Postdoctoral Researcher

Start date: 2025

• Marco Carli (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Miriam Melis) – Research topic: "Modulation of dopaminergic transmission through microRNAs as a means to counteract dopaminergic neuron degeneration"
• Marcello Serra (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Annarosa Carta) – Research topic: "Development and validation of an easily accessible biofluid biomarker panel for the diagnosis and prognosis of synucleinopathies"

Start date: 2024

• Andrea Marco Caddeo (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Marta Anna Kowalik) – Research topic: "Is NRF2-driven metabolic reprogramming a unique feature of cancer cells? A study on normal, preneoplastic, and neoplastic hepatocytes"
• Roberta Leone (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Miriam Melis) – Research topic: "Tryptophan metabolism dysregulation and disinhibition of dopaminergic neurons induced by prenatal cannabis exposure"
• Rafaela Mostallino (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Fabrizio Sanna) – Research topic: "Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and alcohol dependence: potential role of oxytocin as a therapeutic agent for relapse prevention"

Start date: 2023

• Valeria Serra (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Miriam Melis) – Research topic: "Resolving sex differences in sensory information processing (REDIRECT)"

Start date: 2022

• Federica Donno (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Miriam Melis) – Research topic: "Disorders induced by prenatal THC exposure: a multidisciplinary approach and the effects of maternal dietary supplements"

Research Fellows

Start date: 2025

• Jacopo Marongiu (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Annarosa Carta) – Research topic: "Neuropathological markers in the brain and spinal cord induced by the infusion of toxic protein aggregates" – End date: July 2025
• Lorena Marongiu (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Nicola Simola) – Research topic: "Neuropathological markers in the brain and spinal cord induced by the infusion of toxic protein aggregates" – End date: July 2025
• Maria Francesca Palmas (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Annarosa Carta) – Research topic: "Neuropathological markers in the brain and spinal cord induced by the infusion of toxic protein aggregates" – End date: July 2025
• Federica Peara (Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Nicola Simola) – Research topic: "Assessment of dopaminergic structural damage caused by combined exposure to amphetamine-type drugs and social stress" – End date: August 2025

The abstracts of the research topics are provided in the following document: Research Topics Assigned and Fellowship Holders