Barbara Sorce

TL;DR: The results show that, beyond an in-depth NPs characterization before cellular experiments, a detailed understanding of the effects elicited by cell culture media on NPs is crucial for standardized nanotoxicology tests.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that neurons sense and actively respond to the surface nanotopography, with a surprising sensitivity to variations of few nanometers, delivering a simple and elegant approach for the design and development of biomaterials with precise nanostructure-triggered biological responses.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a pure physical stimulus, that is, a nanoscale variation of surface topography, may play per se a significant role in determining the morphological, genetic, and proteomic profile of bacteria.

TL;DR: A plethora of potential applications can be envisioned for this technique, such as food and industrial packaging, document protection, catalytic cellulosic membranes, textronic (electrofunctional textiles), electromagnetic devices, authentication of valuable documents, and antimicrobial wound healing products to name a few.

TL;DR: Micropillar arrays are engineer that subject cells to lateral mechanical confinement similar to that experienced in epithelia and highlight how spatially constrained epithelial cells prepare for mitosis: either they are strong enough to round up or they must escape.