José Fernando Maya-Vetencourt
Associate Professor. Responsible for the Integrative Neurophysiology Laboratory in the Biology Department at the University of Pisa.
Research Interests
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Neuronal interfaces designed to substitute damaged tissues in the nervous system
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Optogenetics- and experience-dependent mechanisms of neuronal plasticity that underlie sensory perception as well as behaviour
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Retinal circuitries under physiological and pathological conditions
Research Fellows
Alessio Passalacqua
Research Interests
Neurobiology, Electrophysiology, Optogenetics, Brain-Heart Axis
Graduate Fellows
Mostafa Al Haj Sleiman
m.alhajsleiman@biologia.unipi.it
Research Interests
Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Adult Visual Plasticity, Behavioural Analysis
Benedetta Borghi
Research Interests
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Drug Development, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neural Plasticity
Past Members of the Lab
• Mohammadhadi Azarabad (Biotechnology)
• Iolanda Petrillo (Neuroscience)
• Edoardo Porzano (Neuroscience)
• Rama Subhe (Biotechnology)
• Chiara Ippoliti (Biotechnology)
• Dmytro Shmal, undergraduate (Medicine)
• Martina Lucchesi, graduate (Neuroscience)
• Nicolò Luciani, undergraduate (Medicine)
• Alice Prasso, undergraduate (Biotechnology)
• Giulia Mantero, undergraduate (Biotechnology)
• Martina Pesce, undergraduate (Biotechnology)
• Cyril Eleftheriou, post doc (Neuroscience)
Research Environment
