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Romania
Citizenship:
Romania
Ph.D. degree award:
1998
Mrs.
Otilia
Zarnescu
Professor
Professor
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UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI
Researcher | Teaching staff | Scientific reviewer
Web of Science ResearcherID:
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-2347-2012
Personal public profile link.
Curriculum Vitae (09/01/2019)
Expertise & keywords
Animal histology
Animal embryology
Electron microscopy
Optical microscopy
Immunohistochemistry
Toxicology
Biomaterials
Histopathology
Stem cell
Projects
Publications & Patents
Entrepreneurship
Reviewer section
NEW CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF NEW BIOCOMPATIBLE STRUCTURES IN BIOENGINEERING
Call name:
Complex Exploratory Research Projects - PCCE-2008 call
PN-II-ID-PCCE-2008-0248
2010
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2013
Role in this project:
Key expert
Coordinating institution:
UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI-DEPARTAMENTUL DE BIOCHMIE SI BIOLOGIE MOLECULARA
Project partners:
UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI-DEPARTAMENTUL DE BIOCHMIE SI BIOLOGIE MOLECULARA (RO); INSTITUTUL DE BIOLOGIE SI PATOLOGIE CELULARA NICOLAE SIMIONESCU-LABORATORUL DE CELULE STEM SI TERAPIE CELULARA (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA BUCURESTI-FACULTATEA DE CHIMIE APLICATA SI STIINTA MATERIALELOR (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA BUCURESTI-CENTRUL NATIONAL DE CONSULTANTA PENTRU PROTECTIA MEDIULUI (RO); INSTITUTUL DE CHIMIE FIZICA ILIE MURGULESCU (RO); UNIVERSITATEA BABES-BOLYAI CLUJ-NAPOCA, CENTRUL DE BIOMATERIALE, INSTITUTUL DE CERCETARI EXPERIMENTALE SI INTERDISCIPLINARE (RO); INSTITUTUL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CHIMIE SI PETROCHIMIE BUCURESTI (RO)
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI-DEPARTAMENTUL DE BIOCHMIE SI BIOLOGIE MOLECULARA (RO)
Project website:
http://www.pcce248.weebly.com
Abstract:
IN TISSUE ENGINEERING (TE) THE COMBINED KNOWLEDGE FROM BIOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
IS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE POSSIBILITY TO RESTORE LOST OR DAMAGED TISSUE. THE
GENERAL AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONSOLIDATE A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TEAM OF
COLLABORATING INVESTIGATORS TO CARRY OUT SOME CELL-SUPPORT CONSTRUCTS (CSC)
WITH POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS IN REGENERATION/REPAIR OF SOFT AND HARD TISSUES AND IT
DOES NOT ASSUME PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL TRIALS. THIS APPLICATION CONTAINS THREE
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: 1- OBTAINMENT OF NEW SUPPORT 3-D STRUCTURES DESIGNED TO
CULTIVATE OSTEOBLASTS AND HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (HMSC) TO OBTAIN CSCS
WITH CHARACTERIZED ARCHITECTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, USEFUL IN BONE TISSUE
ENGINEERING; 2 - DEVELOPMENT OF REGENERATION STRATEGIES OF ADIPOSE TISSUE BY
IMPLANTATION OF PREADIPOCYTES IN 3-D HYDROGEL SCAFFOLDS, THAT MIMIC
EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, DESTINED TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SOFT TISSUE DEFECTS
(SEVERE TRAUMAS, DEEP BURNS OR TUMOR RESECTIONS) AND 3 - STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF 3-
D CULTURE AND GROWTH FACTORS ON THE CHONDROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF HMSC CELLS
TO OBTAIN SOME INVESTIGATION MODELS OF THEIR POTENTIAL IN CARTILAGE TISSUE
REGENERATION. THE PROJECT PRESENTS VIABILITY, INNOVATION, COMPLEXITY AND
INTERDISCIPLINARY EXCHANGE BECAUSE: 1 - IT IS A CONSORTIUM WHICH CONSISTS FROM
PARTNERS WITH COMPLEMENTALLY COMPETENCES WHO ENGAGE TO ACT AS A UNITY IN THE
FOLLOWING FIELDS: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF
MATERIALS, ENGINEERING SCIENCES – IN ORDER TO GET ALL OBJECTIVES; 2 - THE PARTNERS
ARE STAFFS WITH A GOOD, STRONG REPUTATION ON THEIR FIELD, AND THEY HAVE THE
NECESSARY MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND PERFORMING
EQUIPMENTS AND 3 - THE PARTNERSHIP WAS PARTIALLY CONSOLIDATED DURING PREVIOUS
COLLABORATIONS AND WHICH SUSTAIN IT. ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS
PROJECT CONSTITUTES A SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE FOR ANY SCIENTIFIC TEAM AROUND THE
WORLD.
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FILE DESCRIPTION
DOCUMENT
List of research grants as project coordinator or partner team leader
Significant R&D projects for enterprises, as project manager
R&D activities in enterprises
Peer-review activity for international programs/projects
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