Laura Turco
I obtained my MSc in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and I started in October 2013 as a PhD-student working on "Mechanics and dynamics of cardiac fibrosis: contractile motion of single and collective cells".
I am studying the contractile dynamics of co-cultures of myocytes and fibroblasts. The aim of the PhD project is to understand the electromechanical coupling and connectivity of these co-cultures, varying fibroblast fractions. Quantitative results, obtained using Electrical-Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing (ECIS), are combined with optical techniques like Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy (TRFM) and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM).
Contact details
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organisation
Room 2.14
Am Fassberg 17
37077 Goettingen, Germany
Tel: +49-551-5176-376
Mail: Laura.turco@ds.mpg.de