Dr Michele Zagnoni

Reader

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

Michele Zagnoni's research is based on the development of new microsystems for basic biology investigation, diagnosis and treatment of disease using microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip technologies. More information on: www.zagnonilab.com

Expertise

Has expertise in:

Microfabrication of polymeric structures

Theoretical and experimental expertise in fluid dynamics at the microscale

On chip cell culture

Organ on a chip

Bioimaging

Miniaturised bioassay

Prizes and awards

Member of Departmental Safety Committee: Recipient; 5/2011

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Qualifications

08/2013 Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College

06/2013 Affiliate Membership to the Royal Society of Chemistry

10/2012: SCQF Certificate for Biosafety Practitioner Level 1

10/2012: PostGraduate Certificate in Advanced Academic Studies

04/2006: Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

11/2002: Italian state certification for the practice of engineering as a profession (Chartered Engineer)

10/2002: Dr. Eng. degree (5 year degree) in Electronic Engineering (Bioengineering qualification)

Publications

Cellular microarrays for assessing single-cell phenotypic changes in vascular cell populations: Smith E, Zagnoni M, Sandison M E; Biomedical Microdevices Vol 25 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1007/s10544-023-00651-5
Calibration of insulin pumps based on discrete doses at given cycle times: Bissig Hugo, Büker Oliver, Stolt Krister, Batista Elsa, Afonso Joana, Zagnoni Michele, Vroman Rozan, Kjeldsen Henrik, Niemann Anders, Schroeter Joerg; Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik Vol 68, pp. 67-77 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1515/bmt-2022-0040
Microwell arrays for long-term confinement and single-cell tracking of phenotypic changes in vascular cell populations: Smith Ellis, Zagnoni Michele, Sandison Mairi; MNE2022 (48th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering) (2022)
Author correction : Cancer-associated fibroblasts require proline synthesis by PYCR1 for the deposition of pro-tumorigenic extracellular matrix: Kay Emily J, Paterson Karla, Riera-Domingo Carla, Sumpton David, Däbritz J Henry M, Tardito Saverio, Boldrini Claudia, Hernandez-Fernaud Juan R, Athineos Dimitris, Dhayade Sandeep, Stepanova Ekaterina, Gjerga Enio, Neilson Lisa J, Lilla Sergio, Hedley Ann, Koulouras Grigorios, McGregor Grace, Jamieson Craig, Johnson Radia Marie, Park Morag, Kirschner Kristina, Miller Crispin, Kamphorst Jurre J, Loayza-Puch Fabricio, Saez-Rodriguez Julio, Mazzone Massimiliano, Blyth Karen, Zagnoni Michele, Zanivan Sara; Nature metabolism Vol 4, pp. 1084-1084 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-022-00632-7
3D human model of the uterine wall in a microfluidic array: Busch Caroline, Hill Christopher, Hapangama Dharani, Zagnoni Michele, Sandison Mairi; EUROoCS Annual Meeting 2022 (2022)
Cancer-associated fibroblasts require proline synthesis by PYCR1 for the deposition of pro-tumorigenic extracellular matrix: Kay Emily J, Paterson Karla, Riero-Domingo Carla, Sumpton David, Däbritz J Henry M, Tardito Saverio, Boldrini Claudia, Hernandez-Fernaud Juan R, Athineos Dimitris, Dhayade Sandeep, Stepanova Ekaterina, Gjerga Enio, Neilson Lisa J, Lilla Sergio, Hedley Ann, Koulouras Grigorios, McGregor Grace, Jamieson Craig, Johnson Radia Marie, Park Morag, Kirschner Kristina, Miller Crispin, Kamphorst Jurre J, Loayza-Puch Fabricio, Saez-Rodriguez Julio, Mazzone Massimiliano, Blyth Karen, Zagnoni Michele, Zanivan Sara; Nature metabolism Vol 4, pp. 693-710 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-022-00582-0

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Teaching

Teaching Staff for the course EE312 - Instrumentation and Microcontrollers (3^rd year) at the University of Strathclyde.

Support Staff for the course EE105 - Electronic Techniques and Design (1^st year) at the University of Strathclyde.

Teaching Staff for Small Group Tutorials (SGT) at the University of Strathclyde.

Research interests

We use microfluidics for the development of screening and diagnostic systems for healthcare applications, including fundamental biological research, drug screening and personalized medicine therapy, for the creation of organ-on-a-chip in vitro models and for synthetic biology applications.

Professional activities

A Microfluidic Approach to Investigating Vascular Cell Fate at the Single-Cell Level: Contributor; 24/3/2022
Adenomyosis-on-a-chip: a 3D endometrial-myometrial microfluidic model: Contributor; 17/11/2021
PhD external examiner - Heriot Watt: Examiner; 11/2019
PhD external examiner - UCL: Examiner; 7/2019
Microfluidic screening for 3D oncology: Speaker; 21/2/2019
A microfluidic solution to precision oncology: Speaker; 5/12/2018

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Projects

Developing an assay to measure neuron-to-neuron spread of α-synuclein pathology on a microfluidics platform: Zagnoni, Michele (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022
Adenomyosis-on-a-chip: a microfluidic 3D model of the endometrial-myometrial junction (EMJ): Sandison, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Zagnoni, Michele (Co-investigator) Busch, Caroline (Researcher); 06-Jan-2021 - 23-Jan-2021
Studying drug delivery in micro and nano flows: Zagnoni, Michele (Principal Investigator); 03-Jan-2019 - 02-Jan-2021
Provision of microfluidic well plates - phase2: Zagnoni, Michele (Principal Investigator); 07-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2019
A microfluidic approach to investigating vascular cell fate at the single-cell level: Zagnoni, Michele (Principal Investigator) Sandison, Mairi (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2022
Production of microfluidic devices: Zagnoni, Michele (Principal Investigator); 23-Jan-2018 - 03-Jan-2018

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Address

Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College

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