Teaching activities:

2010-present              Professor Member at the PhD course in Bioengineering, University of Genoa.

2005- present:            Graduate Student Advisor, University of Genoa, Italy (Supervisor of more than 30 graduate students of the Bioengineering faculty)

20010- present:          PhD Student Advisor, University of Genoa, I (4 PhD students of Biotechnology Course, Bioengineering Course, Regenerative Medicine Course)

2010-2016                  Appointed Professor of Biomechanics, Medicine Faculty, University of Genoa.

Institutional responsibilities:

2010-present   Member of the PhD Course of Bioengineering at the University of Genoa

2012-present   Head of the Laboratory of Tissue Engineering CNR-IEIIT Genoa, currently consisting of: 2 post DOC, 3 fellows, 1 technician, 1 researcher

2012-present   Responsible and partner for several national and international projects, both research and technological innovation.

2012-present   Invited speaker to different international conferences

2014- present  Responsible of “Biotechnology” project activity for Department DIITET of CNR.

2016- present CNR Member of the Scientific board of Regione Liguria District SIIT – Sistemi Intelligenti Integrati Tecnologie.

2016-present   Member of the CNR-IEIIT Institute scientific board

2018- present Coordinator of a FET-OPEN Research and Innovation Action Call (27 successful projects in EU); the project is titled B2B and aims to generate a first-of-a-kind 3D model of spontaneous breast cancer metastasis to the bone dissect the complexity of the metastatic process and empower high-throughput drug screening in physiological context.

Organization of scientific meetings:

2010: Organizer of Italian Conference on Biomaterials, Camogli, Genoa, Italy. 24-26 may                     (http://www.biomateriali.org/congres/congres.htm) 

2015: Organizer of Workshop DIITET nanotechnologies, biotechnologies and ICT for health, Pisa

Collaboration to national and European projects:

1. ON GOING PROJECT

• Modeling spontaneous Breast cancer metastasis TO the Bone with a first-of-its-kind 3D device that recapitulates physiological tissue-level complexity -B2B; European Commission call FET-OPEN(grant n. 801159) PILLAR EXCELLENT SCIENCE; Role: Coordinator of the project; Score 15/15; Total grant: 3.800.000 euro (2018-2022); personal budget: 711.000 euro. The project is titled B2B and aims to generate a first-of-a-kind 3D model of spontaneous breast cancer metastasis to the bone dissect the complexity of the metastatic process and empower high-throughput drug screening in physiological context.
• Cardio Ultraefficient nanoparticles for Inhalation of drug products-CUPIDO; European Commission call NMBP 11-2016(grant. N. 720834); Role: co-investigator in the CNR unit; Total grant: 6.094.000 euro (2017-2021); personal budget 215.000 euro.

2. PAST PROJECTS

• Face up Cardiac Hypertrophy via micro RNA Carrier by Electrically Charged Nanoparticles- miRnano; MIUR call Progetto Bandiera; Role: co-investigator; Total grant: 824.000 euro (2013-2018); personal budget 122.000 euro.

• Innovative materials for the articular bio-prostheses development (MIUR Prot: RBIP068JL9): 364.800 euro.
• A bioengineering platform to tissue and organ regeneration (MIUR Prot: RBPR05RSM2): 297.840 euro

Commissions of trust:

2007-present   Scientific evaluator of national and international basic and industrial research projects for national Agencies and European Agencies (e.g. ERC consolidator projects).

2010-present   Reviewer of several international peer-reviewed Journals in the field of Materials Science, Tissue Engineering.

2011-present   Editorial Board Member of TheScientificWorld Journal, Area Tissue Engineering, ISRN Computational Biology, Dataset Papers in Medicine

2012-present   Lead Guest Editor of a Special Issue for The Scientific World Journal (Biomaterials)

2013-present   Member of the Technical committee of the 2^nd and 3^rd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB2013 and ICBEB2014)

2013                Lead Guest Editor of a Special Issue for BioMed Research International

2013                Chairman of a scientific session of the International Conference MiMe-Materials in Medicine, Faenza 2013.

2014                Lead Guest Editor of a Special Issue for Dentofacial Tissue Engineering and Cell Therapy from Lab to Clinical Trial

Memberships of scientific societies:

2010-present   Member of the Italian Society of Biomaterials

2012-present   Member of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society

2018-present   Member of European Society for Alternative to Animal Testing (EUSAAT)

Invited Talk And Seminars

• 3th Annual Meeting of the European Tissue Engineering Society (TERMIS), October 10-13, Lausanne, Switzerland, 192, 2004.
• Engineering With Membranes: Medical and biological applications (EWM), 15-18 May 2005, Camogli Genova, Italy.
• The European Chapter of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), 2006 October 8-11, Rotterdam.
• 24th European Society of Biomaterials (ESB) 2011, September 4-9, Dublin, Irland
• The world Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), 5th - 8th September 2012 - Vienna Austria
• Nanophysics Retreat, Istituto Italiano delle Tecnologie (IIT), 18 Feb 2013 Invited Lecture
• 1^st Materials In Medicine (MiMe) 2013 October 8-11, Faenza, Italy
• 26th European Conference on Biomaterials (ESB) 2014 August 31 - September 3, 2014, Liverpool, UK
• 24th European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS) 2016 14-16 September, Bologna, Italy
• Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Genova. Ciclo di Seminari di Ricerca Biomedica, 19 April 2017 Invited Lecture
• IFOM-Istituto Europeo Oncologico (IEO) Campus, Scientific Seminar. 24th May 2018 “3D tumor models as alternative to animal models” Invited Lecture
• Advances in Cell & Tissue Culture (ACTC) 2018 21st – 23rd of May Cardiff University invited talk
• Ospedale Giannina Gaslini, 11 June 2018“3D tumor models as alternative to animal models” Invited Lecture
• Global Breast Cancer Conference, London 18-20 July 2019 “A biology-driven technology for testing cancer drug efficacy and immunotherapies in vitr” Invited Lecture
• 3D-Culture, Organoids & Tox Screening Europe 13-14 June 2019
•  EUSAAT 2019 “In vitro demonstration of different intestinal absorption mechanisms of lactulose and mannitol by using 3D tissue inserts within fluidic multi-chamber devices”Invited Lecture

Granted Patents:

• Scaglione S, Quarto R, Benatti U, Badano R. “Bioreactor, particularly for generating engineered tissues” (TO2008A000426. European extension n. 09161911.4)
• Cama G, Quarto R, Capurro M, Barberis F, Scaglione S. “Brushite based bone cement” (MI2008A1181)
• Quarto R, Scaglione S. “Formulation and method for the preparation of a porous polymer osteoconductive replacement” (MI2009A000274)
• Quarto R., Scaglione S., Lazzarini E. “Osteochondral bifunctional monolithic substitute” (MI2011A0002109)
• Scaglione S., Aiello M. “Bioreactor for articular tissue engineering” (RM2015A000043)
• Scaglione S., Aiello M. Cavo M. “Bioreactor and method of use of such bioreactor” (WO2018130998A1)
• Scaglione S., Aiello M., Marrella A. “Composizione Comprendente Un Idrogel” (102018000005459)

Main scientific achievements

96 papers published in International Journals in different fields [biomedical engineering, tissue engineering, material science].

H-index = 23 (google scholar)

Total number of citations = 2099.