Astrocyte plasticity
Finding differences between the genetic programs of embryonic neurogenesis, embryonic astrogliogenesis and adult astrogliosis.
Federico Cremisi
Cerebral cortex evolution
Understanding the mechanisms generating the expansion of the cerebral cortex in mammals, by investigating the generation and expansion of the outer radial cells in cortical organoids of different mammal species
Federico Cremisi
Entorhinal cortex
Investigating the mechanisms of degeneration of human entorhinal neurons and their relationship with altered patterns of neuronal activity, using in vitro corticalized hiPSCs.
Federico Cremisi
Epigenetic control of gene expression regulates cortical plasticity
Epigenetic control of gene expression regulates cortical plasticity
Tommaso Pizzorusso
Neuronal networks in vitro
Investigating the development and the maturation of cerebral cortex neuronal networks derived from hiPScs.
Federico Cremisi
Synaptic plasticity in the visual system
Synaptic plasticity in the visual system
Tommaso Pizzorusso