GNB Thematic Workshop
TE4DM Workshop
Tissue Engineering for Disease Modelling — Organ-on-Chip & Biofabrication
📍 San Pietro in Vincoli, Sapienza Università di Roma
Plenary
Keynote (20′)
Talk (10′)
Flash talks / Lunch / Posters
Meet the Company
Practical session
Social event
Day 1 · 18 June 2026 | ORGAN-ON-CHIP
11:00
Start — Openings & Coffee
11:30
Plenary
Paolo Netti
Organ-on-Chip Technologies for replicating Human Disease and increase Precision in Therapies · 45 min
12:15
S1: Scaling-down — Tissue and Organs on Chip
Moderators: Franca Scocozza · Pierpaolo Fucile · Lucia Iafrate | 12:15 – 13:45
12:15
Keynote
Claudia Mazio
Modeling the breast cancer microenvironment on-chip with CAF-derived ECM microtissues
12:35
Keynote
Francesca Tomatis
Engineering a 4D Hydrogel–Microfluidic Platform to Model Human Neural Tube Morphogenesis for Disease Modelling
12:55
Keynote
Michele D’Orazio
Bone-on-Chip and AI Reveal the Stromal Shield in Breast Cancer Metastasis
13:15
Talk
Paola Nevola
Vascularized triple-negative breast cancer-on-chip: a perfusable platform for physiologically relevant preclinical studies
13:25
Talk
Andrea Giannoccaro
Dynamic organ-on-chip 3D breast cancer models as a translational tool to study glucose restriction-based therapeutic strategies
13:35
Talk
Simon Sayer
A versatile 3D printed platform for the assembly and perfusion of breast tumor cell clusters
13:45
Lunch & Posters
Paired Lunch & Poster Session — Day 1
Sara AngrisaniGaia CendronElena MerottoMarco LaiPaola Grillo CoppolaLuca BersaniniCarlotta CasamassimaIrene Guerriero
14:30
S2: CNS, PNS and Neurodegeneration
Moderators: Marcin Kotlarz · Caterina Sanchini · Carlotta Casamassima | 14:30 – 15:50
14:30
Keynote
Chiara Ausilio
Interconnected human brain spheroids for investigating neuronal circuitry in health and disease
14:50
Keynote
Marta d’Amora
High-density in vivo electrophysiology in zebrafish larvae as a scalable functional platform for neural disease modelling and neurodegeneration research
15:10
Keynote
Caterina Sanchini
Microfluidic bioprinting of a human neurovascular model for CNS drug screening and Kabuki Syndrome modeling
15:30
Talk
Sofia Mares Bou
In vitro model of corticosteroid-induced post-traumatic stress disorder coupled to RNAi nanocarriers for efficient treatment
15:40
Talk
Daniele Bellantoni
In vitro nociceptive circuitry: an innervated human skin equivalent to model the somatosensory system
15:50
Flash Talks
Flash talks session (3′ each) · 15:50 – 16:20
Luca Bersanini · Rosanna Alfieri · Giulia Cabrini · Sara Angrisani · Letizia Pelusi · Michela Oliviero · Elena Merotto · Francesca Sensi · Irene Guerriero
16:30
19:00
Day 2 · 19 June 2026 | BIOFABRICATION
09:15
Plenary
Giovanni Vozzi
Bioprinting approach for 3D healthy and disease tissue models · 45 min
10:00
Coffee Break
10:30
S3: Scaling-up — Biofabrication (1)
Moderators: Claudia Mazio · Michele d’Orazio · Michela Oliviero | 10:30 – 12:10
10:30
Keynote
Pierpaolo Fucile
Beyond the Layer: The Shift Toward Non-Planar Biofabrication
10:50
Keynote
Irene Chiesa
Four-dimensional printing: an enabling fabrication approach for the fabrication of dynamic in vitro models
11:10
Keynote
Marcin Kotlarz
Integrating engineered tissues and structural biomaterials for osteochondral biofabrication
11:30
Talk
Lucia Iafrate
Decellularized bone and vascular allograft-derived bioinks for the engineering of 3D human bone substitutes
11:40
Talk
Paola Grillo Coppola
Engineered Supramolecular Hydrogels with Tunable Self-Healing for Embedded Bioprinting Applications
11:50
Talk
Francesco Masala
Micropillar-based substrates for in vitro stiffness modeling
12:00
S4: Disease Modelling — Fibrosis and Chronic Diseases
Moderators: Paola Grillo Coppola · Salvatore D’Alessandro · Irene Guerriero | 12:00 – 13:00
12:00
Keynote
Roberta Passariello
Integrated Immune and Mechanical Control of Skin Wound Healing Determines Fibrotic Versus Scar-Limited Outcomes
12:20
Talk
Ylenia Scarpari
Muscle Tissue Physiopathology in Vitro in rare genetic disorders
12:30
Talk
Amelia Heslington
Investigating the immune landscape of the gut-joint axis using a novel 3D bio-printed in vitro model of human synovium and its extracellular matrix
12:40
Talk
Carlotta Casamassima
Whole-organ tissue engineering: endothelial–perivascular interactions drive revascularization in a decellularized ECM
12:50
Talk
Marco Lai
In vitro modelling of pulmonary fibrosis
13:00
Lunch & Posters
Lunch & Poster Session — Day 2 · 13:00 – 14:00
Michela OlivieroFrancesca SensiLetizia PelusiRosanna AlfieriGiulia CabriniAmelia HeslingtonPaola Nevola
14:00
Meet the Company
CELLINK
3D bioprinting for customised disease modeling
Flore-Anne Poujade · 30 min
14:30
S5: Scaling-up — Biofabrication (2)
Moderators: Ylenia Scarpari · Marta d’Amora · Andrea Giannoccaro | 14:30 – 16:00
14:30
Keynote
Mauro Di Stasi
3D ENVIRAD-SKIN: A Biofabricated In Vitro Model of Ultraviolet and Particulate Matter Induced Environmental Skin Damage
14:50
Keynote
Franca Scocozza
Development of a Bioprinted Three-Dimensional Tumor Platform for Electroporation Studies
15:10
Talk
Giuseppe Guagliano
3D-biodripping of synthetic mucosal niches to evaluate the behaviour of E. coli in simulated microgravity
15:20
Talk
Giordana Marsili
Development of an animal-free bone pain model using 3D bioprinting
15:30
Talk
Salvatore D’Alessandro
Unconventional 3D bioprinting: disrupting planar 3D printing to generate hierarchical graded structures for vascular repair
15:40
Talk
Elisa Pochettino
Exploitation of a custom-made thermoplastic poly(urethane) for 3D printing of anisotropic cardiac scaffolds
15:50
Coffee Break · 15:50 – 16:15
16:15
Practical Session
Microfluidic Bioprinting — Hands-on Session
16:15 – 17:15 · 70 min
17:20
🏆 Closing Remarks & Awards · 17:20 – 18:00
Organizing Committee
Gianluca CidonioAssociate Professor — Sapienza Università di Roma
Annachiara ScalzonePostdoctoral Researcher — IIT, Center for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare, Napoli
