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PhD school in Biomedical Sciences

 

At our lab you can apply for 3 different reserach areas

 

 

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY

 

PIs: Francesca Prestori, Lisa Mapelli, Egidio D’Angelo

Research group: Pawan Faris, Eleonora Pali, Francesco Mainardi, Maria Conforti, Yuhe Li, Camilla Ciapponi, Danila Di Domenico, Giorgia Pellavio, Qianwen Zhang.

NEUROCOMPUTATION LABORATORY

 

PIs: Claudia Casellato, Egidio D’Angelo

Research group: Danilo Benozzo, Stefano Masoli, Martina Rizza, Dimitri Rodarie, Alberto Vergani, Abdul Butt, Marialaura Degrazia, Francesco Pio Ercolino, Emiliano Buttarazzi.

  • Single neuron modelling and simulation
  • Computational modelling of neurons and circuits of the rodent and human brain
  • Computational models of cerebellar dysfunctions in pathology (ataxia, dystonia, paroxysmal dyskinesia, autism, schizophrenia)
  • Cerebellar networks in hybrid virtual brain models
  • The computational basis of learning in the cerebellar circuit
  • Closed-loop robotic controllers for motor learning and coordination: predictive brain circuits

NEUROIMAGING AND BRAIN MODELLING LABORATORY

PIs: Claudia Gandini, Fulvia Palesi, Egidio D’Angelo

Research group: Anita Monteverdi, Doris Pischedda, Roberta Lorenzi, Marta Gaviraghi, Eleonora Lupi, Gokce Korkmaz, Elena Grosso

  • Neuroimaging analysis and virtual brain modelling of the human and rodent brain
  • Neuroimaging and electrophysiological recording for multimodal virtual brain models
  • Mean field models of the cerebellar network for specific pathological states (ataxia, dystonia, paroxysmal dyskinesia, autism, schizophrenia)
  • Digital Brain Twins of patients to predict the evolution of pathology (dementia, ataxia, schizophrenia, Parkinson)
  • Bayesian modelling to predict functional causality in motor and cognitive tasks