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SILVIA TODROS
Position
Professoressa Associata
Address
VIA VENEZIA, 1 - PADOVA
Telephone
0498276878
Silvia Todros is Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova, Italy. She graduated cum laude in Materials Science at the University of Padova in 2005 and received the Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering from the University of Brescia, in 2010. She has been visiting researcher at Cranfield University (Bedford, UK), Cranfield Health, in Smart Materials Laboratory, in 2008. She has been a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Physics and Chemistry of University of Brescia from 2010 to 2011, and at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova from 2012 to 2018, visiting Professor at University College London (London, UK) in 2020, and Assistant Professor at the University of Padova from 2018 to 2024. Her research activity is mainly aimed at the characterization of mechanical, morphological and physicochemical properties of biomaterials, biomedical devices and biological tissues, with experimental techniques and computational modelling. Recent studies are focused on the mechanics of soft biomaterials and hydrogels for tissue repair and regeneration, 3D bioprinting and mechanical stimulation with bioreactors. She is author of more than sixty papers on scientific international journals.Teaching activity is focused on the mechanics of biomaterials and polymers for medical devices and surgical prostheses.
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Silvia Todros is author of more than thirty papers on scientific international journals.
2020
Carniel, E.L., Albanese, A., Fontanella, C.G., Pavan, P.G., Salmaso, C., Todros, S., Toniolo, I., Foletto, M., Biomechanics of stomach tissues and structure in patients with obesity (2020), Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 110, 103883. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103883
Natali, A.N., Fontanella, C.G., Todros, S., Pavan, P.G., Carmignato, S., Zanini, F., Carniel, E.L. Conformation and mechanics of the polymeric cuff of artificial urinary sphincter (2020), Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 17, 4, pp. 3894-3908. DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2020216
Barbon, S., Stocco, E., Dalzoppo, D., Todros, S., Canale, A., Pavan, P., Macchi, V., Grandi, C., De Caro, R., Novel halogen-mediated partial oxidation of polyvinyl alcohol for tissue engineering purposes (2020), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, 801. DOI:10.3390/ijms21030801
Todros, S., de Cesare, N., Concheri, G., Natali, A.N., Pavan, P.G., Numerical modelling of abdominal wall mechanics: the role of muscular contraction and intra-abdominal pressure (2020), Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 103, 103578. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103578
2019
Todros, S., Pianigiani, S., de Cesare, N., Pavan, P.G., Natali, A.N. Marker tracking for local strain measurement in mechanical testing of biomedical materials (2019), Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 39, 5, pp. 764-772. DOI: 10.1007/s40846-018-0457-z
Pirri, C., Todros, S., Fede, C., Pianigiani, S., Fan, C., Foti, C., Stecco, C., Pavan, P.G., Inter‐rater reliability and variability of ultrasound measurements of abdominal muscle and fasciae thickness (2019), Clinical Anatomy, 32, 7, pp. 948-960. DOI: 10.1002/ca.23435
Todros, S., de Cesare, N., Pianigiani, S., Concheri, G., Savio, G., Natali, A.N., Pavan, P.G. 3D surface imaging of abdominal wall muscular contraction (2019) Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 175, pp. 103-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2019.04.013
Pavan, P.G., Todros, S., Pachera, P., Pianigiani, S., Natali, A.N. The effects of the muscular contraction on the abdominal biomechanics: a numerical investigation (2019) Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 22, pp. 139-148. DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2018.1540695
2018
Todros, S., Pachera, P., Pavan, P.G., Natali, A.N. Investigation of the mechanical behavior of polyester meshes for abdominal surgery: a preliminary study (2018) Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 38 (4), pp. 654-665. DOI: 10.1007/s40846-017-0337-y
Todros, S., Pavan, P.G., Pachera, P., Pace, G., Di Noto, V., Natali, A.N. Interplay between physicochemical and mechanical properties of poly(ethylene terephthalate) meshes for hernia repair (2018) Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 135 (13), art. no. 46014. DOI: 10.1002/app.46014
Todros, S., Pachera, P., Baldan, N., Pavan, P.G., Pianigiani, S., Merigliano, S., Natali, A.N. Computational modeling of abdominal hernia laparoscopic repair with a surgical mesh (2018) International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 13 (1), pp. 73-81. DOI: 10.1007/s11548-017-1681-7
Research Area
Mechanics of biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine:- experimental and computational analysis of the mechanical behavior of hydrogels for different applications in tissue engineering;- development of scaffold based on muscle extracellular matrix (ECM) for muscle tissue engineering: - characterization of physicochemical, morphological and mechanical properties of ECM-based scaffolds; development of bioinks for 3D bioprinting; design and development of bioreactors for the mechanical stimulation of engineered tissues and scaffolds;- computational analysis of cardiomyocyte biomechanics for the evaluation of activation capability of cardiomyocyte layers on hydrogel scaffolds for regenerative medicine.Mechanics of polymeric biomaterials and biomedical devices:- analysis of synthetic surgical meshes for the repair of abdominal hernias and pelvic organ prolapses, through experimental characterization of the chemical-physical and mechanical properties of biomaterials and prosthetic meshes;- computational analysis of the biomechanics of the abdominal wall and the interaction between surgical meshes and biological tissues following repair, to provide support to the surgeons in selecting the most suitable prosthetic element.Mechanics of biological tissues:- experimental analysis of the mechanical behavior of human or animal tissue, by means of uniaxial and biaxial tensile tests, stress relaxation tests, confined and unconfined compression, friction tests;- investigation of the effects of decellularization treatment on the mechanical properties of biological tissues.
