Lucio Barile

Lucio Barile is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), and Group Leader of the Laboratory for Cardiovascular Theranostics at Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino in Lugano, Switzerland. His research focuses on cardiovascular disease mechanisms, cell-free therapies, and extracellular vesicles (exosomes) derived from cardiac progenitor cells (CPC).

• PhD in Experimental Medicine (2008) from Sapienza University of Rome
• Postdoc at ICGEB Trieste Component (homologous recombination studies)
• Senior Scientist at Cardiocentro Ticino Foundation (2011–present)

Research highlights include pioneering work on CPC-derived exosomes, presented at the 2016 AHA Meeting. He contributes to EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action and the European Society of Cardiology’s Regenerative Medicine Working Group.