Epernicus: Nicola Lai, Ph.D.

Nicola Lai, Ph.D.

Positions:
Research Assistant Professor

Biomedical Engineering

Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)

Assistant Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Cleveland, OH)
Degrees:

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy)

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Cagliari (Cagliari, Italy)

M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Cagliari (Cagliari, Italy)
Past Advisors:

Gerald M. Saidel (as Research Associate)

Marco E Cabrera (as Research Associate)

Giacomo Cao (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
Research:
Other Experience:
2002-2005 Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia

Communities:

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Nicola Lai's Publications (13)

A prior bout of contractions speeds VO2 and blood flow on-kinetics and reduces the VO2 slow-component amplitude in canine skeletal muscle contracting in situ.
Hernández A, McDonald JR, Lai N, Gladden LB

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 2010 May;108(5):1169-76
Contraction-by-contraction VO2 and computer-controlled pump perfusion as novel techniques to study skeletal muscle metabolism in situ.
Hernández A, Goodwin ML, Lai N, Cabrera ME, McDonald JR, Gladden LB

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 2010 Mar;108(3):705-12
Modeling oxygenation in venous blood and skeletal muscle in response to exercise using near-infrared spectroscopy.
Lai N, Zhou H, Saidel GM, Wolf M, McCully K, Gladden LB, Cabrera ME

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 2009 Jun;106(6):1858-74
Multiscale modeling of respiration.
Zhou H, Lai N, Saidel G, Cabrera M

IEEE engineering in medicine and biology magazine : the quarterly magazine of the Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society. 2009 May-Jun;28(3):34-40
Non-invasive estimation of metabolic flux and blood flow in working muscle: effect of blood-tissue distribution.
Lai N, Saidel GM, Iorio M, Cabrera ME

Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 2009;645:155-60
Multi-scale model of O2 transport and metabolism: response to exercise.
Zhou H, Lai N, Saidel GM, Cabrera ME

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2008 Mar;1123:178-86
Influence of exercise intensity on pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics at the onset of exercise and recovery in male adolescents.
Lai N, Nasca MM, Silva MA, Silva FT, Whipp BJ, Cabrera ME

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquée, nutrition et métabolisme. 2008 Feb;33(1):107-17
Muscle oxygen uptake differs from consumption dynamics during transients in exercise.
Lai N, Syed N, Saidel GM, Cabrera ME

Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 2008;614:325-32
Model of oxygen transport and metabolism predicts effect of hyperoxia on canine muscle oxygen uptake dynamics.
Lai N, Saidel GM, Grassi B, Gladden LB, Cabrera ME

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 2007 Oct;103(4):1366-78
Linking pulmonary oxygen uptake, muscle oxygen utilization and cellular metabolism during exercise.
Lai N, Camesasca M, Saidel GM, Dash RK, Cabrera ME

Annals of biomedical engineering. 2007 Jun;35(6):956-69
A novel simulation model for engineered cartilage growth in static systems.
Pisu M, Lai N, Concas A, Cao G

Tissue engineering. 2006 Aug;12(8):2311-20
Relating pulmonary oxygen uptake to muscle oxygen consumption at exercise onset: in vivo and in silico studies.
Lai N, Dash RK, Nasca MM, Saidel GM, Cabrera ME

European journal of applied physiology. 2006 Jul;97(4):380-94
Adsorption of organic compounds onto activated carbons from recycled vegetables biomass.
Mameli A, Cincotti A, Lai N, Crisafulli C, Sciré S, Cao G

Annali di chimica. 2004 Jul-Aug;94(7-8):547-54

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Nicola Lai, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Nicola Lai's Genealogy

Nicola Lai's Publications (13)