Neuroscience and Experimental Neurology

Laboratories 2026/2027 - Neuroscience and Experimental Neurology

Please find below the list of the Supervisors (with a link to their CV) and their PhD Projects proposed for the academic year 2026/2027 for the curriculum in Neuroscience and Experimental Neurology.

The list includes the project based fellowships and below the free projects among which the candidates, who passed the first evaluation phase, must express their preference as indicated in the Call for Applications.

BOLINO ALESSANDRA

Unit: Human Inherited Neuropathies Unit

AAV-mediated gene therapy to treat inherited neuropathies with aberrant myelin

BONANOMI DARIO

Unit: Molecular Neurobiology

Characterizing and Targeting the Blood-Nerve barrier in ALS

CIONI JEAN-MICHEL

Unit: Molecular Neurobiology

Endosomal control of translation in Alzheimer’s disease

COLASANTE GAIA

Unit: Stem cells and neurogenesis

Toward a mutation agnostic approach to treat Dravet Syndrome

COLNAGHI LUCA

Unit: Protein Signalling in Brain Physiology and Pathology

Protein quality control in NEDAMSS, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder Integrated multi-omic profiling of NEDAMSS: Uncovering the pathological consequences of a rare neurodevelopmental disorder

COLNAGHI LUCA

Unit: Protein Signalling in Brain Physiology and Pathology

Towards an understanding of the molecular basis of NEDAMSS, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder

DE GREGORIO DANILO

Unit: Neuropsychopharmacology

Reversing fentanyl-induced reward maladaptation: circuit and molecular mechanisms of LSD action

ESPOSITO FEDERICA

Unit: Laboratory of Human Genetics of Neurological Disorders

Central and peripheral immunophenotyping to unravel intra-disease heterogeneity in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

FARINA CINTHIA

Unit: Immunobiology of Neurological Disorders

Checkpoints for CNS inflammation

GALLI ROSSELLA

Unit: Immunobiology of Neurological Disorders

Defining tumor-intrinsic and immune-dependent IL-7R regulation in mesenchymal glioblastoma

MARTINO GIANVITO

Unit: Neuroimmunology 

The role of IGFBPL1 secreted by endogenous neural stem cells in regulating age-related cognitive functions

PANINA PAOLA

Unit: Neuroimmunology

Discovery of novel druggable targets in progressive multiple sclerosis

POLETTI SARA

Unit: Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology

Profiling vulnerability and resilience for mental illness following viral infections

PREVITALI STEFANO CARLO

Unit: Neuromuscular Repair Unit

An Integrated Genomic, Phenotypic, and Functional Pipeline for the Molecular Diagnosis of Unresolved Inherited Neuromuscular Disorders

PREZIOSA PAOLO

Unit: Neuroimaging of CNS White Matter Unit, INSPE, Division of Neuroscience

Invisible symptoms across inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system: structural and functional brain substrates in NMOSD, MOGAD and neuropsychiatric SLE

SESSA ALESSANDRO

Unit: Neuroepigenetics

Gene Therapy approaches for SETBP1 Haploinsufficiency Disorder

TAVEGGIA CARLA

Unit: Axo-glial interaction

Molecular Mechanisms regulating perineural invasion in pancreatic adenocarcinoma Characterize nerves and immune cells interaction in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

ZANARDI RAFFAELLA

Unit: Unità Operativa Psichiatria Riabilitazione Disturbi dell’Umore 

Integrating Immune Dysregulation, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and Oxidative Stress in Major Depressive Disorder: A Multifaceted Approach