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Credits & Disclaimers
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Amsterdam University Medical Center
Since June 2018, the two academic hospitals AMC and VUmc have merged to form Amsterdam UMC. With over 16,000 people, the two locations of Amsterdam UMC work together to provide good and accessible care. Amsterdam UMC focuses on a future...
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Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is a leader in the research of advanced biomaterials and nanotechnologies and pioneers work in micro-sensor systems. TCD is home to cutting-edge research centers, such as the Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Materials...
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New team members join the SMARTHEAL consortium
Over the past few weeks, a number of new researchers have joined the SMARTHEAL team across a number of partners. The consortium is delighted to welcome Annael Sort-Montenegro and Ana Avramovic. Annael earned a Master’s degree in Chemistry and Physics,...
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Highly successful site visit to Amsterdam University Medical Center
This week, members of the SMARTHEAL consortium convened in Amsterdam to meet with colleagues from AUMC to discuss the experiential needs of partners for the mouse experiments. The session began with Wouter de Jonge, Ana Avramovic and Olaf Weitling presenting...
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Virtual consortium meeting held to discuss progress
A highly successful virtual meeting of all the consortium partners took place on the morning of 29 October 2025. At this meeting — a combination of the regular consortium meeting and the formal General Assembly meeting to take certain decisions...
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SMARTHEAL Kick Off Meeting Held in Dublin
The team at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) was delighted to welcome colleagues from Plio Surgical (PLIO), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and Amsterdam UMC (AUMC) to the Naughton Institute in Dublin City Centre for the project kick-off meeting on 10...
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A smart implant
Colorectal cancer affects over 1.93 million people each year, and up to 20% of patients undergoing surgery suffer from anastomotic leaks. Despite extensive research, these leaks remain frequent due to poor healing and late detection. With this in mind, the...
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Contact Us
SMARTHEAL is a consortium project involving Trinity College Dublin, the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Plio Surgical and the Amsterdam University Medical Center. The project is led by Larisa Florea and is headquartered at Trinity College Dublin. To contact the project, you can use the details below: You can...
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Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is a scientific research centre established by law in 2003 by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and the Ministry of Economy and Finance, in order to promote excellence in both basic...
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Plio Surgical
Plio Surgical is an innovative medical device company focused on developing advanced solutions for surgical procedures, particularly in the field of anastomosis and gastrointestinal surgery. The company is committed to commercialise the flagship magnetic anastomosis device, designed to improve surgical...
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Larisa Florea
Larisa Florea is Associate Professor in the Trinity College Dublin School of Chemistry and an AMBER researchers. She has over 10 years of experience in polymer chemistry and sensing technologies and she is a recognised leader in the field of responsive polymers. She is...
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Sina Javadpour
Sina Javadpour has submitted a PhD to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from South Dakota State University (SDSU), with expertise spanning biomedical and mechanical engineering. He has served as a...
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Bruce Murphy
Bruce Murphy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering in Trinity College Dublin, Deputy Director of the Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering (TCBE), and Principal Investigator in the TCBE and AMBER Centre. He is a recognised expert...
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Luisa Lavelle
Luisa Lavelle completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Medicinal Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin in 2020. During her final year, she conducted her undergraduate research project under the supervision of Dr. Carl Poree, focusing on molybdenum-based catalysts for allylic...
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Cristina Purtil
Cristina Purtil has over 15 years’ experience in the healthcare industry and in product management, acquired while working as a Global Product Manager with GE Healthcare in the USA and in marketing roles with Dell. Cristina had previously led the...
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Stephen Johnson Barker
Stephen Johnson Barker has a strong industrial design background having completed BSc in Product Design and an M.Sc. in Medical Device Design. Stephen’s strengths lie in the design and manufacturing of the devices Plio Surgical is developing with skills in...
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Virgilio Mattoli
Virgilio Mattoli received his laurea degree in chemistry (cum laude) from the University of Pisa and the diploma in chemistry from the Scuola Normale Superiore in 2000. In 2005 he received his PhD in bio-engineering (cum laude) from Scuola Superiore...
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Marco Crepaldi
Marco Crepaldi received the engineering degree (summa cum laude) and the Ph.D. in electronic engineering from the Politecnico di Torino (Polito), Turin, Italy, in 2005 and 2009, respectively. In 2008, he was a visiting scholar at the Electrical Engineering Department...
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Amirsoheil Honarbari
Amirsoheil Honarbari is a post-doctoral researcher at the Electronic Design Laboratory (EDL) at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT). In 2024, he completed his PhD in Bioengineering and Robotics at IIT-University of Genova under the supervision of Dr Athanassia Athanassiou...
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Elena Maurina
Elena Maurina earned her Master’s Degree in Chemistry (cum laude) in 2021 and her diploma in Chemistry from the Scuola Normale Superiore in 2022. In June 2025, she completed her PhD in Information Engineering at the University of Pisa under...
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Joep Derikx
Prof. Joep Derikx is a (pediatric) surgeon in Amsterdam UMC and head of the department of pediatric surgery with a special interest in translational research with focus on understanding the pathophysiology and early detection of intestinal anastomotic healing and leakage....
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Ric van Tol
Dr Ric van Tol studied Biology at the University of Groningen, completing doctoral research on Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes, including an internship at the University of Minnesota, USA. He earned his PhD at Leiden University Medical Center, focusing...
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Ana Avramovic
Ana Avramovic completed her Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences at Radboud University Nijmegen, with a specialisation in molecular medicine. During her studies, she conducted several research projects focusing on the development of potential therapeutic approaches for cancer and immune-related disorders....
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