Lorenzo Bonetti's talk
Our team member Lorenzo Bonetti has successfully his work on 4D printing of semi-crystalline crosslinked polymer networks with two-way shape-memory effect at the workshop B2: Bioengineering for Biofabrication.
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February 16th, 2024
Our paper is out
Have a look at our latest paper on 4D printing of semi-crystalline crosslinked polymer networks with two-way shape-memory effect!!
Congrats to Lorenzo Bonetti for his first work at our lab!!
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February 12th, 2024
Our paper is out
Have a look at our latest paper on stress-free two-way shape memory effect in semi-crystalline networks!!
Congrats to Matteo Arricca for his first work at our lab!!.
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February 5th, 2024
The biological section of the Lab is ready
We are excited to share with you that the biological section of the lab is ready!
It is equipped with a CO2 Incubator, an inverted fluorescence microscope, a centrifuge, a biological safety cabinet and an ultra-freezer. Stay tuned for more news!
October 24th, 2023
ERC training day in Rome
Glad to have participated last Thursday in an interesting and useful training and networking day, organized by ERCEA and APRE, covering topics linked to the rights and obligations under an ERC grant and explaining in detail the main Project’s cycles.
October 2nd, 2023
Glad to welcome in our team Erica Torti
A warm welcome to Erica Torti, who joined the Lab administrative team in early September! She is an Assistant Project Manager at University of Pavia. She manages CoDe4bio website, the Lab social media and assists the PI in managing CoDe4Bio logistical, technical and financial aspects and in organizing scientific events.
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September 5th, 2023
Graduation day at the Lab
Proud to announce that today two bachelor degree students graduated successfully, defending their theses on 4D printing and lattice structures based on research
activities carried out at our Lab within the framework of the ERC Project
CoDe4Bio! Congratulations Aron and Oscar, ad maiora!
July, 18th, 2023
The Lab is getting noticed abroad
Very pleased that our research has generated interest abroad! Recently we had the pleasure to have at the Lab a researcher in the field of innovative fibre materials, Felix Krooß from ITA-Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University, wanting to know more about our activities and to share with us ideas.
June, 15th, 2023
Prof. Giulia Scalet appointed in the editorial board of a high-profile journal
Very pleased to announce that Prof. Giulia Scalet has been appointed as Associate Editor of the editorial board of the journal "Programmable Materials" by Cambridge University Press!
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May 31st, 2023
New scientific collaboration established
We are excited to announce that we start collaborating with the "Malignant B cells biology and 3D modelling Unit" at "IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele"! More news to come soon...
May, 18th, 2023
Glad to welcome in our team Dr. Matteo Arricca
A warm welcome to Dr. Matteo Arricca, who joined the Lab research team in April! He is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Pavia and is working on theoretical and computational modeling of the thermo-mechanical, failure and fracture behavior of smart polymers.
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April 13th, 2023
Engineering students visiting the Lab
We are delighted that some engineering students have shown interest in our research activities and wanted to experience first hand what we do in our Lab!
April, 3rd, 2023
Equipment is coming: Differential Scanning Calorimeter DSC 250
Glad to have the Differential Scanning Calorimeter DSC 250 in our Lab! We will use it
to measure endothermic and exothermic processes of materials in order to better understand their structure-properties relationship.
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March, 13rd, 2023
Equipment is coming: Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer Discovery DMA 850
Thrilled to have the Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer Discovery DMA 850 in our Lab! It will enable us to take accurate and reproducible measurements of materials' mechanical properties over a wide temperature range.
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March, 6th, 2023
Equipment is coming: Discovery Hybrid Rheometer
Thrilled to have the Discovery Hybrid Rheometer in our Lab! This rheometer will enable us to obtain better rheological data under the widest range of measurement conditions.
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March, 3rd, 2023
Equipment is coming: VD23 Vacuum Drying Chambers
Delighted to have the VD23 Vacuum Drying Chambers for non-inflammable materials in our Lab! It will be used to perform drying and heat treatment of materials.
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February, 23th, 2023
Equipment is coming: BIOX6 Bioprinter
Excited to have the BIOX6 Bioprinter in the Lab! It will enable us to manufacture shape memory polymers and responsive cell-laden hydrogels.
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February, 15th, 2023
Equipment is coming: precision 3D Printer
Excited to have the precison 3D Printer that will enable us to manufacture new materials in the Lab!
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February, 10th, 2023
The Laboratory of Programmable Materials and Structures is almost ready
Almost ready to start the research activities at the Lab!
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February, 6th, 2023
Glad to welcome in our team Dr. Lorenzo Bonetti
A warm welcome to Dr. Lorenzo Bonetti, who joined the CoDe4Bio research team in early January! He is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Pavia and is working on new approaches to the 3D printing/bioprinting of smart polymers and hydrogels and their characterization.
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January, 26th, 2023
The Laboratory of Programmable Materials and Structures is on social media
The Laboratory of Programmable Materials and Structures (ProMaSt Lab) is on LinkedIn, Twitter and instagram! Check our profiles out and follow us to keep up-to-date on our research activities!
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January, 13rd, 2023
Prof. Giulia Scalet among the beneficiaries of the Call "Scientific Cooperation Italy-Israel 2022"
Prof. Giulia Scalet has won the 2022 Call "Scientific Cooperation Italy-Israel" with the research project "F2SMP-Failure and Fracture of Shape Memory Polymers", focused on smart materials for soft and bio-robotics . Prof. Scalet is the PI of the Italian team.
The Israeli partner is "Technion - The Israel Institute of Technology" and the PI of the Israeli team is Prof. Konstantin Volokh.The project will start at the beginning of next year.
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December, 2nd, 2022
AIMETA Junior Award 2022 to Dr. Giulia Scalet
Dr. Giulia Scalet has received the AIMETA Junior Award 2022 in Mechanics of Solids and Structures from the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA).
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September, 8th, 2022
Dr. Giulia Scalet invited as a lecturer at the International Summer School on New Advances in Materials for Additive Manufacturing
Dr. Giulia Scalet gave a lecture on 4D Printing during the International Summer School on New Advances in Materials for Additive Manufacturing organised by the University of Brescia.
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September, 7th, 2022
Dr. Giulia Scalet invited as a keynote speaker at the 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2022
Dr. Giulia Scalet gave a keynote speech on Smart Materials in Additive Manufacturing during the 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2022 organised by the 4D Printing Society.
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September, 2nd, 2022
Dr. Giulia Scalet is a member of the Association of ERC Grantees
Dr. Giulia Scalet has become a member of the Association of ERC grantees, which aims to highlight, accelerate, and defend fundamental research in Europe.
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May, 3rd, 2022
Actuators 2022 Best Paper Award to Dr. Giulia Scalet
Dr. Giulia Scalet has received the Actuators 2022 Best Paper Award from MDPI Actuators.
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March, 3rd, 2022
CoDe4Bio project start date is official
Official start date of the project CoDe4Bio: January, 1st, 2023.
February, 18th, 2022
Dr. Giulia Scalet is member of ERC in Italy APS
Dr. Giulia Scalet has become member of ERC in Italy APS, a non-profit association of ERC awardees born to promote fundamental and frontier research in Italy. Read more >>
January, 27th, 2022
CoDe4Bio project highlighted on Italian newspaper "La Provincia Pavese"
The Italian newspaper "La Provincia Pavese" talks about the ERC Starting Grant awarded to Dr Giulia Scalet with the project CoDe4Bio.
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January, 13th, 2022
1.5 Million Euros ERC Starting Grant 2021 to Dr. Giulia Scalet
Dr. Giulia Scalet is awarded a 1.5 million euro Starting Grant by the European Research Council for her project CoDe4Bio (COmputational DEsign for 4D BIOfabrication: harnessing programmable materials for dynamic pre-clinical cancer models). Read more >>
January, 10th, 2022