Publications and Awards
Rehab Technologies Lab is an award-winning research line of IIT and our teams actively support the scientific community with many publications, dissemination talks and other accomplishments.
Publications
2026
Florindi C., Scandellari C., Maniezzi C., Bruno G., Sala L., Di Mise A., Lanzani G., Bertarelli C., Rocchetti M., Zaza A., Dipalo M., Lodola F.
A novel optoelectronic platform combining LED-driven pacing and laser optoporation for high-throughput cardiac electrophysiology
Biophysics Reviews, vol. 7, (no. 2)
2026
Simoncini G., Marangi F., Venturino I., Vurro V., Bartolucci A., Vannozzi L., Aloisio L., Rossi M., Moretti P., Bertarelli C., Paterno G.M., Lanzani G.
Correction: Electrospun polymeric scaffolds enable 3D tissue-like functionality and efficient photoinduced contraction
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 14, (no. 19)
2026
Antognazza M.R., Lanzani G.
Cured by blood
Science, vol. 392, (no. 6793), pp. 25-26
2026
Simoncini G., Marangi F., Venturino I., Vurro V., Bartolucci A., Vannozzi L., Aloisio L., Rossi M., Moretti P., Bertarelli C., Paterno G.M., Lanzani G.
Electrospun polymeric scaffolds enable 3D tissue-like functionality and efficient photoinduced contraction
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 14, (no. 9), pp. 2832-2842
2026
Marangi F., Aloisio L., Lanzani G.
Interpreting optical signatures to assess monomer aggregation
Journal of Materials Research
2026
Florindi C., Shani K., Vurro V., Jang Y., Moretti P., Prondzynski M., Tharani Y., Bezzerides V.J., Pu W.T., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G., Zaza A., Parker K.K., Lodola F.
Optotermination of spiral wave reentry by a membrane-targeted phototransducer
Cell Biomaterials
2026
Mantero G., Francia S., Galluzzi F., Telitsyn N., Shmal D., Cupini S., Porzano E., Perna A., Vincenzi M., Ribeiro J.F., Berdondini L., Lanzani G., Pertile G., Di Marco S., Benfenati F., Colombo E.
Phagocytosis by retinal pigment epithelium and microglia does not affect vision restoration by P3HT nanoparticles in Retinitis pigmentosa
Cell Death and Disease, vol. 17, (no. 1)
2026
Aloisio L., Vurro V., Scaccabarozzi A.D., Marangi F., Feltri E., Moschetta M., Florindi C., Spallacci N., Flammini S., Zangoli M., Lodola F., Caironi M., Martin J., Di Maria F., Lanzani G.
Rewiring Intercellular Communication with Self-Assembling Nanofibers
ACS Nano, vol. 20, (no. 26), pp. 19116-19125
2026
Keller H.R., Pianetti A., Cianflone E., Ghidoli M., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G., Paterno G.M.
Structure–Function Study of a Family of Membrane-Targeted Azobenzene Phototransducers With Bacillus subtilis
ChemPhotoChem, vol. 10, (no. 7)
2026
Aloisio L., Marangi F., Lanzani G.
When Matter Builds Itself: Blueprints from Life to Materials
Nano Letters, vol. 26, (no. 14), pp. 4531-4538
2025
Florindi C., Jang Y., Shani K., Moretti P., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G., Parker K.K., Lodola F., Vurro V.
A Cardiac Microphysiological System for Studying Ca2+ Propagation via Non-genetic Optical Stimulation
Journal of Visualized Experiments, (no. 217)
2025
Marangi F., Simoncini G., Florindi C., Lodola F., Paterno G.M., Lanzani G.
A computational study of light-induced superimposed mechanical and dipolar effects
European Physical Journal Plus, vol. 140, (no. 9)
2025
Ziraldo G., Cupini S., Sesti V., Delfino E., Lanzani G., Bertarelli C., Benfenati F., Di Marco S.
A membrane-targeted photoswitch restores physiological ON/OFF responses to light in the degenerate retina
Nature Communications, vol. 16, (no. 1)
2025
Cestariolo L., Florindi C., Bertarelli C., Zaza A., Lanzani G., Lodola F., Rodriguez Matas J.F.
Cardiac action potential generation mechanisms via an intramembrane photoswitch. A simulation study
Biophysical Journal
2025
Bonacchini G.E., Virgilio C., Greco F., Mattoli V., Kim Y.-H., Lanzani G., Caironi M.
Correction to “Tattoo-Paper Transfer as a Versatile Platform for All-Printed Organic Edible Electronics”(Adv. Mat., (2018), 30, (1706091), 10.1002/adma.201706091)
Advanced Materials
2025
Monti F., Aloisio L., Spallacci N., Zangoli M., Treglia A., Fleitas A.G., Guizzardi M., Flammini S., Moschetta M., Paterno G.M., Di Maria F., Lanzani G.
From Molecules to Bioaggregates: Unraveling the Photoexcitation Dynamics of Intracellularly Self-Assembled Thiophene-Based Fibers
Small Science
2025
Sesti V., Magni A., Moschetta M., Florindi C., Pfeffer M.E., DiFrancesco M.L., Guizzardi M., Folpini G., Sala L., Ritacca A.G., Campanelli B., Moretti P., Paterno G.M., Maragliano L., Tommasini M., Lodola F., Colombo E., Benfenati F., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G.
Membrane-targeted push-pull azobenzenes for the optical modulation of membrane potential
Light: Science and Applications, vol. 14, (no. 1)
2025
Bertolotti P., Gallinardi F., Ghidoli M., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G., Paterno G.M.
Photocontrol of bacterial membrane potential regulates antibiotic persistence in B. subtilis
European Physical Journal Plus, vol. 140, (no. 4)
Awards
2025
Rehab Technologies.
ADI Index award - Hannes arm
2025
Laffranchi M., Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Cavallaro L., Canepa M., Boccardo N., Vassallo C., Maludrottu S., De Michieli L., Gruppioni E.
Compasso d'oro international award - Twin exoskeleton
2025
Semprini M.
EMBC Distinguished Lecturer
2025
Laffranchi M.
Member of the Scientific Committee, acted as a reviewer for the scientific projects programme.
2025
Laffranchi M.
Premio ANGI 2025 - Menzione speciale innovazione "Innovation leader award"
2024
Macaluso A., Bottino A., Pratticò F.G., Lamberti F., Galletti C., Storchi C., Podda J., Tacchino A., Brichetto G., Boccardo N., et al.
Best Session Presentation - Executive Control in a Mixed Reality Exergame for Motor-Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis
2024
Laffranchi M.
Member of the Scientific Committee, acted as a reviewer for the scientific projects programme.
2024
Vassallo C.
Tornare a camminare grazie a un esoscheletro
2024
Vassallo C.
User-Centered Design and Development of Medical Robots: Rehabilitative Exoskeletons and Prostheses
2024
Franconi B., Cherubini A., Sacchini A., De Giuseppe S., Bunt A., Berettoni A., Modica A., Boccardo N., Gruppioni E., Traverso S., et al.
Winner of the 2024 Cybathlon Leg Prosthesis Race