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SALA LUCA

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

Publications

  • Hiniesto-Iñigo, I., Sridhar, A., Louradour, J., Cruz, A., Lundholm, S., Jauregi-Miguel, A., et al. (2025). Rescue of loss-of-function long QT syndrome-associated mutations in KV7.1/KCNE1 by the endocannabinoid N-arachidonoyl-L-serine (ARA-S). BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY [10.1111/bph.70008]. Detail

  • Sesti, V., Magni, A., Moschetta, M., Florindi, C., Pfeffer, M., Difrancesco, M., et al. (2025). Membrane-targeted push-pull azobenzenes for the optical modulation of membrane potential. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS, 14(1) [10.1038/s41377-024-01669-x]. Detail

  • O'Neill, M., Ng, C., Aizawa, T., Sala, L., Bains, S., Winbo, A., et al. (2024). Multiplexed Assays of Variant Effect and Automated Patch Clamping Improve KCNH2-LQTS Variant Classification and Cardiac Event Risk Stratification. CIRCULATION, 150(23), 1869-1881 [10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069828]. Detail

  • Florindi, C., Vurro, V., Ronchi, C., Sesti, V., Sala, L., Di Pasquale, E., et al. (2024). Geneless optomodulation of cardiomyocytes membrane potential by sarcolemma-targeted azobenzene photoswitches. In Abstracts of the XXIV Congress of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Research (pp.1-12) [10.1016/j.vph.2024.107317]. Detail

  • Maione, A., Iengo, L., Sala, L., Massaiu, I., Chiesa, M., Lippi, M., et al. (2024). Cardiomyocyte and stromal cell cross-talk influences the pathogenesis of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: a multi-level analysis uncovers DLK1-NOTCH pathway role in fibro-adipose remodelling. CELL DEATH DISCOVERY, 10(1) [10.1038/s41420-024-02232-8]. 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 universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2024 - 2025
  • Ricercatore 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 all estero - Leiden University Medical Center - Leiden University Medical Center, 2015 - 2017
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2022 - 2024

Congresses/Conferences

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