Neurobiology of obesity - computational visualization and analysis of fat-brain neuronal circuits.PI: Alessandro Furlan

The project is aimed at the discovery of the proteins and the molecular mechanism involved in the infection of neuronal cells by Streptococcus pneumoniae through in-vitro experiments and mass-spectrometry analysis. PI: Prof. Federico Iovino

Thesis title: evaluation of the pharmacological effect of a protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPRG TAT-ICD) in a mouse model of glioblastoma. PI: prof. Mario Buffelli - Supervisor: dott. Marco CambiaghiThe project consisted of evaluating the treatment by intraperitoneal injection of a possible drug against glioblastoma, by in vivo imaging (IVIS) and subsequent volumetric and histopathological analysis of the brain tissue by immunofluorescence. I was also involved in designing and producing the lentiviral constructs to generate the tumor line before implantation in the immunodeficient mouse model. I also contributed to other projects in the lab with behavioral experiments on mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and stroke.