- In the short term the Bio@SNS Laboratory of Biology is involved in the research projects summarized below.
- Steering the differentiation fate of embryonic stem cells: a microRNA approach (Federico Cremisi)
- Synaptic plasticity in the visual system (Matteo Caleo and Tommaso Pizzorusso)
- Biology of ageing in the newly established Notobranchius furzeri model (Alessandro Cellerino)
- Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease and possible translation to human AD (Simona Capsoni and Antonino Cattaneo)
- Towards NGF-based therapies for Alzheimer’s disease (Antonino Cattaneo and Simona Capsoni)
- Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in α-synucleopathy (Emanuela Colla)
- NGF and pain, in the rare genetic diseases HSAN IV and HSAN V (hereditary Sensory and Autonomic neuropathy type IV and type V) (Simona Capsoni)
- Chromatin remodelling, and intranasal nano delivery approaches for brain tumor and Rett syndrome treatments (Mario Costa)
- Intrabodies for neuronal and synaptic function (Antonino Cattaneo)
- Epigenetic control of gene expression regulates cortical plasticity (Tommaso Pizzorusso)
- Biosensors development and virus-like particles reengineering to study Tau misfolding and neurodegeneration mechanisms (Cristina Di Primio)