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Luca Scorrano

Luca Scorrano

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Molecular Biology
Italy
2026
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Italy
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
100
Citations
66668
World Ranking
522
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Luca Scorrano is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, Clinical Biochemistry, and Surgery.

The scientist's main research topics encompass mitochondrial function and pathology, ATP synthase and ATPases research, metabolism and genetic disorders, autophagy in disease and therapy, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, and adipose tissue and metabolism.

Recent publications by Luca Scorrano include:

  • The cell biology of mitochondrial membrane dynamics, 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Autophagy in major human diseases, 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • Determinants and outcomes of mitochondrial dynamics, 2023, Molecular Cell
  • Dietary spermidine improves cognitive function, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Developmental and Tumor Angiogenesis Requires the Mitochondria-Shaping Protein Opa1, 2020, Cell Metabolism

Frequent co-authors of Luca Scorrano include:

  • Marta Giacomello
  • Stéphanie Herkenne
  • Martina Semenzato
  • Anna Pellattiero
  • Camilla Bean

The scientist often publishes in several key venues:

  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Nature Metabolism
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Luca Scorrano has been recognized as a member of prestigious organizations, including the Academia Europaea since 2019 and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Mitofusin 2 tethers endoplasmic reticulum to mitochondria

    Olga Martins de Brito;Luca Scorrano

  • OPA1 Controls Apoptotic Cristae Remodeling Independently from Mitochondrial Fusion

    Christian Frezza;Sara Cipolat;Olga Martins de Brito;Massimo Micaroni

  • During autophagy mitochondria elongate, are spared from degradation and sustain cell viability

    Ligia C. Gomes;Giulietta Di Benedetto;Luca Scorrano

  • BAX and BAK Regulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+: A Control Point for Apoptosis

    Luca Scorrano;Scott A. Oakes;Joseph T. Opferman;Emily H. Cheng

  • Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Eric H. Baehrecke;Andrea Ballabio;Patricia Boya

  • Autophagy in major human diseases

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Giulia Petroni;Ravi K. Amaravadi;Eric H. Baehrecke

  • OPA1 requires mitofusin 1 to promote mitochondrial fusion

    Sara Cipolat;Olga Martins de Brito;Barbara Dal Zilio;Luca Scorrano

  • Organelle isolation: functional mitochondria from mouse liver, muscle and cultured fibroblasts.

    Christian Frezza;Sara Cipolat;Luca Scorrano

  • A Distinct Pathway Remodels Mitochondrial Cristae and Mobilizes Cytochrome c during Apoptosis

    Luca Scorrano;Mona Ashiya;Karolyn Buttle;Solly Weiler

  • Mitochondrial Cristae Shape Determines Respiratory Chain Supercomplexes Assembly and Respiratory Efficiency

    Sara Cogliati;Christian Frezza;Maria Eugenia Soriano;Tatiana Varanita

  • Dephosphorylation by calcineurin regulates translocation of Drp1 to mitochondria

    G. M. Cereghetti;A. Stangherlin;O. Martins de Brito;C. R. Chang

  • Cardioprotection and lifespan extension by the natural polyamine spermidine

    Tobias Eisenberg;Mahmoud Abdellatif;Sabrina Schroeder;Uwe Primessnig;Uwe Primessnig

  • The cell biology of mitochondrial membrane dynamics

    Marta Giacomello;Aswin Pyakurel;Christina Glytsou;Luca Scorrano

  • Mitochondria and cell death. Mechanistic aspects and methodological issues.

    Paolo Bernardi;Luca Scorrano;Raffaele Colonna;Valeria Petronilli

  • Mechanisms of cytochrome c release by proapoptotic BCL-2 family members.

    Luca Scorrano;Stanley J. Korsmeyer

  • Mitochondrial Rhomboid PARL Regulates Cytochrome c Release during Apoptosis via OPA1-Dependent Cristae Remodeling

    Sara Cipolat;Tomasz Rudka;Dieter Hartmann;Veronica Costa

  • BAD and glucokinase reside in a mitochondrial complex that integrates glycolysis and apoptosis

    Nika N. Danial;Colette F. Gramm;Luca Scorrano;Chen-Yu Zhang

  • Mito-Morphosis: Mitochondrial Fusion, Fission, and Cristae Remodeling as Key Mediators of Cellular Function

    Lena Pernas;Luca Scorrano

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Bernardi
Paolo Bernardi University of Padua
Valeria Petronilli
Valeria Petronilli University of Padua
Vassilis G. Gorgoulis
Vassilis G. Gorgoulis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Fabio Di Lisa
Fabio Di Lisa University of Padua
Christian Frezza
Christian Frezza University of Cambridge
Gerry Melino
Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata
Francesco Cecconi
Francesco Cecconi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Marco Sandri
Marco Sandri University of Padua

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