Dr. Laura’s project is focused on a bio-fabrication processing to produce a bi-layered bio-hybrid patch to improve cardiac function and reduce maladaptive remodeling after myocardial infarction. Within her current role, she collaborates with a clinic and engineering team to produce a new generation medical device for cardiovascular and gastro-intestinal tissue engineering. Currently, Dr. Laura is collaborating with three international partners located in the United States of America, Japan and Argentina and two projects in collaboration with the University of Palermo.
Her skills include: physical-chemical characterization (differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy), decellularization protocols (whole heart decellularization, heart valve, and small intestinal submucosa), bioprocessing techniques (electrospinning, TIPS), polymer synthesis, image analysis and processing (Scanning Electron Microscopy SEM, optical microscopy).