Dr. Giancarlo Forte

Biography

Giancarlo Forte obtained his Master’s Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, and defended his PhD in Experimental Pathophysiology in 2005. He was a visiting researcher at the University of Tübingen, Germany, and later became a postdoctoral fellow at the Italian Institute of Cardiovascular Research (INRC). In 2006, he moved to Japan to join Tokyo Women’s Medical University as a visiting scientist and was appointed Lead Researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). During his time in Japan, he also held the position of MANA Scientist at the World Premier International Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA). In 2013, Dr. Forte transitioned to a Senior Scientist role at the newly established International Clinical Research Center (ICRC) at St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno, Czech Republic, where he founded the Center for Translational Medicine (CTM). From 2016 to 2023, he served as Head of CTM and Principal Investigator of the Mechanobiology Disease Group at ICRC. Dr. Forte was nominated Deputy Director of Science at the ICRC until the end of 2021. In March 2023, he became a Senior Lecturer at the Centre of Excellence of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) at King’s College London, UK. His research group adopts interdisciplinary approaches utilizing induced pluripotent stem cells, 3D advanced disease models, and bioengineering to unveil the impact of biomechanical stress on extracellular matrix remodeling, mechanosensitive DNA transcription, and RNA metabolism. His work aims to understand organ development and tissue regeneration, providing a framework for elucidating disease mechanisms and developing new therapeutics.

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