SISSA Neuroscience research groups study the nervous system from genes and molecular mechanisms to cells, neural circuits, perception and cognition. Their work spans cognitive neuroscience, functional and structural genomics and neurobiology, combining experimental, theoretical and computational methods. Shared facilities and interdisciplinary collaborations connect research across scales.
The Cognitive Neuroscience Group also contributes to the SAMBA laboratory in collaboration with the Mathematics Area, exploring microscale motility, bio-inspired shape morphing and tactile perception.
Research groups
Flexibility in Circuits and Behaviour
CoordinatorKatja Reinhard
Food, action control and social cognition
CoordinatorRaffaella Rumiati
Laboratory of Cerebral Cortex Development
CoordinatorAntonio Mallamaci
Laboratory of Computational Genomics
CoordinatorRemo Sanges
Laboratory of Neurogenetics
CoordinatorAlessia Soldano
Laboratory of Prion Biology
CoordinatorGiuseppe Legname
Neural computation in the hippocampus and in language
CoordinatorAlessandro Treves
Neural Computation Lab
CoordinatorEugenio Piasini
Neurons and Nanomaterials
CoordinatorLaura Ballerini
Olfactory System
CoordinatorAnna Menini
Physiology of somatosensation
CoordinatorPaul Alexander Heppenstall
Reading, language and abstract cognition
CoordinatorDavide Crepaldi
Spinal cord Neurophysiology
CoordinatorGiuliano Taccola
Tactile perception and learning
CoordinatorMathew Ernest Diamond
Time and space perception
CoordinatorDomenica Bueti
Visual Neuroscience Lab
CoordinatorDavide Franco Zoccolan
Visual Systems Neuroscience
CoordinatorHiroki Asari