Leonardo Lupori

Leonardo Lupori

Ph.D. Student in Neuroscience

Scuola Normale Superiore

Biography

I’m a Ph.D. student in Neuroscience at Scuola Normale Superiore. I love to apply a quantitative approach to neurophysiology and behavior in mice to study how the cerebral cortex functions.

Interests

  • Neuroscience
  • Imaging
  • Behavior

Education

  • MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2015

    University of Pisa

  • BSc in Biological Sciences, 2013

    University of Pisa

Skills

Code & Electronics

MATLAB
Python
C++ (Arduino)
3D-Printing

Imaging

Two-Photon Ca2+ imaging
Intrinsic Signal
Widefield Ca2+ imaging

Wet Lab

Mice handling
PCR
IHC

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Ph.D Student

Scuola Normale Superiore - Pizzorusso Lab

Sep 2015 – Present Pisa

Neurophysiology and plasticity of the visual cortex

  • Effects of the Gut Microbiome on visual cortical plasticity
  • Perineuronal Nets (PNNs) and plasticity
  • The visual system as a biomarker in CDKL5 deficiency disorder
 
 
 
 
 

Summer Internship

Harvard Medical School - Chinfei Chen Lab

Jun 2014 – Sep 2014 Boston
Two-photon Ca2+ imaging of retino-geniculate axonal boutons in slices
Winner of the Armenise-Harvard Summer Fellowship
 
 
 
 
 

Master’s Thesis

University of Pisa - Pizzorusso Lab

Jan 2014 – Dec 2015 Pisa

Visual cortical Plasticity

 
 
 
 
 

Bachelor’s Thesis

University of Pisa - Pizzorusso Lab

Sep 2012 – Sep 2013 Pisa
In-Vivo Two-photon imaging of dendritic spines.

Awards

Winner of the Summer Fellowship

Highly competitive fellowship for Master’s students to do research in one of the Harvard Medical School Labs in the summer

Projects

Contact

  • CNR, IN, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, Pisa, PI 56124
  • Enter Building B (entrance #22) and take the stairs to Office 11 on Floor 2
  • DM Me