Claudia Altomare

Electrophysiology

Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale

About

Claudia Altomare works in Electrophysiology affiliated with Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale.

Claudia Altomare is a senior research scientist in cellular electrophysiology at the Laboratory for Cardiovascular Theranostics, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale in Lugano, Switzerland. She conducts research on hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels and their role in cardiac pacemaking. Her work also involves stem cell-derived models for studying cardiac diseases and regenerative therapies.

Research focus

Cardiac pacemaker channelsIon channel gating mechanismsiPSC-derived cardiomyocyte modelsCardioprotective exosomesArrhythmia mechanisms in long-QT syndrome

Impact

73 pubs · 1,943 cites · h-index 24

Training

PhD
Università degli Studi di Milano
2005
Laurea in Biological Sciences
Università degli Studi di Milano
1997

Affiliations

Work Experience

Senior Research Scientist

Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale · 2015 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Foundation for Cardiological Research and Education, Cardiocentro Ticino · 2005 - 2015