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Pietro Renna

Physiology- BIO/09

Biography

EBRI researcher, graduated in Medical Biotechnology in 2018 at the University “La Sapienza” in Rome, in 2022 he obtained a PhD in Neuroscience at the dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Rome. From 2018 to 2023 he carried out his research at the Department of Neuroscience (Physiology section) of the dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Rome. Since 2024 he has been conducting research for the European Brain Research Institute Rita Levi-Montalcini.

Neuroscientist training, has a solid experience of molecular and cellular biology and electrophysiology. His field of experience, in particular, concerns the development of engineered proteins and the execution of experimental studies in human models in vivo and human ex vivo. His main scientific topics include the study of the molecular mechanisms underlying brain plasticity in physiological and pathological conditions, especially in Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy.

He is the author of publications in international journals with a high scientific impact.