The University of Insubria

		Mario Raspanti

	Contact data	Full Professor of Human Anatomy Department of Human Morphology Human Morphology Laboratory Via Monte Generoso 71, I- 21100 Varese, Italy Tel: +39 0332-217451 Fax: +39 0332-263324 E-mail: mario.raspanti@uninsubria.it
	Biography	Mario Raspanti was born on August, 26, 1956 near Bologna, Italy. In 1980 he graduated “cum laude” in Biology at the University of Bologna with an experimental thesis on the electron microscopy of the extracellular matrix. In 1984, after a short period at the Abteilung fuer Elektronenmikroskopie of the Medizinische Hochschule in Hannover, Germany, he joined the Institute of Human Anatomy in Bologna. During fifteen years he was technical manager of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory, taking actively part in all the research carried on in this structure and devising original preparation and investigation techniques in the fields of optical microscopy, TEM, high resolution SEM, freeze-etching, atomic force microscopy, image analysis and three-dimensional modelling. In 1999 he joined, as an Associate Professor, the Human Morphology Laboratory of the University of Insubria where he opened the new atomic force microscopy unit. Since 2004 he is Full Professor of Human Anatomy in the same Medical School .
	Qualifications and awards	- A full degree in Biology. - Affiliations to the Italian Anatomical Society, the Italian Society for the study of the Connective Tissue, the Italian Society of Microscopical Sciences and the International Society of Matrix Biology.
	Research interests	Research interests focus essentially on the ultrastructure of the macromolecules of the extracellular matrix (collagen, elastin, glycoconjugates, mineral phase), their supramolecular assembly and their functional aspects, with techniques of light microscopy, transmission- and scanning electron microscopy, freeze-etching, X-ray spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and image processing.
	Teaching experience and appointments	- Full courses of Human Anatomy for the graduation in Dentistry (specialistic) and in Oral Hygiene; course of Neuroanatomy for the graduation in Medicine and Surgery (specialistic). - Member of the collegium of teachers of the Ph.Ds in “Acquired and congenital degenerative pathologies”, then in “Degenerative pathologies and immunopathologies” and in “Experimental medicine and oncology”. - Member of the scientific commitee of the “Research Center on Image Analysis and Medical Informatics”.
	Representative publications	Morocutti M., Raspanti M., Govoni P., Kadar A., Ruggeri A. Ultrastructural aspects of freeze-fractured and etched elastin. Connective Tissue Research 18(I), 55-64, 1988 Ortolani F., Raspanti M., Franchi M., Marchini M. Localization of different alcian blue-proteoglycans particles in the intervertebral disc. Basic & Applied Histochemistry, 32(4), 443-453, 1988 Raspanti M., Ortolani F., Ruggeri A. and Marchini M Collagen fibril surface structures: freeze-etching data and computer modeling. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 11, 77-80, 1989 Raspanti M., Ottani V., Ruggeri A. Different architectures of the collagen fibril: morphological aspects and functional implications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 11, 367-371, 1989 Raspanti M., Ottani V., Ruggeri A. Subfibrillar architecture and functional properties of collagen: a comparative study in rat tendons. Journal of Anatomy 172, 157-164, 1990 Morocutti M., Raspanti M., Ottani V., Govoni P., Ruggeri A. Ultrastructure of the bovine nuchal ligament. Journal of Anatomy 178, 145-154, 1991 Strocchi R., De Pasquale V., Guizzardi S., Govoni P., Facchini A., Raspanti M., Girolami M., Giannini S. Human Achilles tendon: morphological and morphometrical variations as a functions of age. Foot & Ankle 12(2), 100-104, 1991 Dell'Orbo C., Quacci D., Raspanti M., Riva A. Scanning Electron Microscopy of rat tail tendon collagen. Microscopy Research and Technique, 23(3), 260-261, 1992 Raspanti M., Marchini M., Della Pasqua V., Strocchi R., Ruggeri A. Ultrastructure of the extracellular matrix of bovine dura mater, optic nerve sheath and sclera. Journal of Anatomy 181(2), 181-187, 1992 Raspanti M., Guizzardi S., De Pasquale V., Martini D., Ruggeri A. Ultrastructure of heat-deproteinated compact bone. Biomaterials 15/6, 433-437, 1994 Ortolani F., Raspanti M., Marchini M. Correlation between amino acid hydrophobicity scales and stain exclusion capacity of type I native collagen fibrils. Journal of Electron Microscopy 43, 32-38, 1994 Guizzardi S., Raspanti M., Martini D., Scandroglio R., Govoni P., Ruggeri A. Low-temperature heat-deproteinated compact bone to heal large bone defects. Biomaterials 16/12, 931-936, 1995 Raspanti M., Alessandrini A., Gobbi P., Ruggeri A. Collagen fibril surface: TMAFM, FEG-SEM and Freeze-Etching observations. Microscopy Research and Technique 35/1, 87-93, 1996 Raspanti M., Guizzardi S., Strocchi R., Ruggeri A. Collagen fibre patterns in compact bone: preliminary ultrastructural observations. Acta Anatomica 155, 249-256, 1996 Raspanti M., Alessandrini A., Ottani V., Ruggeri A. Direct visualization of collagen-bound proteoglycans by Atomic Force Microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology 119, 118-122, 1997 Raspanti M. Advanced visualization techniques for scanning probe microscopy. Microscopy & Analysis 57, 19-21, 1999 M.Raspanti, C.Cesari, V.De Pasquale, V.Ottani, R.Strocchi, G.Zucchelli, A.Ruggeri A histological and electronmicroscopical study of the architecture and ultrastructure of human periodontal tissues. Archives of Oral Biology 45, 185-192, 2000 M.Raspanti, T.Congiu, A.Alessandrini, P.Gobbi, A.Ruggeri Different patterns of collagen-proteoglycan interaction: a scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy study. European Journal of Histochemistry 44(4), 335-343, 2000 V.Ottani, M.Raspanti, A.Ruggeri Collagen structure and functional implications Micron 32(3), 251-260, 2001 Raspanti M., Congiu T., Guizzardi S. Tapping-mode atomic force microscopy in fluid of hydrated extracellular matrix. Matrix Biology 20/8, 601-604, 2001 Ottani V., Raspanti M., Martini D., Tretola G., Ruggeri A. Jr., Franchi M., Giuliani Piccari G., Ruggeri A. Electromagnetic stimulation on the bone growth using backscattered electron imaging. Micron 33, 121-125, 2002 Raspanti M., Congiu T., Guizzardi S. Structural Aspects of the Extracellular Matrix of Tendon: An Atomic Force and Scanning Electron Microscopy Study. Archives of Histology and Cytology 65, 37-43, 2002 Ottani V., Martini D., Franchi M., Ruggeri A., Raspanti M. Hierarchical structures in fibrillar collagens Micron 33, 587-596, 2002 Sangiorgi S., Picano M., Manelli A., Peron S., Tomei G., Raspanti M. The microvasculature of the lateral choroid plexus in the rat: a scanning electron microscopy study of vascular corrosion casts. European Journal of Morphology 41: 155-160, 2003 Sangiorgi S., Manelli A., Congiu T., Bini A., Pilato G., Reguzzoni M., Raspanti M. Microvascularization of the human digit as studied by corrosion casting Journal of Anatomy 204, 123-131, 2004 Guizzardi S., Galli C., Martini D., Belletti S., Tinti A., Raspanti M., Taddei P., Ruggeri A., Scandroglio R. Different titanium surface treatment influences human mandibular osteoblast response Journal of Periodontology 75, 273-282, 2004 Sangiorgi S., Manelli A., Protasoni M., Ronga M., Raspanti M. The collagenic structure of human digital skin seen by scanning electron microscopy after Ohtani maceration technique. Annals of Anatomy 187,13-22, 2005 Raspanti M., Binaghi E., Gallo I., Manelli A. A vision-based, 3D reconstruction technique for scanning electron microscopy: Direct comparison with Atomic Force Microscopy. Microscopy Research & Technique 67, 1-7, 2005 Reguzzoni M, Manelli A, Ronga M, Raspanti M, Grassi FA. Histology and ultrastructure of a tissue-engineered collagen meniscus before and after implantation. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 74(2):808-816, 2005 Raspanti M, Manelli A, Franchi M, Ruggeri A. The 3D structure of crimps in the rat Achilles tendon. Matrix Biology 24, 503-507, 2005

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