Damiano Fassina

Damiano Fassina made his first steps in the academic world in Italy, where he achieved a three years Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering. Subsequently, he was awarded with a two years Master Degree in Bioengineering. Both titles were conferred from the University of Padova.

In October 2018 he moved to London to start a PhD, and then he started as a member of King’s College CEMRG. Damiano’s PhD project involved the creation of a model of human induced pluripotent stem cells derived cardiomyocytes, for regenerative medicine application. His investigations through models at cellular and tissue level aimed to achieve better understanding of stem cells derived cardiomyocytes’ electrophysiological behavior. Damiano’s research work was thus focused towards the successful coupling of engineered cardiomyocytes with adult myocytes, and assess the feasibility of replacing damaged heart tissue with engineered patches. He graduated in 2022 and moved to work for Bravura Solutions.