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Andrea Ravasio

Assistant Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Cell physiology and biophysics, biomicromechanics, collective cell dynamics, bioengineering, cacner research, stem cells research.

Educación

  •  Physiology, LEOPOLD FRANZENS UNIVERSITAT INNSBRUCK. Austria, 2009
  •  Biology, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO. Italia, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile

    2018 - A la fecha

  •   Visiting Scientist Full Time

    MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    Biological Engineering

    Cambridge, Estados Unidos

    2017 - 2017

  •   Research scientist Full Time

    Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology

    Singapur

    2017 - 2018

  •   Senior Research Fellow Full Time

    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

    Singapur

    2016 - 2017

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

    Chile

    2011 - 2016

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE

    Chile

    2010 - 2011

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

    Austria

    2009 - 2010

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Argentina

    2018 - A la fecha

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Scientific merit recognition

    the Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri della Republica Italiana

    Italia, 2004

    Discharged from military and civil service obligations ) for scientific merits at national and international level

  •   Prize for an Outstanding Poster

    The Physiological Society, Scandinavian Physiological Society and Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft

    Alemania, 2002

    Prize for an Outstanding Poster: Ravasio A at al. PROBING THE CELL SWELLING INDUCED CYTOSOL TO MEMBRANE SHIFT OF ICln ION CHANNEL PROTEIN BY FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET)


 

Article (34)

Deep learning for label-free nuclei detection from implicit phase information of mesenchymal stem cells
Junctional ER Organization Affects Mechanotransduction at Cadherin-Mediated Adhesions
Mechanobiology of Autophagy: The Unexplored Side of Cancer
Cohesive energy and interaction of superparamagnetic aggregates
Single-cell analysis of EphA clustering phenotypes to probe cancer cell heterogeneity
Two high-yield complementary methods to sort cell populations by their 2D or 3D migration speed
White spot syndrome viral protein VP9 alters the cellular higher‐order chromatin structure
Integrating Microfabrication into Biological Investigations: the Benefits of Interdisciplinarity
Large-scale curvature sensing by directional actin flow drives cellular migration mode switching
Nanoscale architecture of cadherin-based cell adhesions
How bio-functionalized substrates bring new insights to cell biology.
IR-Live: fabrication of a low-cost plastic microfluidic device for infrared spectromicroscopy of living cells.
Elastomeric structured surfaces for high resolution imaging of cellular force generation processes.
Gap geometry dictates epithelial closure efficiency.
Integrin-beta3 clusters recruit clathrin-mediated endocytic machinery in the absence of traction force.
Modelling the finger instability in an expanding cell monolayer.
Regulation of epithelial cell organization by tuning cell-substrate adhesion.
Microfabricated environments to study collective cell behaviors.
Physiological variables affecting surface film formation by native Lamellar Body-like Pulmonary Surfactant Particles.
The Putative Role of the Non-Gastric H/K(+)-ATPase ATP12A (ATP1AL1) as Anti-Apoptotic Ion Transporter: Effect of the H(+)/K(+) ATPase Inhibitor SCH28080 on Butyrate-Stimulated Myelomonocytic HL-60 Cells.
Collective Cell Migration: A mechanistic perspective.
Interfacial stress affects rat alveolar type II cell signalling and gene expression.
Interfacial sensing by alveolar type II cells=> a new concept in lung physiology?
Effects of perfluorocarbons on surfactant exocytosis and membrane properties in isolated alveolar type II cells.
Lamellar bodies form solid three-dimensional films at the respiratory air-liquid interface.
Lamellar bodies secreted by type II pneumocytes form solid 3-dimensional films at the air-liquid interface.
Quaternary structure assessment of ICln by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in vivo.
High-throughput evaluation of pulmonary surfactant adsorption and surface film formation.
Long-term exposure to LPS enhances the rate of stimulated exocytosis and surfactant secretion in alveolar type II cells and upregulates P2Y2 receptor expression.
Glucose induces anion conductance and cytosol-to-membrane transposition of ICln in INS-1E rat insulinoma cells.
Optical measurement of surface tension in a miniaturized air-liquid interface and its application in lung physiology.
Thiazide-sensitive NaCl-cotransporter in the intestine: possible role of hydrochlorothiazide in the intestinal Ca2+ uptake.
A new gene-finding tool using the Caenorhabditis elegans operons for identifying functional partner proteins in human cells.
Cell swelling stimulates cytosol to membrane transposition of ICln.

BookSection (1)

Chapter 4: Scanning angle interference microscopy (SAIM): acquisition, analysis and biological applications

Proyecto (9)

MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS INDUCE TRAVELING WAVES OF GENE EXPRESSION IN CELL COLONIES
MULTISCALE DYNAMICS AND ACTIVE MATTER PROCESSES REGULATE TENSIONAL HOMEOSTASIS OF CELLULAR AGGREGATES
ACCESSING CADHERIN CLUSTERING DYNAMICS VIA GOLD NANOPATTERNING
Mechanical homeostasis in epithelial and cancer cell aggregates
Molecular biomechanics of epithelial cells and implications in carcinoma transformation
MULTISCALE MECHANICS AND SELF-ORGANIZING PROCESSES IN DEVELOPING SYSTEMS
Cells at air-liquid interfaces.
Cells at air-liquid interfaces.
Exploration of surfactant adsorption and surfactant phase organization at the air-liquid interface
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Andrea Ravasio

Assistant Professor

Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Médica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Cristina Bertocchi

Assistant Professor

Department of Physiology

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
timothy rudge

assistant professor

Instituto de ingenieria biologica y medica

universidad catolica de chile

santiago, Chile

1
Nicolás Rojas

Research Associate

Schools of Engineering, Biology and Medicine

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile