Dottorato in Neuroscienze

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Dottorato
Classe: 
neuroscienze
Folder base: 
dottorati
Folder base pagine in inglese: 
phd-programmes
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Collegio docenti (ciclo XLI)

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Nome

Ateneo

Dipartimento

Ruolo

Qualifica

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Scopus

BARBAGALLO Giuseppe Maria Vincenzo   CATANIA   DGFI   Componente   ORDINARIO   06/E3   06   MED/27  
BUCOLO Claudio   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Coordinatore   ORDINARIO   05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
CALABRESE Vittorio   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Componente   ORDINARIO   05/E3   05   BIO/12   Scopus-Link
CARACI Filippo   CATANIA   DSFS Componente   ORDINARIO   05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
COPANI Agata Graziella   CATANIA   DSFS Componente   ORDINARIO   05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
D'AGATA Velia   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Componente   ORDINARIO   05/H1   05   BIO/16   Scopus-Link
GALVANO Fabio   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Componente   ORDINARIO   06/D2   06   MED/49   Scopus-Link
LEGGIO Gian Marco   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Componente   ASSOCIATO 05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
LI VOLTI Giovanni   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Componente   ORDINARIO   05/E1   05   BIO/10   Scopus-Link
MICALE Vincenzo   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Componente   ASSOCIATO 05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
MUSUMECI Teresa   CATANIA   DSFS Componente   ASSOCIATO 03/D2   03   CHIM/09   Scopus-Link
NICOLETTI Alessandra Maria R.   CATANIA   DGFI   Componente   ORDINARIO   06/D6   06   MED/26   Scopus-Link
PALMERI Agostino   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Componente   ASSOCIATO   05/D1   05   BIO/09   Scopus-Link
PATTI Francesco   CATANIA   DGFI   Componente   ORDINARIO   06/D6   06   MED/26   Scopus-Link
PIGNATELLO Rosario   CATANIA   DSFS Componente   ORDINARIO   03/D2   03   CHIM/09   Scopus-Link
PLATANIA Chiara Bianca Maria   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Componente   Ricercatore
(art. 24 c.3-b L. 240/10)  
05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
PUZZO Daniela   CATANIA   BIOMETEC Componente   ORDINARIO   05/D1   05   BIO/09   Scopus-Link
SIGNORELLI Maria Salvina   CATANIA   MEDCLIN Componente   ASSOCIATO 06/D5   06   MED/25   Scopus-Link
                   
Cognome Nome Ente di appartenenza Struttura Ruolo Paese Settore CUN SSD Scopus
ABROUS NORA   UNIVERSITA' DI BORDEAUX   Università straniera   Componente Francia   05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
COTA DANIELA   UNIVERSITA' DI BORDEAUX   Università straniera   Componente Francia   05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
DEROCHE VERONIQUE   UNIVERSITA' DI BORDEAUX   Università straniera   Componente Francia   05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
MARSICANO GIOVANNI   UNIVERSITA' DI BORDEAUX   Università straniera   Componente Francia   05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link
OLIET STÉPHANE   UNIVERSITA' DI BORDEAUX   Università straniera   Componente Francia   05/G1   05   BIO/14   Scopus-Link

XLII Ciclo • Dottorati di Ricerca

Generazione Ricerca: UNICT PhD Open Session

Ti invitiamo il 7 luglio 2026, dalle ore 16:00 presso la Città della Scienza (via Simeto 23, Catania), all'Aperitivo di presentazione del bando di ammissione al XLII ciclo dei dottorati di ricerca.

Un'occasione unica per scoprire i progetti dottorali, le reti interdisciplinari, le opportunità internazionali e le collaborazioni attive con istituzioni e imprese.

Italiano

Lab meeting - JC club

Corpo: 

Lab Meeting (LM) & Journal Club (JC) 2026-2027

“Sala Riunioni 5° piano SUD, Torre Biologica”

PhD program in Neuroscience

Lab Meeting - Schedule

Date

Student

cycle

tutor

Research project

Monday 2/02/2026

Maria Ciuro

XXXIX

Prof. Puzzo

Prevention of mitochondrial impairment by inhibition of Drp-1 activity as a therapeutic target in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Monday 2/03/2026

Irene Coppola

XXXIX

Prof. Micale

Role of the histone variant macroH2A1.2 in the central nervous system: a neurophysiological behavioral and metabolic study in a transgenic macroH2A1.2 knock-out mouse model

Tuesday 7/04/2026

Laura Orlando

XXXIX

Prof. Li Volti

Biological effects of flash Therapy both in vitro and in vivo models of Glioblastoma

Monday 4/05/2026

Tito Petralia

XXXIX

Prof. Barbagallo

Ex vivo model of glioblastoma using cell cultures of brain slices and analysis of Parkin isoforms in IDH-wildtype and IDH-mutant gliomas according to the 2021 WHO classification

Wednesday 3/06/2026

Ivana Roberta Romano

XXXIX

Prof. Bucolo

In vitro strategies for neural-like differentiation of adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells.

Monday 6/07/2026

Sonya Salomone

XXXIX

Prof. Pignatello

Nose to brain delivery of nanomedicine to prevent cognitive impairment related to metabolic syndrome

Monday 7/09/2026

Tatiana Zuppelli

XXXIX

Prof. Li Volti

Analysis of tumor microenvironment following Flash Therapy in vitro and in vivo models of Glioblastoma

Monday 5/10/2026

Giulio Bonomo

XL

Prof. Barbagallo

Illuminating the Future: light intensity and fluorescence evaluation in glioblastoma resection

Tuesday 3/11/2026

Gaetano Catania

XL

Prof Signorelli

Cognitive and affetive symptoms in MDD patients with a history of partial response, a novel machine learning approach

Monday 30/11/2026

Alessandro Giuseppe Furnari

XL

Prof. Leggio

Advanced drug delivery systems for high-grade gliomas

Monday 11/01/2027

Konstantinos Partsinevelos

XL

Prof. Li Volti

Enhancing Drug Delivery in Glioblastoma through Liposome-Inducible Sonoporation

Monday 1/02/2027

Claudio Terravecchia

XL

Prof. Nicoletti

Quantitative eye movement-based multimodal clinical-instrumental assessment in Parkinson's disease diagnosis, treatment and phenotyping: an AI-supported approach

Monday 1/03/2027

Lucia Di Pietro

XL

Prof. Bucolo

Unveiling trace amine receptor 1 involvement in the pathophysiology and treatment of Fragile X syndrome

Monday 5/04/2027

Gabriele Avincola

XLI

Prof. Signorelli

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for cocaine use disorder

Monday 3/05/2027

Lidia Diolosà

XLI

Prof. Leggio

Sex differences in dysbindin-related cognitive dysfunctions in schizophrenia: role of endocannabinoid system

Monday 7/06/2027

Ludovica Sotera

XLI

Prof. Bucolo

Drug repurposing of P2X7R antagonists for treatment of eye neuroinflammatory diseases

Monday 5/07/2027

Bruno Toscano

XLI

Prof. Micale

Methamphetamine for ADHD treatment

Monday 6/09/2027

Sofia Varrasi

XLI

Prof. Caraci

Study of the TGF-beta 1 pathway as a new pharmacological target in neuropsychiatric disorders

 

 

Journal Club - Schedule

Date

Student

cycle

tutor

Monday 23/02/2026

Maria Ciuro

XXXIX

Prof. Puzzo

Monday 23/03/2026

Irene Coppola

XXXIX

Prof. Micale

Monday 27/04/2026

Laura Orlando

XXXIX

Prof. Li Volti

Monday 25/05/2026

Tito Petralia

XXXIX

Prof. Barbagallo

Monday 29/06/2026

Ivana Roberta Romano

XXXIX

Prof. Bucolo

Monday 27/07/2026

Sonya Salomone

XXXIX

Prof. Pignatello

Monday 28/09/2026

Tatiana Zuppelli

XXXIX

Prof. Li Volti

Monday 26/10/2026

Giulio Bonomo

XL

Prof. Barbagallo

Monday 23/11/2026

Gaetano Catania

XL

Prof. Signorelli

Monday 21/12/2026

Alessandro Giuseppe Furnari

XL

Prof. Leggio

Monday 25/01/2027

Konstantinos Partsinevelos

XL

Prof. Li Volti

Monday 22/02/2027

Claudio Terravecchia

XL

Prof. Nicoletti

Monday 22/03/2027

Lucia Di Pietro

XL

Prof. Bucolo

Monday 26/04/2027

Gabriele Avincola

XLI

Prof. Signorelli

Monday 24/05/2027

Lidia Diolosà

XLI

Prof. Leggio

Monday 28/06/2027

Ludovica Sotera

XLI

Prof. Bucolo

Monday 26/07/2027

Bruno Toscano

XLI

Prof. Micale

Monday 27/09/2027

Sofia Varrasi

XLI

Prof. Caraci

 

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Verbali e avvisi pubblicati del bando di concorso di Dottorato di ricerca in Neuroscienze XL ciclo - D.R. 2067 del 16/05/2024

Corpo: 

Dottorandi

Nome Tipologia Borsa Ciclo Argomento di Ricerca Tutor
D'Aprile Simona Senza Borsa XXXVII The role of epigenome in glioblastoma progression and therapeutic resistance Prof. C. Bucolo
Di Martino Serena Borsa Ministeriale XXXVII Phytocannabinoids exposure during developing brain: is there a "critical window" of enhanced vulnerability or a "window of opportunity" for the treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders? Prof. V. Micale
Distefano Alfio Borsa UNICT XXXVII Role of tobacco smoke and ENDS in brain ageing prof. G. Li Volti
Giuffrida Erika PON Innovazione XXXVII R&D Innovation to develop the pharmaceutical industry system: focus on retinal diseases Prof. C. Bucolo
Magrì Benedetta Borsa Regionale XXXVII Role of Sigma-1 receptor agonists and synthetic pacap analogs on motor neurons degeneration in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Prof.ssa V. D'Agata
Rizzo Silvia PON Innovazione XXXVII Early life stress-induced hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis perturbations and traumatic stress susceptibility  Prof. G.M. Leggio
Basile Sarah PNRR DM 351 XXXVIII Phathogenesis and evolution of Alzheimer's disease Prof.ssa A. G. Copani
Cantone Anna Flavia Senza Borsa XXXVIII Novel targets for intervention in Alzheimer’s disease: exploring the neuroinflammatory role of central and peripheral immune system Prof.ssa G. Cantarella
Monai Anna PNRR DM 351 XXXVIII Manipulation of somatostatin neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex impact emotion discrimination in mice Prof. G.M. Leggio
Terranova Roberta Borsa Ministeriale XXXVIII ET patients phenotyping using a clinical-Instrumental and pharmacological data clustering Prof.ssa A Nicoletti
Vacanti Valeria PNRR DM 351 XXXVIII Mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity and memory in physiological conditions and neurodegenerative disorders Prof.ssa D. Puzzo
Ciuro Maria Borsa PNRR D.M.118/2023 XXXIX Prevention of mitochondrial impairment by inhibition of Drp-1 activity as a therapeutic target in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis prof.ssa D. Puzzo
Coppola Irene Borsa ISS XXXIX Role of the histone variant macroH2A1.2 in the central nervous system: a neurophysiological behavioral and metabolic study in a transgenic macroH2A1.2 knock-out mouse model prof. V. Micale
Orlando Laura Borsa PNRR Anthem XXXIX Biological effects of flash Therapy both in vitro and in vivo models of Glioblastoma prof. G. Li Volti
Romano Ivana Roberta Borsa PNRR D.M. 118/2023  XXXIX In vitro strategies for neural-like differentiation of adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells. Prof. Filippo Drago,
Co-tutor Prof. Debora Lo Furno
Salamone Sonya Borsa PNRR Heal Italia XXXIX Nose to brain delivery of nanomedicine to prevent cognitive impairment related to metabolic syndrome prof. R. Pignatello
Sangiorgio Maria Borsa PNRR D.M.118/2023 XXXIX Effects of a Smoothened agonist in the SOD1 transgenic mice prof. Caraci
Zuppelli Tatiana Borsa PNRR Anthem XXXIX Analysis of tumor microenvironment following Flash Therapy in vitro and in vivo models of Glioblastoma prof. G. Li Volti
Bonomo Giulio   XL Illuminating the Future: light intensity and fluorescence evaluation in glioblastoma resection Barbagallo
Catania Gaetano   XL Cognitive and affetive symptoms in MDD patients with a history of partial response, a novel machine learning approach Maria salvina Signorelli
Di Pietro Lucia   XL Unveiling trace amine receptor 1 involvement in the pathophysiology and treatment of Fragile X syndrome Prof. Bucolo
Furnari Alessandro Giuseppe   XL Advanced drug delivery systems for high-grade gliomas Prof. Leggio
Partsinevelos Konstantinos   XL Enhancing Drug Delivery in Glioblastoma through Liposome-Inducible Sonoporation Prof. Li Volti - Amorini
Terravecchia Claudio   XL Quantitative eye movement-based multimodal clinical-instrumental assessment in Parkinson's disease diagnosis, treatment and phenotyping: an AI-supported approach Prof.ssa A. Nicoletti
Avincola Gabriele   XLI Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for cocaine use disorder Prof. Signorelli/Caraci
Diolosà Lidia   XLI Sex differences in dysbindin-related cognitive dysfunctions in schizophrenia: role of endocannabinoid system Prof. Leggio/Torrisi
Sotera Ludovica   XLI Drug repurposing of P2X7R antagonists for treatment of eye neuroinflammatory diseases Prof. Bucolo
Toscano Bruno   XLI Methamphetamine for ADHD treatment Prof. Micale/Pignatello
Varrasi Sofia   XLI Study of the TGF-beta 1 pathway as a new pharmacological target in neuropsychiatric disorders Prof. Caraci