Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences BtBs
Marongiu Laura, PhD
Assistant Professor in General Pathology

Marongiu’s Lab – #MarongiuLab_BtBs
last update: September 2020
Lodola Francesco, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology

room 3014, building U3, tel. +39 02 6448 3228
lab 3015, building U3, tel. +39 02 6448 3331
lab 3050, building U3, tel. +39 02 6448 3316
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Research Group
Chiara Florindi, PhD Student (XXXVIII Ciclo)
Lab 3015 (tel. +39 6448 3331), building U3
Lab 3050 (tel. +39 6448 3316), building U3
c.florindi@campus.unimib.it
Francesca Misitano, PhD Student (XXXIX Ciclo)
Lab 3015 (tel. +39 6448 3331), building U3
Lab 3050 (tel. +39 6448 3316), building U3
f.misitano@campus.unimib.it
Ludovica Cestariolo, Assegnista
Lab 3015 (tel. +39 6448 3331), building U3
Lab 3050 (tel. +39 6448 3316), building U3
ludovica.cestariolo@unimib.it
Keywords
Cardiovascular Physiology, Ca2+ signaling, Excitation-contraction coupling, Arrhythmias, Optical stimulation, Nanomaterials, Nanomedicine.
Research interest
Ca2+ signaling and cardiac arrhythmias; Novel optics-based approaches for cardiac electrophysiology.
Research projects
-PRIN 2022 PNRR- Missione 4, Componente 2, Investimento 1.1 -Avviso 1409/22 - Interaction between myofilament and SERCA2a activators on heart muscle mechanics
Anno: 2022
Bando: Bando PRIN 2022
Enti finanziatori: M.I.U.R. - MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE, DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA
-NUOVI FARMACI PER COVID-19: PIATTAFORME PER LO SCREENING "HIGH-THROUGHPUT" DI COMPOSTI
Anno: 2021
Bando: FAQC 2021 - terza finestra
Enti finanziatori: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
Selected articles
*Co-first author, #Corresponding author
[1] C. Maniezzi, M. Eskandr, C. Florindi, M. Ferrandi, P. Barassi, E. Sacco, V. Pasquale, A.S. Maione, G. Pompilio, V.O.N. Teixeira, R.A. de Boer, H.H.W. Silljé, F. Lodola#, A. Zaza, Early consequences of the phospholamban mutation PLN‐R14del+/− in a transgenic mouse model, Acta Physiologica (2024). DOI: 10.1111/apha.14082
[2] V. Vurro, B. Federici, C. Ronchi, Florindi C., V. Sesti, S. Crasto, Maniezzi C., Galli C., M.R. Antognazza, C. Bertarelli, E.D. Pasquale, Lanzani G., F. Lodola#, Optical modulation of excitation-contraction coupling in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes, iScience (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106121
[3] M.L. DiFrancesco, F. Lodola*, E. Colombo, L. Maragliano, M. Bramini, G.M. Paternò, P. Baldelli, M.D. Serra, L. Lunelli, M. Marchioretto, G. Grasselli, S. Cimò, L. Colella, D. Fazzi, F. Ortica, V. Vurro, C.G. Eleftheriou, D. Shmal, J.F. Maya-Vetencourt, C. Bertarelli, G. Lanzani, F. Benfenati, Neuronal firing modulation by a membrane-targeted photoswitch, Nature Nanotechnology (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41565-019-0632-6
[4] F. Lodola#, V. Vurro, S. Crasto, E. Di Pasquale, G. Lanzani Optical Pacing of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Mediated by a Conjugated Polymer Interface. Advanced Healthcare Materials (2019). DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201900198
International and national collaborations
Prof. Guglielmo Lanzani and Dr. Maria Rosa Antognazza - Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Prof. Kevin Kit Parker - Harvard University
Prof.ssa Chiara Bertarelli and Prof. José Félix Rodriguez Matas - Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Giulio Pompilio - Centro Cardiologico Monzino
Prof.ssa Cecilia Ferrantini - Università di Firenze
Lodola’s Lab – #LodolaLab_BtBs
last update: March 2024
Projects for research grants type A2
Publication date: 20 October 2020
Deadline: November 20, 2020
The Assegni di Ricerca (type A2) are Departmental fellowships focused on one of the topics proposed in the list. The procedure for assigning an A2 type research fellowship (duration 24 months) is as follows:
1- registration to the University Call https://www.unimib.it/ateneo/gare-e-concorsi/assegni-ricerca-tipo-a2-a2-type-research-grants-2020
Research Areas - Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences
Journal Club Third Floor - Jenny Leone
Journal Club Third Floor - Cristiana Barone
Campone Luca, PhD
Assistant Professor of Food Chemistry

Campone’s Lab – #CamponeLab_BtBs
last update November 2020