Brain, Genes, Functions, Behaviours

Neuroscience

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Understanding the brain from genes and cells to neural circuits, perception and behaviour. SISSA Neuroscience brings together experimental, quantitative and computational approaches to explore the nervous system across scales.

  • Davide Franco Zoccolan

    Full professor

    Coordinator of Neuroscience Area

  • Paul Alexander Heppenstall

    Full professor

    Deputy coordinator of Neuroscience Area

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16 Research Groups

  • Flexibility in Circuits and Behaviour

    Coordinator Katja Reinhard

  • Food, action control and social cognition

    Coordinator Raffaella Rumiati

  • Laboratory of Cerebral Cortex Development

    Coordinator Antonio Mallamaci

  • Laboratory of Computational Genomics

    Coordinator Remo Sanges

  • Laboratory of Neurogenetics

    Coordinator Alessia Soldano

  • Laboratory of Prion Biology

    Coordinator Giuseppe Legname

  • Neural computation in the hippocampus and in language

    Coordinator Alessandro Treves

  • Neural Computation Lab

    Coordinator Eugenio Piasini

  • Neurons and Nanomaterials

    Coordinator Laura Ballerini

  • Olfactory System

    Coordinator Anna Menini

  • Physiology of somatosensation

    Coordinator Paul Alexander Heppenstall

  • Spinal cord Neurophysiology

    Coordinator Giuliano Taccola

  • Tactile perception and learning

    Coordinator Mathew Ernest Diamond

  • Time and space perception

    Coordinator Domenica Bueti

  • Visual Systems Neuroscience

    Coordinator Hiroki Asari

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    Laura Ballerini
    Neuroscience Area Coordinator, Principal Investigator of Fisiologia e Tecnologia dei Neuroni; Coordinator of the Neurobiology PhD course; Coordinator of the NBIO group;
    A-542 Main building
    laura.ballerini@sissa.it
    0405582411
    Neuroscience
    Domenica Bueti
    Principal Investigator of Neuroscienze del Tempo
    Neuroscience
  • Mathew Ernest Diamond
    Coordinator of the CNS group; Principal Investigator of Lettura Linguistica e Cognizione Astratta; Coordinator of the Cognitive Neuroscience PhD course; Principal Investigator of Meccatronica; Principal Investigator of Percezione Tattile e Apprendimento
    A-238 Main building
    mathew.diamond@sissa.it
    +39 040 3787 236
    Neuroscience
    Paul Alexander Heppenstall
    Deputy Coordinator of the Neuroscience Area; Principal Investigator of Fisiol. Molec. della Somatosensazione
    Neuroscience
  • Giuseppe Legname
    Principal Investigator of Biologia dei Prioni; Coordinator of the Functional and Structural Genomics PhD course; Coordinator of the GMB group
    Neuroscience
  • Remo Sanges
    Principal Investigator of Genomica Computazionale
    Neuroscience
  • Eugenio Piasini
    Principal Investigator of Calcolo Neurale
    Neuroscience
  • Katja Reinhard
    Neuroscience
    Alessia Soldano
    Neuroscience
  • Audrey Franceschi Biagioni
    Neuroscience
  • Michele Giugliano
    Neuroscience
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  • Federica Ferrero
    Neuroscience
    Sara Finaurini
    Neuroscience
  • Jessica Franzot
    Neuroscience
    Marco Gigante
    Neuroscience
  • Micaela Grandolfo
    Neuroscience
    Giulio Iaconcig
    Neuroscience
  • Helena Krmac
    Neuroscience
    Serena Maiocchi
    Neuroscience
  • Beatrice Pastore
    Neuroscience
    Francesca Pulecchi
    Neuroscience
  • Massimo Righi
    Coordinator of Area Supporto Laboratori
    Neuroscience
    Christina Vlachouli
    Neuroscience
  • Marco Zanon
    Neuroscience
    Erik Zorzin
    Neuroscience
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