Associate Professor

Education and Training
1999-2002
PhD in Cellular Physiology and Neuroimmunophysiology
University of Bologna - Bologna (Italy). Funded by the University of Siena - Siena (Italy) 2004-2007
Degree in Pharmacy University of Bologna - Bologna (Italy)

Academic Experience
DECEMBER 31, 2020 - present
Associate Professor of Physiology
University of Genoa, Department of Experimental Medicine - Genoa (Italy) 2019-present
Scientific Advisor
Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Center for Synaptic Neuroscience (NSYN) - Genoa (Italy) 2018-2020
Type B Researcher in Physiology (RTD-B) University of Genoa, (DIMES)– Genoa (Italy) 2012-2017
Type A Researcher in Physiology (RTD-A) University of Genoa, (DIMES)- Genoa (Italy) 2010-2012
Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship
Italian Institute of Tencology (IIT), Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies - Genoa (Italy) Genoa (Italy)
2003-2009 20032000
Researcher and postdoctoral fellow
Miguel Hernandez University, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC) - Elche, Alicante (Spain)

Scientific activity
Author of 47 works; H. index 21; total citations 1497 (Scopus)
Main research themes
- Structure and function of PRRT2
- Role of the transcription factor REST/NRSF in homeostatic plasticity and neuroinflammatory processes

Financing
2022 - 2025 Experimental and modeling investigation of sodium channel dysfunction in the cerebellum to determine the basis of PRRT2 paroxysmal disorders Competitive call from the Italian Ministry of Research Research - PRIN PR 2022 222. Coordinator of the UNIGE unit University of Genoa - Genoa (Italy)

Awards and recognitions
07/15/2024
National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor, sector 05/D1, Physiology, SSD BIO/09

Brevetti
2005
Coautore del brevetto "Peptidi modulatori del recettore TRP e loro usi (Péptidos
moduladores de recettores TRP y sus usos" (WO2012/098281 A2—26-07-2012 // WO2012098281 (A3)—29-11-2012