During the last week of March and first week of April, all 14 Syn2Psy ESRs travelled to France for two weeks of science and fun! First, the ESRs attended Network School 4 at the IINS – Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience in Bordeaux, organised by Daniel Choquet, under the topic “Advanced methods for imaging the brain: […]
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Syn2Psy at the XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Coimbra
Syn2Psy students Orsolya Antal, Giuseppe Cammarata and Elisa Corti participated in the XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, which was held on December 1-3 (2021) in Coimbra, Portugal. Orsolya Antal (ESR1) presented a poster entitled “Cognitive behavioural deficits in a knock-in mouse model with a human schizophrenia-associated mutation in the CACNG2 gene” by […]
Syn2Psy at the European Researchers’ Night, Coimbra
European Researchers’ Night 2021 was celebrated on September 24th under the topic Science for Climate. Syn2Psy ESRs Elisa Corti, Giuseppe Cammarata and Orsolya Antal joined the initiative with activities that create awareness about the influence of the physical environment on mental health and that promote knowledge about Neuroscience. The ESRs developed a True or False […]
Second Syn2Psy online PhD day
Last week, on September 23rd and 24th, Syn2Psy consortium held its second online PhD day, where the ESRs had the opportunity to present their latest results, ongoing work and to receive feedback from the consortium experts. During this meeting, Prof. Ana Luísa Carvalho (project coordinator), gave an overview of the project, including the outreach and […]
Syn2Psy at the 49th EBBS meeting, Lausanne
Syn2Psy EPFL students Alessandro Chioino and Loredana Cumpana participated in the 49th Meeting of the European Brain and Behavior Society, which was held on September 4-7, 2021 in Lausanne, Swizzerland. Alessandro Chioino (ESR2) presented a poster entitled “Impact of Mfn2 in the Nucleus Accumbens on motivated behavior and underlying neurobiological mechanisms” by Alessandro Chioino, Sriparna […]
Syn2Psy Blog Series XV
The ethical emancipation of human neurodevelopmental studies (Giuseppe Cammarata) Until a few years ago, research on human brain development disorders was very limited. The main obstacle to this type of research was of ethical nature, as accessibility to vital human brain tissues was scarce. Controversies linked to the use of human embryonic cells or through […]
Syn2Psy Blog Series XIV
Does free will exist? (Elisa Corti) Hi, I am Elisa and when I was asked to write a piece about something that I find interesting I chose to say “Yes!”. Perhaps. Each of us is faced daily with choices: what to wear, what to eat, whether to answer a phone call or go to the […]
Mid-term meeting and Network School 3
During the first week of May, all members of Syn2Psy met online with the REA Project Officer for two days of meetings and science! During the three days that followed the meeting, the ESRs virtually joined Lundbeck for Network School 3, under the theme “Drug discovery and development: from idea to product”.
Syn2Psy Blog Series XIII
The power of (science) communication (Manuela Rizzi) Can you imagine a life without communication? Impossible, right? And even more in this era of internet and social media. During our life we all learn how to communicate from the moment we are born. Starting from simple words, such as “mum” and “dad”, we continue to learn […]
Review published by Daniel
Autoimmunity and NMDA receptor in brain disorders: Where do we stand? Daniel Hunter, Syn2Psy ESR6, is the first author of a review recently published on the journal Neurobiology of Disease, on autoimmunity and NMDA receptor in brain disorders. Abstract: Over the past decades, the identification of autoimmune encephalitis in which patients express autoantibodies directed against […]