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SALA LUCA

Role
Assistant Professor  
Academic disciplines
Physiology (BIOS-06/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
PHYSIOLOGY (05/BIOS-06)

Publications

  • Florindi, C., Scandellari, C., Maniezzi, C., Bruno, G., Sala, L., Di Mise, A., et al. (2026). A novel optoelectronic platform combining LED-driven pacing and laser optoporation for high-throughput cardiac electrophysiology. BIOPHYSICS REVIEWS, 7(2) [10.1063/5.0311976]. Detail

  • Khudiakov, A., Mura, M., Giannetti, F., Leonov, V., Alberio, C., Eskandr, M., et al. (2026). Machine learning-guided risk stratification for long QT syndrome genetic variants with hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH, 122(10), 1374-1390 [10.1093/cvr/cvag105]. Detail

  • Curci, G., Casti, P., Sala, L., Brescia, M., Cascarano, P., D'Orazio, M., et al. (2026). VAE-MOTION: A deep generative model for cardiomyocyte contractility analysis for improving drug efficacy evaluation. EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS, 299(1 March 2026) [10.1016/j.eswa.2025.130302]. Detail

  • Zemignani, G., Mancinelli, E., Tullii, G., Khudiakov, A., Bortolotti, C., Tanwar, S., et al. (2026). Beyond Transconductance: Cell-Polymer Coupling Determines Fidelity in Action Potential Recording via Electrolyte-Gated Polymer Transistors. ADVANCED SCIENCE, 13(30) [10.1002/advs.202520122]. Detail

  • Barbieri, M., Casini, S., Louradour, J., De Waal, T., Alerni, N., Verkerk, A., et al. (2026). SGK1-inhibition restores cardiac repolarization in LQT2 rabbits and LQT3 mice by reducing late sodium current. PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 227(May 2026) [10.1016/j.phrs.2026.108189]. Detail

Research projects

Cardiac Arrhythmias caused by ion channel Trafficking defects - PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 - Avviso 247/2022
Year: 2022
Call: PNRR - Missione 4 “Istruzione e Ricerca” - Componente 2 “Dalla Ricerca all'Impresa” - Investimento 1.2 “Finanziamento di progetti presentati da giovani ricercatori”
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)

Awards

Awards

  • European Working Group on Cardiac and Cellular Electrophysiology (EWGCCE) Travel Grant, European Society of Cardiology, 2017
  • Premio per Miglior Poster, Premio attribuito al/ai migliore/i poster all'interno del Rembrandt Symposium (Paesi Bassi), 2016
  • European Working Group on Cardiac and Cellular Electrophysiology (EWGCCE) Travel Grant, European Society of Cardiology, 2013

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice a t.d. presso Ente di ric. - Ricercatore responsabile del Laboratorio di Elettrofisiologia Cellulare Cardiaca del Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin - ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO (IRCCS), 2018 - 2022
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2024 - 2025
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice all’estero - Leiden University Medical Center - Leiden University Medical Center, 2015 - 2017
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2022 - 2024

Congresses/Conferences

  • - International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting(Stati Uniti), 2020