A study that leaves its mark
8 September 2021 | News AreaProf. Marco Valgimigli presented at the ESC congress – and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine – the results of a study that defines a new “standard of care” and...
SINERGIA Grant awarded Ticino scientists and clinicians for cellular senescence study
8 July 2021 | News AreaCardiocentro Institute with the team of PD Dr. Lucio Barile participates in the multidisciplinary group which was financed by the Swiss National Fund.
Cellular senescence in different tissues of the human organism is one of...
Blood-circulating nanoparticles can contribute to abnormal coagulation events in COVID-19
31 May 2021 | News AreaCirculating extracellular vesicles may contribute to promote disease severity in COVID19 patients. This is the main result of a research carried out at Cardiocentro Ticino Institute-EOC, aiming to study the role of blood-derived nanoparticle...
Data science to improve rescue and survival in case of cardiac arrest
16 April 2021 | News AreaLaunched in 2018, a USI project in collaboration with Cardiocentro, Ticino Cuore and Federazione Cantonale Ticinese Servizi Ambulanze, is receiving a further four-year grant from the Swiss National Research Fund.
Developing predictive models that allow...
A research project granted by the European Commission
9 June 2020 | News AreaMARVEL (iMmunocapture reversible evolving through membrane-sensitive peptides: isolation of scalable extracellular VEsicLes) is the acronym of a two year research project granted by the European Commission within the Research and Innovation Framework Programme “Horizon...
Prof. Camici awarded by the Swiss Cardiology Foundation
4 June 2020 | News AreaWe are very pleased to report that the Swiss Cardiology Foundation has awarded the 2020 research prize to Prof. Giovanni Camici, molecular biologist at the University of Zurich. Prof. Camici has collaborated with Cardiocentro...
At the top of world echocardiography
21 April 2020 | News AreaDr. Francesco Faletra, head of the Cardiocentro imaging service, holds the first position in the world ranking of experts in transesophageal echocardiography. The certification, established by the US online platform Expertscape (Go to the page
Nanobodies isolated from pre-immune libraries as tunable biotechnological tools
17 February 2020 | News AreaLecture Series 2020
Announcement of a lecture in Lugano by Prof. Ario de Marco,
As part of the “Lectures Seminars” for the Doctoral school in Cardiovascular and Human Cardiovascular Sciences, you are cordially invited to...
Grant awarded to Cardiocentro Ticino for research in cardiovascular bioengineering
25 October 2019 | News AreaPD Dr. Stijn Vandenberghe (PhD) and Prof. Dr. med. Stefanos Demertzis, assisted by the valuable cooperation of Mrs Maria Montilla (grant manager), received a competitive grant amounting to CHF 250’000 from InnoSuisse (formerly knowns...
SNF grant to hereditary cardiac arrhythmias
17 December 2018 | News AreaThe clinical research project proposed by Dr. Giulio Conte, registered cardiologist at Cardiocentro Ticino, has obtained an important award by the Swiss National Science Foundation (“Ambizione Programme”).
The 4-year project has been granted with...
