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bioengineering, bone regeneration, cartilage regeneration, stem cells, biomaterials, collagen, composite, 3D printed scaffolds, injectable cements, drug delivery systems, mesoporous silica, polymeric nanoparticles, smart-triggered coating
United States, Italy

Biography

She is a PostDoc at the Houston Methodist Research Institute (Houston, TX, USA) in the Center for Musculoskeletal Regeneration and the Department of Orthopedics and Sport Medicine - Taraballi lab. Her research is focused on stem cell therapy for orthopedic applications and the development of engineered biomimetic biomaterials to target the immune system toward tissue restoration.

She earned her PhD in Bioengineering and Medical-Surgical Science in July 2022 and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering in April 2018 after working at her Master Thesis for nine months in the Center for Musculoskeletal regeneration at Houston Methodist Research Institute (Texas, USA).

Her M.S. thesis research was focused on tissue engineering for different applications (bone, cartilage), particularly on the development and in vitro validation of smart biomaterials to tune the immune systems and promote cell survival and differentiation in tissue engineering for different applications.

After winning a Research Fellowship at the Department of Applied Science and Technology of Politecnico di Torino, since October 2018 She is a Ph.D. student in Bioengineering and Medica-Surgical Sciences working at Politecnico di Torino.
Her research activities are framed in two different European projects (ERC-BOOST and H2020-GIOTTO) and are focused on the design of drug delivery systems (polymeric and silica mesoporous particles) for the release of proteins and growth factors, their combination with natural polymers for the realization of collagen-based biomimetic and bioactive scaffolds realised by means of 3D printing technology for bone tissue engineering applications.
Furthermore, she designed and developed an injectable, bioresorbable composite bone cement with radiopaque, bioactive, pro-osteogenic and anti-osteoclastogenic features for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures.

During her first year of PostDoc, she also concentrated on the optimization of devices for point-of-care diagnosis based on lateral flow technologies for the detection of COVID, tumoral and virial markers as well as agrifood pesticides. These devices would be integrated with biosensors such as MEMS and NEMS for the quantification of biomarkers.

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Employment (4)

Houston Methodist: Houston, Texas, US

2023-11 to present | Post-Doctoral Fellow (Center for Musculoskeletal Regeneration | Department of Orthopedics and Sport Medicine)
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Politecnico di Torino: Torino, TO, IT

2022-01-01 to 2023-10 | Research Assistant; Adjunct Professor (Department of Applied Science and Technology)
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Politecnico di Torino: Torino, Piemonte, IT

2018-10-01 to 2021-12-31 | PhD Student (Department of Applied Science and Technology)
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Houston Methodist Research Institute: TX, TX, US

2017-03 to 2017-12 | Master Student (Center for Musculoskeletal regeneration)
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Politecnico di Torino: Torino, Piemonte, IT

2020-09 to present | Professional State Examination as Industrial Engineering
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Works (13)

Advantages of nanoencapsulation in the delivery of therapeutics for bone regeneration

Nanomedicine
2025-02-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Federica Banche-Niclot; Francesca Taraballi
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Comprehensive study through imaging techniques of the degradation of a resorbable calcium sulphate-based composite bone cement

Open Ceramics
2024 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85183868683

Part of ISSN: 26665395
Contributors: Corvaglia, I.; Alkharusi, G.; Banche-Niclot, F.; Manca, A.; Levingstone, T.J.; Little, S.; Fiorilli, S.; Dunne, N.; Vitale-Brovarone, C.
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Finite element analysis of vertebroplasty in the osteoporotic T11-L1 vertebral body: Effects of bone cement formulation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials
2024 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85181583706

Part of ISSN: 15524981 15524973
Contributors: Mondal, S.; MacManus, D.B.; Banche-Niclot, F.; Vitale-Brovarone, C.; Fiorilli, S.; McCarthy, H.O.; Dunne, N.
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Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Immunomodulatory Potential for Orthopedic Applications can be fine-tuned via 3D nano-engineered Scaffolds

Current Stem Cell Reports
2024 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85195376664

Part of ISSN: 21987866
Contributors: Banche-Niclot, F.; Lim, J.; McCulloch, P.; Corradetti, B.; Taraballi, F.
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Optimization of an Injectable, Resorbable, Bioactive Cement Able to Release the Anti-Osteoclastogenic Biomolecule ICOS-Fc for the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures

Biomolecules
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85146804245

Part of ISSN: 2218273X
Contributors: Banche-Niclot, F.; Corvaglia, I.; Cavalera, C.; Boggio, E.; Gigliotti, C.L.; Dianzani, U.; Tzagiollari, A.; Dunne, N.; Manca, A.; Fiorilli, S. et al.
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3D Printed Scaffold Based on Type I Collagen/PLGA_TGF-β1 Nanoparticles Mimicking the Growth Factor Footprint of Human Bone Tissue

Polymers
2022-02-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Federica Banche-Niclot; Caterina Licini; Giorgia Montalbano; Sonia Fiorilli; Monica Mattioli-Belmonte; Chiara Vitale-Brovarone
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Biomimetic Scaffolds Modulate the Posttraumatic Inflammatory Response in Articular Cartilage Contributing to Enhanced Neoformation of Cartilaginous Tissue In Vivo

Advanced Healthcare Materials
2022-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2192-2640
Part of ISSN: 2192-2659
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High Variability of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Obtained via Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate Compared With Traditional Bone Marrow Aspiration Technique

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
2021-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2325-9671
Part of ISSN: 2325-9671
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PEG-Coated Large Mesoporous Silicas as Smart Platform for Protein Delivery and Their Use in a Collagen-Based Formulation for 3D Printing

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2021-02-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1422-0067
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Improving the immunosuppressive potential of articular chondroprogenitors in a three-dimensional culture setting

Scientific Reports
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Collagen Hybrid Formulations for the 3D Printing of Nanostructured Bone Scaffolds: An Optimized Genipin-Crosslinking Strategy

Nanomaterials
2020-08-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2079-4991
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Heparan Sulfate: A Potential Candidate for the Development of Biomimetic Immunomodulatory Membranes

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
2018-01-29 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-4185
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Heparan sulfate: A potential candidate for the development of biomimetic immunomodulatory membranes

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85042019796

Part of ISSN: 22964185
Contributors: Corradetti, B.; Taraballi, F.; Giretti, I.; Bauza, G.; Pistillo, R.S.; Niclot, F.B.; Pandolfi, L.; Tasciotti, E.
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