Annalisa Calo

Lecturer Professor

Knowledge area: Tecnologia Electrònica

Research group: Nanobioengineering and Bioelectrònics (SIC-BIO)

Contact Information
Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering

annalisa.calo(a)ub.edu

My profile

I have a Degree and Master in Chemistry, obtained at the University of Bologna (Italy). I did the PhD at the National Research Council (Italy) in surface science, micro-nano fabrication techniques ... + info

More Information: https://ibecbarcelona.eu/member/413/Annalisa+Cal%C3%B2/

Academic training

Chemistry . University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum . 30/09/2004 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Photochemistry and Materials Chemistry . University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum . 29/09/2006 . (Official Master)

Chemical Sciences . Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN-CNR) . 03/06/2010 . (Ph.D.)

Teaching imparted

Nanoscale diagnostic systems (University Master's Degree) - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Universidad de Barcelona.

Nanoscale characterization and manipulation (University Master's Degree) - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Universidad de Barcelona.

Research interests

Characterization of clinical samples of cells and tissues with multiparametric Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). This project has been sponsored by the Italian Foundation 'Bartolo Longo' promoting innovative research to fight cancer. https://fondazionebartololongo.com/

A touch-based microscope to detect cancer. This research line received support through a crowdfunding project sponsored by Academist and by Sysmex Diagnostics.www.sysmex.es https://academist-cf.com/projects/251?lang=en As reward for his kind support, a special mention goes here to Isidoro Calò

Big data scanning probe microscopy methods for nanoscale electric functional studies in life sciences (BIGDATASPM). This project has been sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and proposes multiparametric SPM in nanoscale samples

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Andrés Felipe Soto Calderón . (2021) . Multiparametric Analysis of Nanoparticles by Correlative STORM and AFM (Master's Thesis) . .

Pablo Jauregui Jiménez . (2022) . Fabrication of curved PDMS micropatterns with controlled geometry and mechanical properties (Master's Thesis) . .

Participation in projects

Synaptic Control of Cytotoxic T Cell Function . 2016 - 2020 . Ref.R01-AI087644 . National Institutes of Health (NIH) . PI: Morgan Huse

Schwann Cell Reprogramming and Cancer Perineural Invasion . 2017 - 2022 . Ref.5R01CA219534-03 . National Institutes of Health (NIH) . PI: Richard J. Wong

Controlling the chemistry at the nanoscale: parallelization, robustness and registration . 2015 - 2019 . Ref.1618941 . National Science Foundation . PI: Elisa Riedo

Acquisition of Nanofrazor for fabrication of advanced nanomaterials with ultimate resolution and flexibility . 2016 - 2019 . Ref.1626101 . National Science Foundation . PI: Elisa Riedo

Chemical Sciences: Transient Nanopatterns by Biocatalytic Self-Assembly . 2016 - 2019 . Ref.W911NF1610113 . Army Research Office (ARO) . PI: Rein Ulijn

Métodos de datos masivos aplicados a la microscopia de sonda de barrido para estudios eléctricos funcionales a la nanoescala en ciencias de la vida (BIGDATASPM) . 2021 - 2024 . Ref.PID2019/110210GB/100 . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Gabriel Gomila LLuch

Journal Publications

Xiaorui Zheng; Annalisa Calò; Tengfei Cao; Xiangyu Liu; Zhujun Huang; Paul Masih Das; Marija Drndic; Edoardo Albisetti; Francesco Lavini; Vishal Narang; William P King; John W Harrold; Michele Vittadello; Carmela Aruta; Davood Shahrjerdi; Elisa Riedo (2020). Spatial defects nanoengineering for bipolar conductivity in MoS2. Nature Communications, 11(1), pp. 1 - 12 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2041-1723

Annalisa Calò, Yevgeniy Romin, Rami Srouji, Constantinos P Zambirinis, Ning Fan, Anthony Santella, Elvin Feng, Sho Fujisawa, Mesruh Turkekul, Sharon Huang, Amber L Simpson, Michael D'Angelica, William R Jarnagin, Katia Manova-Todorova (2020). Spatial mapping of the collagen distribution in human and mouse tissues by force volume atomic force microscopy. Scientific Reports, 10(1), pp. 15664 - 15664 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2045-2322

Tello-Lafoz, M.; Srpan, K.; Sanchez, E. E.; Hu, J.; Remsik, J.; Romin, Y.; Calò, A.; Hoen, D.; Bhanot, U.; Morris, L.; Boire, A.; Hsu, K. C.; Massagué, J.; Huse, M.; Er, E. E. (2021). Cytotoxic lymphocytes target characteristic biophysical vulnerabilities in cancer. Immunity, 54 . ISSN: 1074-7613

Edoardo Albisetti; Annalisa Calò; Alessandra Zanut; Xiaorui Zheng; Giuseppe Maria de Peppo; Elisa Riedo (2022). Thermal scanning probe lithography. Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2(32) . https://doi.org/10.1038/s43586-022-00110-0 . ISSN: 2662-8449

Sylvie Deborde; Laxmi Gusain; Ann Powers; Andrea Marcadis; Yasong Yu; Chun-Hao Chen; Anna Frants; Elizabeth Kao; Laura H. Tang; Efsevia Vakiani; Masataka Amisaki; Vinod P. Balachandran; Annalisa Calò; Tatiana Omelchenko; Kristjan R. Jessen; Boris Reva; Richard J. Wong (2022). Reprogrammed Schwann cells organize into dynamic tracks that promote pancreatic cancer invasion. Cancer Discovery . https://doi-org.sire.ub.edu/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-1690 . ISSN: 2159-8274

Venugopal, Venugopal; Ruiz Perez, Lorena; Swamynathan, K.; Kulkarni, Chidambar; Calò, Annalisa; Kumar, Mohit (2022). Caught in action: visualizing dynamic nanostructures within supramolecular systems chemistry. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 62(8) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1433-7851