Organizing Committee Member
Laura Cancedda
Senior Group Leader/Researcher
Italian Institute of Technology
Italy
Biography
Laura Cancedda graduated in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Genoa in 1999, with a thesis on the role of neurotrophic factors on neurotransmitter release. She received her Ph.D. in neurophysiology from Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy) in 2003, under the supervision of Dr Maffei. In Pisa, she investigated the molecular and environmental basis of experience-dependent plasticity in the rat brain. In 2003, she moved to University of California at Berkeley in Dr Poo’s laboratory where she focused her studies on molecular mechanisms of GABAergic-transmission modulation. Currently, she holds a team-leader position at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa (2008- ) and a scientist position at the Telethon Dulbecco Institute, Italy (2016- ). Her research focuses on the role of extracellular factors in migration, morphological maturation and wiring of cortical neurons under physiological as well as pathological conditions. Laura has also an interest in investigating new approaches for in vivo transfection of nucleic acids
Research Area
Laura Cancedda graduated in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Genoa in 1999, with a thesis on the role of neurotrophic factors on neurotransmitter release. She received her Ph.D. in neurophysiology from Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy) in 2003, under the supervision of Dr Maffei. In Pisa, she investigated the molecular and environmental basis of experience-dependent plasticity in the rat brain. In 2003, she moved to University of California at Berkeley in Dr Poo’s laboratory where she focused her studies on molecular mechanisms of GABAergic-transmission modulation. Currently, she holds a team-leader position at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa (2008- ) and a scientist position at the Telethon Dulbecco Institute, Italy (2016- ). Her research focuses on the role of extracellular factors in migration, morphological maturation and wiring of cortical neurons under physiological as well as pathological conditions. Laura has also an interest in investigating new approaches for in vivo transfection of nucleic acids