Project Title:

Regenerative medicine strategies for future space exploration missions

Acronym:

SATURNO

Partners:

Prof. Monica Monici (University of Florence) [PI], Prof. Michele Conti (Dept. of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia) [Operative unit], Prof. Gabriele Ceccarelli (Dept. of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine) [Operative unit].

UniPV funding:

€ 127.877,70

Funding agency:

Italian Space Agency

Duration:

2025-2028 (3 years)

Short description:

The SATURNO project aims to engineer in vitro using biofabrication techniques four types of human tissue (muscle, vascular, renal and skin) to identify solutions to solve problems of 3D printing and maturation of tissues due to altered gravity conditions.