• LXXV Congress of the Italian Society of Physiology (SIF). Torino, Italy. September 2025.
Poster: Biodegradable PLGA-based anti-inflammatory nanoparticles: a novel nanotechnological tool for neurodegenerative blindness.
• XXI Congress of the Italian Society of Neuroscience (SINS). Pisa, Italy. September 2025.
Poster: Biodegradable PLGA-nanoparticles with naringenin as a nanotechnological treatment for early-stage retinitis pigmentosa.
• LXXV Congress of the Italian Society of Physiology (SIF). Torino, Italy. September 2025.
Poster: Enhancing visual restoration in retinitis pigmentosa: synergistic effects of environmental enrichment and P3HT nanoparticles.
• International Neuroscience Congress (FENS). Vienna, Austria. June 2024.
Poster: REST as a target for vision restoration.
• Convegno AOU Careggi: Fenotipo/Genotipo della Retinite Pigmentosa: Trattamenti Innovativi. Firenze, Italy. April 2024.
Speaker: Un ambiente arricchito potenzia le risposte visive negli stadi precoci della Retinite Pigmentosa modulando l’espressione del VEGF.
• LXXIII Congress of the Italian Society of Physiology (SIF). Pisa, Italy. September 2023.
Speaker: Unveiling the role of the transcription repressor REST on the regulation of adult V1 plasticity
• Symposium: “Protein structure and function in Biology, Medicine and Nanotechnology”. Polytechnic University of Ancona, Italy. October 2022.
Speaker: The transcriptional repressor REST regulates plasticity in adult cortical circuitries.
• LXXII Congress of the Italian Society of Physiology (SIF). Bari, Italy. September 2022.
Speaker: Involvement of the transcription factor REST in visual cortex plasticity.
• III Congress of the Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Neuroscience Societies (FALAN). Belém, Brasil. September 2022.
Speaker: The role of the transcription factor REST in visual cortical plasticity: optogenetic and environmental stimulation
• Symposium: “Controlling Neuronal Plasticity”. Prague, Czech Republic. December 2018.
Speaker: The optogenetic reduction of REST in adult visual cortex rescues OD plasticity in mice.
• Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Congress. San Diego USA. October 2018.
Poster: A fully organic retinal prosthesis restores vision in an animal model of degenerative blindness.
• Congress of the Federation of European Physiological Societies. Vienna, Austria. September 2017.
Speaker: A fully organic retinal prosthesis restores vision in an animal model of degenerative blindness.
• LXVIII Congress of the Italian Society of Physiology (SIF). Pavia, Italy. September 2017.
Speaker: A fully organic retinal prosthesis restores vision in a model of degenerative blindness.
• Symposium: “Neuroscience”. Neuroscience Institute, CNR. Pisa, Italy. June 2017.
Speaker: Commanding neuronal activity with light: from photovoltaic interfaces to neuronal prosthesis.
• Congress “Materials Science and Technology”. Catania, Italy. December 2016.
Poster: A polymer-based device modulates neuronal activity and restores light-sensitivity in blind mice.
• Congress “Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics”. Porto, Portugal. November 2016.
Speaker: A fully organic retinal prosthesis restores vision in a rat model of degenerative blindness.
• European Neuroscience Congress (FENS). Copenhagen, Denmark. July 2016.
Poster: Smart Materials for Biomedical Applications.
• Congress “Bioelectromagnetica”. Erice, Italy. April 2016.
Speaker: Optogenetics. A new tool to interrogate and modulate brain neural circuitries.
• Symposium: “OLIMPIA Workshop”. Milan, Italy. April 2016.
Speaker: Organic artificial retina: latest results and future perspectives.
• XVI Congress of the Italian Society of Neuroscience (SINS). Cagliari, Italy. October 2015.
Poster: Commanding neuronal activity with light: from photovoltaic interfaces to neuronal prosthesis.
• LXVI Congress of the Italian Society of Physiology (SIF). Genova, Italy. September 2015.
Speaker: Commanding neuronal activity with light: from photovoltaic interfaces to neuronal prosthesis.
• Neuroscience Workshop. European Brain Research Institute. Rome, Italy. April 2014.
Attendance. Accademia dei Lincei. Engrams and Memory Traces.
• Workshop in Optogenetics. Stanford University. California, USA. February 2014.
Attendance. Optogenetic Innovation Laboratory, Bio-x Neuro-Ventures Program (Deisseroth Laboratory).
• Italian Institute of Technology (IIT). Rovereto, Italy. November 2012.
Speaker: Optogenetics-fMRI: optogenetic and functional mapping of neural substrates of plasticity in the nervous system.
• Italian Institute of Technology (IIT). Genova, Italy. October 2012.
Speaker: Adult visual cortical plasticity: a complex interplay of genetic and environmental influences.
• Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Congress. New Orleans, USA. October 2012.
Poster: Optogenetics and Pharmacogenetics in Neuronal Function and Dysfunction.
• Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium September 2012.
Speaker: Adult visual cortical plasticity: an interplay between genes and environmental experience.
• Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR. Cagliari, Italy. September 2011.
Speaker: Adult Visual Cortical Plasticity: a dialogue between genes and environment.
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) Congress. Bertinoro, Bologna. June 2011.
Poster: Development and plasticity of cortical representation.
• Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Congress. California, USA. November 2010.
Poster: Gene expression analysis of fluoxetine-induced cortical plasticity.
• Collège de France. Paris, France. October 2010.
Speaker: Adult Visual Cortical Plasticity: a dialogue between genes and environment.
• Neuroscience Congress. University of Helsinki. Helsinki, Finland. June 2010.
Speaker: Neurotrophic Factors in Health and Disease.
• Pasteur Institute. Paris, France. November 2009.
Speaker: Frontiers of Neuronal Plasticity. Epigenetic mechanisms of gene expression: temporal kinetics.
• Neuroscience Congress. Scuola Normale Superiore. Pisa, Italy. October 2008.
Speaker: Cerebral Plasticity. New Perspectives.
• European Neuroscience Congress (FENS). Ginevra, Switzerland. July 2008.
Poster: Chronic fluoxetine administration restores plasticity in the adult visual cortex.
• Neuroscience Congress. Advance Techniques in Molecular Neuroscience. New York, USA. June 2008.
Attendance. Practical Course. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Neuroscience Congress. Inhibition in the Central Nervous System. Boston, USA. July 2007.
Poster: Fluoxetine-induced plasticity in the adult visual cortex.
• Neuroscience Congress. The GABAergic Inhibition. New York, USA. November 2006.
Attendance. Scientific Meeting. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Neuroscience Congress. Neuroplasticity, Neurotrophic Factors and Mood Disorders. Pisa, Italy. April 2005.
Attendance. Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca (CNR).