OptoCARD Lab

About us


OptoCARD is a joint research laboratory established by Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council (IFC-CNR) in collaboration with the University of Florence - Department of NEUROFARBA.

Our mission is to develop cutting-edge optical technologies to advance the understanding of cardiac physiology across scales: from the nanoscale to the microscale and up to the mesoscale. 

Our team is dedicated to developing advanced optical imaging methods that allow us to study the heart in unprecedented detail. By applying these innovative techniques, we investigate cardiac physiology in both healthy and diseased states, seeking to understand how the heart functions and adapts in different conditions.

Through this comprehensive approach, we aim to shed new light on the heart’s mechanisms, from molecular interactions all the way to the performance of the entire organ. 

Laboratory funded by an ERC Advanced Grant

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Funding

ERC Advanced Grant

HeartCORE - Boosting predictive concepts on arrhythmogenesis resolving and unifying cardiac electrophysiology and structural remodelling at organ-level.

ERDERA

TREATYNG - Treating arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy by targetIng neuropeptide-Y signaling.

HORIZON EUROPE

MUQUABIS - Pushing the boundaries of cardiac diagnostics with quantum solutions.

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