This is the website of the Mechanobiology group led by Prof. Dr. Manuela T. Raimondi and based at Polytechnic University in Milano, Italy. 

Brief profile of the PI: Dr. Manuela T. Raimondi

Dr. Manuela T. Raimondi is a full professor in Bioengineering and leads the group of Mechanobiology at the Polytechnic university in Milan, Italy. She has held visiting positions at the University of Pennsylvania. Ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, she leads research in new approach methodologies (NAMs) to replace, reduce and refine (3Rs) animal testing for drug development, including microphysiological systems, organs-on-chip, and implantable imaging windows. She is a panel member of ERC-Advanced grant evaluations and a presidential board member of the Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology. She is the PI of five highly prestigious ERC grants. She is the first woman in Italy winner of an ERC Advanced grant in engineering. Her scientific work produced over 370 publications, 10 granted patents, 15 invited plenary or keynote conference talks, and the university spin-off company MOAB srl. that sells platforms that replicate tissue behavior in real time.

Photo by Gerald Bruneau, courtesy of Fondazione Bracco and Centro Diagnostico Italiano.