The students involved will actively participate in the research activity of m4lab – Multiscale Mechanics and Multiphysics of Materials Lab, with the aim of understanding the disciplinary interconnections between mechanics and biology in complex pathological cases such as tumor metastasis.
Participation in the research activity requires students to be involved in the following activities:

• Understand the mechanisms of cell motility and tumor metastasis, in collaboration with the teachers at the high school involved
• Associate the physical processes that govern them with observations
• Run some simple simulations together with the tutors

PCTO program:

Day # 1 (Monday)
morning:

• introduction
• objective
• team working (hidden game)

afternoon:

• assignment of papers / study material
• assignment of the theme: how to use the metaverse in mechanobiology
• (Tuesday) individual study of the study paper / material

Day # 2 (Wednesday):

• group work on the paper / study material and on the topic
• models and simulations: how is it done? Hands on!
• (Thursday) remote work on the subject

Day # 3 (Friday):

morning:

• finalization of the video / presentation or other in response to the assigned theme.
• meeting with a student for orientation

afternoon:

• presentation of the theme (give an evaluation to the work)
• discussion on the paper / study material