Neuroscience PhD Day 2025

Sala Azzurra, Palazzo della Carovana

Welcome

Prof. Tommaso Pizzorusso (Director of BIO@SNS Lab)

Session I: Cancer Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies

chair: Pasquale Miglionico

Alya Batool

Multiomics Analysis of Neurotrophins and Innervation Pathways in Cancer

Elisa De Santis

Dissecting the FLASH Effect in Healthy and Glioma Bearing Mice

Lorenzo Amir Nemati Fard

Cell-cell Interaction Circuits and Rewiring of Cell-cell Communication Networks in the Tumor Microenvironment

10:50 - 11.20

Coffee Break

December 2025

9:30

9:45

10:05

4th

10:25

Session II: Aging: Molecular, Behavioral and Technological Perspectives

chair: Roberta Camera

11:20 Irene Gravilli

Ribosome Stalling in Brain Aging

11:35 Davide Lorenzo Drago

Puberty Timing and Lifespan Modulation in a Rapidly Aging Vertebrate

11:55 Ricardo Oliveira

Wired for Longevity: Early-Life Approaches to Healthy Aging with a Modular ESP32 Platform

12:10 Motahareh Ehsani

I’m Watching You: A 24/7 Automated System for Large-Scale Fish Behavior Tracking

12:30 - 14.15 Lunch Break Session III: Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Neural Plasticity

chair: Valentino Totaro

14:15 Andrea Tognozzi (University of Pisa)

Exploring Circadian Rhythms in CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder

14:35 Ester Maria Papini

Investigating Emotional Contagion and Arousal Dysregulation in the Animal Model of CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder

14.50 Rida Nisar

Investigating the Role of Perineuronal Nets in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break Session IV: Advanced approaches in biomedical research

chair: Pasquale Miglionico

15:40 Martina D'Assoro

Selection of Phosphorylated Tau-Specific Intrabodies to Inhibit Tau Aggregation

16:05 Mariastella Cascone

From Deep Learning to Structural Biophysics: an Integrated Study of Flavoproteins

16:25 Mirko Ruscio

AI-Driven Prediction of Immunotherapy Response

Neuroscience PhD Day 2025

Sala Azzurra, Palazzo della Carovana

Session V: Cellular and Genetic Models for Neuroscience

chair: Roberta Camera

Greta Ghiloni

Studying Cellular Diversity of Neural Progenitors

Filippo Cancellotti

Cortical Development and Layer Formation in Mammals

Federico Billeri

Genetic Approaches for In Vivo Observation of Perineuronal Nets

10:55 - 11.25

Coffee Break

Session VI: Memory, Emotion and Social Behavior

chair: Stefano Guglielmo

December 2025

9:45

10:10

10:35

5th

11:25 Matteo Caldarelli

Affective Processing in Mice: Chronic Neuropathic Pain and Emotional Contagion

11:50 Giulia Palla

If you Drink, I Drink: Neurophysiological Basis of Social Facilitation Process in Mice

12.15 Marco Scantamburlo

The Role of Retrosplenial Cortex PV+ Interneurons in Memory Network Dynamics

12:30 - 12.45 Group Photo

12:45 - 14.15 Lunch Break

14:15 Award of the “Borsa Matteo Caleo”

Laura Gianfranceschi (Fondazione Matteo Caleo)

Session VII: Novel Biomarkers for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

chair: Valentino Totaro

14:45 Giacomo Vecchieschi (University of Pisa)

Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Biomarker for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

15:00 Lorenzo Dadà

Monitoring Angelman Syndrome: Longitudinal Behavioral and Optical Imaging as Biomarker Candidates

15:20 - 15:50 Coffee Break

Session VIII: Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Disorders

chair: Stefano Guglielmo

15:50 Lorenzo Fontanelli (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna)

NeuroCardiac Assembloids to Study Dysautonomia in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

16:10 Anna Baldi

Stem Cell and In Vivo Models of sAD through AI-Guided Multiplexed Functional Genomics

16:25 Éléa Coulomb

Therapeutic Potential of Painless NGF in a Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease

16:45 Wrap-up and Concluding Remarks

Prof. Tommaso Pizzorusso and BIO@SNS Faculty