Michela Matteoli

02 82245202 / 02 50317097
m.matteoli@in.cnr.it

Istituto
institute of neuroscience
Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano
Tel. 02 50316964
http://www.ic.cnr.it

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

• 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).

• 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.