Bojana Obradovic and Jasmina Stojkovska have visited the University of Eastern Piedmont “Amedeo Avogadro” (UPO) in Italy in the period May 17 – 21, 2022, within the site expert visits planned in the project. They were introduced to the researchers and acquainted with various research techniques performed at the Center on Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases (Centro di Ricerca Traslazionale sulle Malattie Autoimmuni e Allergiche, CAAD) with the focus on biological characterization methods of cells, biomaterials and tissues. At meetings with different research groups at UPO, detailed plans for the exchange of students between FTM and UPO were set with defined research objectives and experimental designs. In addition, Bojana Obradovic has introduced the ExcellMater project, while Jasmina Stojkovska has presented the research on tumor engineering conducted by the Biomedical Engineering Group, FTM, at the seminar held on May 19. The seminar was attended by students and researchers at CAAD and also online by master and doctoral students at UPO. The official announcement of the seminar can be found here.
Bojana Obradovic presenting the project ExcellMater
Jasmina Stojkovska presenting research on tumor engineering conducted by the Biomedical Engineering group at FTM
Prof. Marco Corazzari, Prof. Bojana Obradovic, Dr Jasmina Stojkovska and Prof. Lia Rimondini after the seminar