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Dr Francesco Boselli

Career

  • 2016-present: Postdoctoral researcher, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
  • 2013-2015: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Strasbourg, France
  • 2008-2012: Doctoral student and teaching assistent, Institue of Fluid Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, CH
  • 2007 (summar intership): Graduate researcher, Learner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA
  • 2007-2006 Bachelor/Master student (biomedical engineering), Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Research

I am a member of the Biological Physics research group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP).  I am interested in the role of fluid flows and forces in the regulation and development of biological systems.

keywords: Cilia, Biological Stokesian Flows, Mechanotransduction, heart/valve development, embyonic heart, blood flow, inner ear, Benigne Paroxismal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), boundary and meshless numerical methods.

Links to Publications

Publications

Fluid Mechanics of Mosaic Ciliated Tissues
F Boselli, J Jullien, E Lauga, RE Goldstein
– Phys Rev Lett
(2021)
127,
198102
(DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.198102)
Fluid Mechanics of Mosaic Ciliated Tissues
R Goldstein, J Jullien, E Lauga, F Boselli
– Physical Review Letters
(2021)
127,
198102
(DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.198102)
CCDC61/VFL3 is a paralog of SAS6 and promotes ciliary functions
T Ochi, V Quarantotti, H Lin, J Jullien, I Rosa E Silva, F Boselli, DD Barnabas, CM Johnson, SH McLaughlin, SMV Freund, AN Blackford, Y Kimata, RE Goldstein, SP Jackson, TL Blundell, SK Dutcher, F Gergely, M van Breugel
– Structure (London, England : 1993)
(2020)
28,
674
(DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2020.04.010)
Blood Flow Limits Endothelial Cell Extrusion in the Zebrafish Dorsal Aorta
P Campinho, P Lamperti, F Boselli, A Vilfan, J Vermot
– Cell reports
(2020)
31,
107505
(DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.03.069)
Three-dimensional microscopy and image analysis methodology for mapping and quantification of nuclear positions in tissues with approximate cylindrical geometry.
P Campinho, P Lamperti, F Boselli, J Vermot
– Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
(2018)
373,
20170332
(DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0332)
Following Endocardial Tissue Movements via Cell Photoconversion in the Zebrafish Embryo.
RW-Y Chow, P Lamperti, E Steed, F Boselli, J Vermot
– J Vis Exp
(2018)
2018,
ARTN e57290
(DOI: 10.3791/57290)
Anisotropic shear stress patterns predict the orientation of convergent tissue movements in the embryonic heart.
F Boselli, E Steed, JB Freund, J Vermot
– Development
(2017)
144,
4322
(DOI: 10.1242/dev.152124)
Hemodynamics driven cardiac valve morphogenesis.
E Steed, F Boselli, J Vermot
– Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
(2016)
1863,
1760
(DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.11.014)
Live imaging and modeling for shear stress quantification in the embryonic zebrafish heart
F Boselli, J Vermot
– Methods
(2016)
94,
129
(DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.09.017)
Developmental Alterations in Heart Biomechanics and Skeletal Muscle Function in Desmin Mutants Suggest an Early Pathological Root for Desminopathies.
C Ramspacher, E Steed, F Boselli, R Ferreira, N Faggianelli, S Roth, C Spiegelhalter, N Messaddeq, L Trinh, M Liebling, N Chacko, F Tessadori, J Bakkers, J Laporte, K Hnia, J Vermot
– Cell reports
(2015)
11,
1564
(DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.05.010)
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Email

fb448@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Room

H0.16

Telephone

01223 337888

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