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Università degli Studi di Verona: Verona, Veneto, IT

2023-08-01 to present | Scientist (Laboratorio di Clinica translazionale)
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Gianluca Fontana

University of Wisconsin–Madison: Madison, Wisconsin, US

2017-04-01 to 2023-07-20 | Scientist (Orthopedics and Rehabilitation)
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Gianluca Fontana

University of Wisconsin–Madison: Madison, Wisconsin, US

2015-04-01 to 2017-03-30 | PostDoc (Orthopedics and Rehabilitation)
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Gianluca Fontana

Education and qualifications (3)

National University of Ireland, Galway: Galway, Connacht, IE

2009 to 2014 | Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering
Education
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Gianluca Fontana

Università degli Studi di Trieste: Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, IT

2007 to 2009 | Master in Medical Biotechnology
Education
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Gianluca Fontana

Università degli Studi di Trieste: Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, IT

2003 to 2006 | Bachelor in Biotechnology
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Gianluca Fontana

Funding (1)

Freedom of movement award

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University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, Wisconsin, US)
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Gianluca Fontana

Works (22)

Local delivery of TGF-β1-mRNA decreases fibrosis in osteochondral defects.

Bioactive materials
2024-12-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.11.033
PMID: 39717366
PMC: PMC11665573
Contributors: Fontana G; Nemke B; Lu Y; Chamberlain C; Lee JS; Choe JA; Jiao H; Nelson M; Amitrano M; Li WJ et al.
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Gianluca Fontana

The Placenta as a Source of Human Material for Neuronal Repair.

Biomedicines
2024-07-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12071567
PMID: 39062139
PMC: PMC11275125
Contributors: Alessia Dallatana; Cremonesi L; Francesco Pezzini; Fontana G; Innamorati G; Giacomello L
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Gianluca Fontana

Subperiosteal delivery of transforming growth factor beta 1 and human growth hormone from mineralized PCL films.

Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A
2024-03-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37684
PMID: 38530161
Contributors: Matthew Parlato; Lee JS; David Belair; Fontana G; Leiferman E; Hanna R; Chamberlain C; Ranheim EA; Murphy WL; Matthew Halanski
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Gianluca Fontana

Mineral coated microparticles doped with fluoride and complexed with mRNA prolong transfection in fracture healing.

Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology
2024-01-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1295313
PMID: 38264578
PMC: PMC10803474
Contributors: Nelson AL; Fontana G; Chubb L; Choe J; Katherine Williams; Regan D; Huard J; Murphy W; Ehrhart N; Bahney C
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Gianluca Fontana

Therapeutic approaches to activate the canonical Wnt pathway for bone regeneration.

Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
2022-09-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/term.3349
PMID: 36112528
PMC: PMC9826348
Contributors: Nelson AL; Fontana G; Miclau E; Rongstad M; William Murphy; Huard J; Ehrhart N; Bahney C
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Gianluca Fontana

Temporal changes guided by mesenchymal stem cells on a 3D microgel platform enhance angiogenesis in vivo at a low-cell dose.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2020-07-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008245117
PMID: 32709748
PMC: PMC7430977
Contributors: Dilip Thomas; Grazia Marsico; Isma Liza Mohd Isa; Arun Thirumaran; Chen X; Bartlomiej Lukasz; Fontana G; Brian Rodriguez; Martina Marchetti-Deschmann; Timothy O'Brien et al.
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Gianluca Fontana

Endothelin-1 reduces catabolic activity of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells during chondro- and osteo-lineage differentiation.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications
2020-06-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.06.003
PMID: 32703408
PMC: PMC7385289
Contributors: Weishar R; Lee MS; Fontana G; Peiman Hematti; Wan-Ju Li
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Gianluca Fontana

Mineral-Coated Microparticles Enhance mRNA-Based Transfection of Human Bone Marrow Cells.

Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids
2019-09-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2019.09.004
PMID: 31655263
PMC: PMC6831872
Contributors: Fontana G; Martin HL; Lee JS; Schill K; Peiman Hematti; William Murphy
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Gianluca Fontana

A Reliable and Reproducible Critical-Sized Segmental Femoral Defect Model in Rats Stabilized with a Custom External Fixator.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
2019-03-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3791/59206
PMID: 30958483
PMC: PMC8079128
Contributors: Benjamin Kerzner; Martin HL; Weiser M; Fontana G; Russell N; William Murphy; Lund EA; Doro CJ
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Gianluca Fontana

Biologically Inspired Materials in Tissue Engineering

Extracellular Matrix for Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
2018 | Book chapter
Contributors: Gianluca Fontana
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Gianluca Fontana

Quantitative Label-Free Imaging of 3D Vascular Networks Self-Assembled in Synthetic Hydrogels.

Advanced healthcare materials
2018-12-19 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201801186
PMID: 30565891
PMC: PMC6601624
Contributors: Gaurav; Daniel A. Gil; Elizabeth Emma Torr; Berge ES; Soref C; Uhl P; Gianluca Fontana; Antosiewicz-Bourget J; Collin Edington; Michael P. Schwartz et al.
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Gianluca Fontana

Two Methods for Decellularization of Plant Tissues for Tissue Engineering Applications.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
2018-05-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3791/57586
PMID: 29912197
PMC: PMC6101437
Contributors: Adamski M; Fontana G; Joshua Gershlak; Gaudette GR; Hau Le; William Murphy
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Gianluca Fontana

Functionalization of microparticles with mineral coatings enhances non-viral transfection of primary human cells.

Scientific reports
2017-10-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14153-x
PMID: 29079806
PMC: PMC5660152
Contributors: Khalil AS; Yu X; Angela Xie; Fontana G; Umhoefer JM; Hunter J Johnson; Hookway TA; McDevitt TC; William Murphy
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Gianluca Fontana

Biofunctionalized Plants as Diverse Biomaterials for Human Cell Culture.

Advanced healthcare materials
2017-03-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201601225
PMID: 28319334
PMC: PMC5490445
Contributors: Fontana G; Joshua Gershlak; Adamski M; Lee JS; Shion Matsumoto; Hau Le; Binder B; Wirth J; Gaudette G; William Murphy
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Gianluca Fontana

Crossing kingdoms: Using decellularized plants as perfusable tissue engineering scaffolds.

Biomaterials
2017-02-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.02.011
PMID: 28222326
PMC: PMC5388455
Contributors: Joshua Gershlak; Sarah Hernandez; Fontana G; Perreault LR; Hansen KJ; Sara Larson; Binder BY; David Dolivo; Yang T; Tanja Dominko et al.
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Gianluca Fontana

Three-Dimensional Microgel Platform for the Production of Cell Factories Tailored for the Nucleus Pulposus.

Bioconjugate chemistry
2014-10-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/bc5004247
PMID: 25290910
Contributors: Fontana G; Akshay Srivastava; Dilip Thomas; Lalor P; Dockery P; Abhay Pandit
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Gianluca Fontana

Current trends in biologics delivery to restore intervertebral disc anabolism.

Advanced drug delivery reviews
2014-08-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2014.08.008
PMID: 25174310
Contributors: Fontana G; See E; Abhay Pandit
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Gianluca Fontana

Microgel microenvironment primes adipose-derived stem cells towards an NP cells-like phenotype.

Advanced healthcare materials
2014-08-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201400175
PMID: 25100329
Contributors: Fontana G; Dilip Thomas; Collin E; Abhay Pandit
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Gianluca Fontana

A shape-controlled tuneable microgel platform to modulate angiogenic paracrine responses in stem cells.

Biomaterials
2014-07-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.06.053
PMID: 25047627
Contributors: Dilip Thomas; Fontana G; Chen X; Clara Sanz-Nogués; dimitrios zeugolis; Dockery P; Timothy O'Brien; Abhay Pandit
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Gianluca Fontana

The neurotoxicity of gene vectors and its amelioration by packaging with collagen hollow spheres.

Biomaterials
2012-12-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.11.049
PMID: 23245921
Contributors: Ben Newland; Teresa Moloney; Fontana G; Shane Browne; Abu-Rub MT; Eilís Dowd; Abhay Pandit
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Gianluca Fontana

A protective extracellular matrix-based gene delivery reservoir fabricated by electrostatic charge manipulation.

Molecular pharmaceutics
2012-10-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/mp300231d
PMID: 23013232
Contributors: Shane Browne; Fontana G; Brian Rodriguez; Abhay Pandit
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Gianluca Fontana

Xenogenic Tissues and Biomaterials for the Skeletal System

Comprehensive Biomaterials
2011 | Book chapter
Contributors: Gianluca Fontana
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Gianluca Fontana

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Stem cell research & therapy. (1)
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