Biology of marine invertebrates
Biology of marine invertebrates
CANDIA M. Daniela Candia
BONASORO Francesco
SUGNI Michela
- Autotomy, regenerative and reproductive phenomena in echinoderms: mechanisms, processes, cell lineages (stem cells or not) and factors involved; effects of environmental stress (exposure to contaminants, ecc.).
- Reproductive processes and hormonal control in echinoderms.
- Cell cultures from echinoderm tissues.
- Mutability phenomena in collagenous tissues of echinoderms and sponges (connective tissues and mesohyl): an integrated approach (morphological, physiological, biomechanical, biomolecular).
- Mutable connective tissues and their components: an applied biomimetic approach to exploit marine-derived resources for the ex-novo design and development of biomimetic smart materials (films, scaffolds and substrata for cell culture studies, ecc).