Pharmacology and Brain Pathology
Group Leader
Michela Matteoli
- 02 82245202
- 02 50317097
- m.matteoli@in.cnr.it
- Sito web istituzionale
Istituto
Istituto di Neuroscienze
Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano
Tel. 02 50316964
http://www.ic.cnr.it
Membri del Laboratorio
CNR Researchers: Elisabetta Menna and Maria Luisa Malosio
Humanitas RTD: Davide Pozzi
Humanitas Staff Scientist: Raffaella Morini
Postdocs: Fabia Filipello, Lorena Passoni, Irene Corradini, Eliana Lauranzano, Matteo Tamborini, Romana Tomasoni, Eleonora Vannini, Chiara Elia, Marco Rasile, Patricia Correia
PhD students: Alice Canzi, Elisa Focchi, Filippo Mirabella, Genni Desiato, Cristina Mantovani
Attività
- Cellular and molecular basis of synapse function and plasticity;
- role of the immune system in synapse formation; cell biology of microglia;
- neurodevelopmental diseases (autism and intellectual disability);
- neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s disease).
Strumenti / Tecnologie
- Primary cultures of neurons, astrocytes and microglia;
- basic biochemical and molecular biology techniques;
- electrophysiology in slices and cultures;
- single cell imaging (and calcium imaging);
- in vitro and ex vivo confocal microscopy, STED microscopy, two-photon microscopy, FRAP, FRET;
- mouse behavioural analysis;
- institutional FACS facility.