineering and medical devices. Development of 3D in vitro tissue models and artificial tissues.
• 2016 Principal Investigator - SFI Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG).Cùram - Ireland / National University of Galway. Glyco-functionalized hydrogels and biomaterials for tissue engineering applications.
• 2013 - 2015 Post Doc researcher. University of Milano – Bicocca. Unit coordinator of a research project founded by CARIPLO Foundation on the design and synthesis of smart biomaterials through the chemical derivatization with glycans as signal biomolecules.
• 2010 Visiting Researcher. Imperial College of London working on the design and synthesis of hybrid biomaterials for tissue regeneration.
• 2009 - 2012 PhD student.University of Milano-Bicocca, working on a multidisciplinary project exploiting glycoscience in the field of nano- and bio-materials for tissue engineering.

Research Experience

Dr. Laura Russo gained expertise on regenerative medicine and nanomedicine. In particular she worked on nano- and biomaterials functionalization using a wide range of materials (organic, inorganic, polymeric, natural and synthetic), and smart functionalized hydrogel for 3D cell cultures. Dr Russo has also expertise in manipulating complex biomolecules such as carbohydrates. Her research activity to date has allow to the design and set up of different chemoselective ligation strategies for the covalent immobilization of several carbohydrates and peptides of biological interest on nanomaterials for tissue engineering applications (bone and cartilage regeneration, cardiac regeneration, neuronal regeneration). Today, research interests of Dr. Russo are focused on 3D smart biomaterials for cell studies and on 3D printed biomaterials for biomedical applications.

Research Topics

- Glycochemistry and Glycoscience

- Biomaterials for tissue engineering and 3D advanced in vitro models

- 3D bioprinting and biopolymers design

- Modification and chemical functionalization of polymers for biomedical applications

Awards and Honours:

2017 Award for innovation in research of the Italian Chemical Society. “Organic Chemistry in Life Science” Award.

The research of Laura Russo gained a strong national and international recognition being reported by the media, including the Tg1 National Edition, in which she was personally interviewed, and numerous foreign newspapers.

2016 Recognition of Irish “Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation”, John Halligan TD as “next leaders of research in Ireland, shaping the research community both in Ireland and internationally”.

Organization of Conferences

1. Member of Organizing Committee of Nanomedicine 2019. Workshop on Nanomedicine at University of Milano-Bicocca. 2-3 May 2019.
2. Member of the International Advisory Board of the 6th World Conference on Tissue Engineering International and Regenerative (TERMIS), Maastricht 2021.
3. Chair of the Special Symposium on “BM6 Glycoscience in tissue engineering: from glycobiomaterials to glycosignature in regeneration”, 6th World Conference on Tissue Engineering International and Regenerative (TERMIS), Maastricht 2021.
4. Organiser and Chair of the next Special Symposium “Glycomodulation Approaches in Tissue Engineering”, 22thEuropean Conference on Tissue Engineering International and Regenerative (TERMIS), Cracovia, 28 June -1 July 2022
5. Member of the organizing committee of Additive manufacturing in healthcare: from 3d printing to bioprinting”. Lake Como School of Advanced Studies - 5-9 June 2023

Editorial Activities

Editorial Advisory Board Member of Carbohydrate Polymers – Elsevier.

Editorial Advisory Board Member of Chemistry Europe – Wiley.

Editorial Board Memberof Translational Oncology (TRANON) – Elsevier.

Board of Assistant Editorsof Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine – Springer Nature.

Editorial Board Memberof Organic Materials - Georg Thieme Verlag KG - Thieme Gruppe.