Franca Di MeglioResearcherBiographyDr Franca Di Meglio is a University Researcher and Adjunct Professor in Human Anatomy at the Department of Public Health of the University of Naples "Federico II" (Italy). She earned her MD degree from the same university. Following a post-doctoral fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of the New York Medical College (Valhalla, NY, USA), she received her PhD in Experimental and Human Morphology from University of Bari (Italy). She began tutoring in cell biology and human anatomy and researching cardiovascular regenerative medicine, while completing the residency program in Sports Medicine at the University of Naples "Federico II". Dr Di Meglio delivers lectures and holds practical classes in human anatomy for graduate and postgraduate students.Her research is focused on stem cells and myocardial regeneration with particular interest in cardiac stem cells and extracellular matrix biology in normal and pathological conditions, cell-matrix interactions, and methods for the enhancement of cardiac tissue regeneration. In BIORECAR project, Franca is isolating human cardiac fibroblasts from human heart samples, as well as contributing to the development of a 3D tissue-engineered model of infarcted heart. University of Naples "Federico II" |