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Marco Mainardi

Marco Mainardi is an Associate Professor of Physiology at University of Padua.

His training in biological research started with a master’s degree in molecular biology at University of Pisa (2006), where he also received an Honors degree in Biology after completing the graduate course at Scuola Normale Superiore. Then, he received his PhD Neuroscience, still from Scuola Normale Superiore (2010), after working under the supervision of prof.s Lamberto Maffei, Matteo Caleo, and Tommaso Pizzorusso on the effect of environmental stimuli on synaptic plasticity, using in vivo electrophysiology, imaging, and biochemistry. He then continued to explore these topics with a postdoc at the Neuroscience Institute of the National Research Council. In 2014, he moved to the Physiology Institute of Catholic University in Rome with an assistant professor position. While getting proficient in patch-clamp electrophysiology and coimmunoprecipitation techniques, he contributed to elucidate the effect of metabolic stressors, such as a hyperlipidic diet, in curbing synaptic plasticity. In 2017, Marco moved back to Scuola Normale Superiore, where he became assistant professor in Antonino Cattaneo’s lab, where he was introduced to the design and validation of genetically encoded tools for synapse labeling and analysis, which he used to create maps of in vivo synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, as well as to analyze the variations in the molecular composition of synapses in response to learning. In 2019, Marco obtained his first independent position as a researcher of the Neuroscience Institute of the National Research Council, where he was promoted senior investigator before moving to University of Padua in 2023.

Marco’s current research interests are focused on understanding how synapses are affected by physiological variations in sensory inputs as well as by pathological states, including Alzheimer’s disease and neuroinflammation. To answer his scientific questions, he employs a combination of genetically encoded reporters and probes, behavioral testing, electrophysiology, imaging, and biochemistry in preclinical models. His research is supported by grants from the Ministry of University and Research, as well as from private charities, such as AirAlzh (Italian Association for Research on Alzheimer’s).

Marco’s ultimate goal as a researcher is to make contributions which can be truly useful to ameliorating the condition of diseased people, by exploiting basic research to indicate new potential targets for the therapy of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases.

Scopus link: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=26424686300
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=hkEBXloAAAAJ&hl=it

Teresa Farroni

Teresa Farroni is Full Professor in Developmental Psychology at University of Padua.

Tito Calì

Tito Calì is Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova.

Valentina Franceschi

Valentina Franceschi is Assistant Professor (RTD-B) at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Padua.

Wolfgang Erb

Wolfgang Erb is an applied mathematician and Associate Professor in numerical analysis at the Department of Mathematics “Tullio Levi-Civita”, University of Padua (Padua, Italy).

Filippo Pisano

Filippo Pisano is an Assistant Professor (RTD-B) at the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Padua.

His research focuses on the development of next-generation tools and methods for optical neural interfaces, harnessing light-brain interactions for multimodal, bidirectional and minimally invasive communication with the brain.

He obtained his Master’s Degree in Physics at the University of Turin (2012) and his PhD in Physics at Institute of Photonics at the university of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK (2017), where he worked on largescale opto-electronic interfaces with neural circuits in the mouse retina. He was a visiting scholar at the University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, US (2015).

He was a Post-Doc (2017-2021) and a Researcher (2021-2023) at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia-Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, where he worked on photonic neural interfaces based on tapered optical fiber probes, partecipating in large european initiatives such as the DEEPER project (https://deeperproject.eu/).

Filippo is a recipient of the ERC Starting Grant 2024 for the project NEUROLIDAR: measuring neural dynamics with label-free optical multi-domain recordings.

Micaela Zonta

Micaela Zonta is Research Technologist at the Neuroscience Institute of the National Research Council in Padova.

She obtained her degree in Biology at the University of Padova and her PhD under the supervision of the CNR neuroscientist Giorgio Carmignoto, investigating how calcium signal in astrocytes regulates gliotransmitter release and functional hyperemia.

Her research group at the CNR Neuroscience Institute in Padua investigates the role of astrocytes in Alzheimer’s Disease mouse models and in the modulation of dopaminergic circuits.

Research interests
Our research interests focus on the characterization of Ca2+ signals in astrocytes from different brain circuits and in different brain pathological states. To pursue our aims, we combine 2 photon imaging, electrophysiological techniques and immunohistochemistry.

Our recent results reveal the contribution of astrocytes to synaptic modulation in the dopaminergic circuits of Ventral Tegmental Area, and the effects of early astrocyte Ca2+ dysregulation on somatosensory synaptic plasticity in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (B6.152H).

We are actually studying Ca2+ signals in hippocampal astrocytes from α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice, characterized by an age-dependent Alzheimer’s disease-like phenotype, and in parallel we are deepening Ca2+ signal characterization in astrocytes from the Ventral Tegmental Area.

In a recently funded Telethon project, we are exploring cerebrovascular function in the B6.152H Alzheimer’s mouse model, to disclose possible links existing between the impairment observed in astrocyte Ca2+ signal and the different aspects of vascular dysfunction commonly reported in Alzheimer’s disease.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9982-6405

Roberta Sellaro

Roberta Sellaro is an Associate Professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization of the University of Padova.

Roberto Dell’Acqua

Roberto Dell’Acqua is Full professor of Cognitive Science at the School of Psychology of the University of Padova.

Samir Simon Suweis

Samir Suweis is Associate Professor at the Physics and Astronomy department, University of Padua.

Silvia Benavides Varela

Silvia Benavides Varela is Associate Professor at the Department of Developmental and Social Psychology and Department of Neuroscience at Padua University.

Simone Cutini

Simone Cutini is Associate Professor, University of Padova, Department of Developmental Psychology.

Simone Messerotti Benvenuti

Simone Messerotti Benvenuti, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padua.

Stefano De Marchi

Stefano De Marchi is full professor of Numerical Analysis at the Department of Mathematics “Tullio Levi-Civita” in Padova.

Stefano Masiero

Stefano Masiero is Full Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Padova.

Stefano Tortora

Stefano Tortora is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padova.

Stefano Vassanelli

Stefano Vassanelli is Associate professor of Physiology
Lecturer at the Medical, Bioengineering, Pharmacological Sciences and Galilean schools.

Paola Rigo

Paola Rigo is an Assistant Professor (RTD-B) at the Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation of the University of Padua.

Paola Sessa

Paola Sessa is Associate Professor at the Dept. of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation (DPSS) in Padova.

Paolo Gallo

Paolo Gallo is Associate Professor in Neurology at the University of Padua and Head of the Multiple Sclerosis Centre of the Veneto Region.

Paolo Meneguzzo

Paolo Meneguzzo is a researcher (RTD-B) at the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Padova.

Patrizia Trevisi

Patrizia Trevisi is Associate Professor of Audiology at Padua University (Neurosciences Dept, Med 32).

Ramón Guevara

Ramón Guevara is currently a Research Technologist at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padua, Italy.

Marco Zorzi

Marco Zorzi is Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Psychology at the University of Padova, and Senior Researcher at IRCCS San Camillo Neurorehabilitation Hospital in Venice-Lido.

Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini

Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini is a Researcher (RTDa) at the Department of General Psychology of the University of Padova.

Mario Bonato

Mario Bonato is Associate Professor at the Department of General Psychology in Padova.

Mario Bortolozzi

Mario Bortolozzi is Associate professor at the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy G. Galilei, University of Padova.

Massimo Melucci

Massimo Melucci is Associate Professor at the Department of Information Engineering in Padova.

Maurizio Corbetta

Maurizio Corbetta is Full Professor and Chair of Neurology in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Padua.

Mauro Agostino Zordan

Mauro Agostino Zordan is Associate Professor in Genetics in the School of Science, Department of Biology, University of Padova.

Michele Allegra

Michele Allegra is Researcher (RTD-A) since September 2021 at the “Galileo Galilei” Physics and Astronomy Department and the Padua Neuroscience Center of the University of Padua.

Morten Gram Pedersen

Morten Gram Pedersen is Associate Professor in Bioengineering at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova.

Nicola Cellini

Nicola Cellini is Assistant Professor (RTD-b) at the Department of General Psychology of the University of Padova.

Luca Tonin

Luca Tonin is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padova.

Luisa Sartori

Luisa Sartori is Associate Professor, University of Padova, Department of General Psychology.

Manfredo Atzori

Manfredo Atzori is Associate Professor at the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Padova.

Manuela Allegra

Manuela Allegra is currently Permanent researcher at CNR working at the Neuroscience Department in Padua.

Marco Dal Maschio

Marco Dal Maschio is Associate Professor of Physiology, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Padua.

Francesco Marchetti

Francesco Marchetti is a fixed-term researcher (RTDa) at the Department of Mathematics Tullio Levi-Civita of the University of Padova.

Marco Formentin

Marco Formentin is Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics Tullio Levi-Civita of the University of Padova.

Francesco Rinaldi

Francesco Rinaldi is Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics “Tullio Levi-Civita”, University of Padova.

Gabriele Deidda

Gabriele Deidda is currently Researcher of Physiology at the Department of Biomedical Science, University of Padua.

Gian Michele Ratto

Gian Michele Ratto is Tenured Scientist at the Neuroscience Institute in Padua.

Giorgia Cona

Giorgia Cona, PhD, is Associate Professor at the University of Padova, Department of General Psychology.

Giovanni Mento

Giovanni Mento is Associate Professor in Developmental Neuropsychology and EEG recording and Analysis at the Department of General Psychology of the University of Padua.

Giovanni Sparacino

Giovanni Sparacino is currently Full Professor at the Dept. of Information Engineering in Padova.

Jeff Kiesner

Jeff Kiesner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Developmental and Social Psychology at the University of Padova.

Judit Gervain

Judit Gervain is a Full Professor at the Department of Developmental and Social Psychology.

Livio Finos

Livio Finos is Full Professor at the Dept. of Statistical Sciences in Padova.

Lorenzo Pini

Lorenzo Pini is a researcher (RTD-A) at the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Padova.

Enrico Collantoni

Enrico Collantoni is a researcher (RTD-B) at the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Padova.

Ettore Ambrosini

Ettore Ambrosini is currently Associate Professor at the Dept. of Neuroscience in Padova.

Fabio Sambataro

Fabio Sambataro is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Padova from 2019.

Filippo Romanato

Filippo Romanato is Full Professor at the Department of Physics Galileo Galilei of the University of Padua.

Chiara Begliomini

Chiara Begliomini is Associate Professor at the University of Padua.

Francesca Peressotti

Francesca Peressotti, PhD is Full Professor (M-PSI/01) at the Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, where she is a member of the CoLab.

Chiara Spironelli

Chiara Spironelli Associate Professor at the University of Padua.

Christian Agrillo

Christian Agrillo is Associate Professor at the Department of General Psychology of the University of Padova.

Claudia Cecchetto

Dr. Claudia Cecchetto is Junior Researcher (RTDA) at the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Padova, working in the Neurochip Lab (Prof. Stefano Vassanellis group).

Claudia Lodovichi

Claudia Lodovichi, MD, is currently Tenured scientist at the Neuroscience Institute CNR, Padua.

Claudio Gentili

Claudio Gentili is Full Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.

Cristina Scarpazza

Cristina Scarpazza is Associate Professor at the Department of General Psychology of the University of Padova.

Diego Cecchin

Diego Cecchin is currently Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine (MED/36), University-Hospital of Padova, School of Medicine.

Edoardo Midena

Edoardo Midena is Board Certified in Ophthalmology, full Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Padova, School of Medicine, and Chairman of Ophthalmology at Padova University Hospital.

Elisa Greotti

Elisa Greotti is Research Scientist at the Neuroscience Institute of the National Research Council in Padova.

Eloisa Valenza

Eloisa Valenza is currently Full professor in Developmental Cognitive Psychology (M-PSI/04), Padova University School of Psychology.

Emanuele Menegatti

Emanuele Menegatti is Full Professor of the School of Engineering at Dept. of Information Engineering of University of Padova since 2017.

Aram Megighian

Aram Megighian is Associate Professor in Physiology (DSB, University of Padua)

Arianna Menardi

Arianna Menardi works as a Researcher (RTD-A) at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova.

Arianna Palmieri

Arianna Palmieri, Ph.D. (Ancona, 04/05/1979) is Associate Professor at the University of Padova, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology.

Camillo Porcaro

Camillo Porcaro is an Associate Professor in Bioengineering at the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Padova.

Alessandra Bertoldo

Alessandra Bertoldo is Full Professor of Bioengineering at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padova.

Her research interests are mainly related to the development of mathematical models for analysis and control of biological systems and to the quantification of functional positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance images. Current personal and collaborative research activities include: Mathematical models for quantitative PET studies, Methods for magnetic resonance functional imaging, Imaging genetics, Non-linear mixed effects modeling, Quantitative multimodal imaging.

During her career, she has contributed to several national as well as international research projects. She teaches Imaging for Neuroscience for the Bioengineering Master’s Degree Program at the University of Padova. From 2015, she also teaches Statistical Methods for Bioengineering (Bachelor’s Degree Program in Information Engineering at the University of Padova).

She is the Referent of the Master’s Degree Program in Bioengineering and of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Biomedical Engineering.

She is member of the board of the Doctoral School on Neuroscience of the Padova Neuroscience Center of the University of Padova.

Since November 2015, she is member of the IEEE-EMBC Technical Committee on Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing.

Since May 2016 she is member of the Board of Directors of the Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova. Since March 2017, she is vice-director of the Padova Neuroscience Center of the University of Padova.

In August 2022, she was appointed Director of the Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova.

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603190822

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alessandra_Bertoldo

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=m0GuxsoAAAAJ&hl=en