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We are interested to unravel the molecular mechanisms of cell:cell interaction with focus on cancer metastasis formation developing advanced human 2D and 3D microfluidic vascular models and using high content live-cell imaging. 

BURA Camilla Cerutti research profile

Google Scholar  Camilla Cerutti profile 

GRANTS:

  • 2025 DIABETES UK Early career small  grant (co-PI)
  • 2025  Royal Society International Exchanges 2024 Global Round 3 (PI)
  • 2024 BRIEF award Brunel University of London, UK (PI)
  • 2024 BHF Non-clinical PhD-fellowship British Heart Fundation UK (co-PI)

Research Interests

  • Cancer metastasis
  • Organ-specific vasculatures
  • Microfluidic 2D and 3D human vascular models
  • Cell adhesion and migration 
  • cell signaling 
  • breast and prostate cancer;
  • Endothelial cells
  • blood-brain-barrier
  • vascular inflammation
  • signalling
  • Shear stress
  • High-content Live-cell imaging 

Research grants and projects

Research Projects

Grants

Deciphering Breast Cancer Metastasis with Bioengineered Microfluidic Models for Targeted Therapies
Funder: Brunel Research Initiative and Enterprise Fund (BRIEF)
Duration: August 2024 - April 2025
`Single-cell epigenetic and molecular signatures in human breast cancer metastasis formation`
Funder: EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Duration: May 2020 - May 2023

i-CARE cofund AIRC and by the EU H2020 research and innovation Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant

Targeting tumour cell transendothelial migration during metastasis.
Funder: Cancer Research UK
Duration: January 2018 - June 2018

Development Fund