On February 12th 2024, ESR12, Manuela Rizzi successfully defended her thesis at the University of Edinburgh, under the title “Identifying mistranslating mRNAs in mouse models of autism”.

Congratulations Manuela!

On January 18th 2024, ESR14, Vanesa Salazar defended her viva with great success at the University of Edinburgh, under the title “Social behaviour in two rat models of SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency”.

Congratulations Vanesa!

On December 13th 2023, ESR9 Laura Upton successfully defended her thesis at Sorbonne Université, under the title “Altered prefrontal circuit assembly and function in mice lacking the glycine receptor alpha2-subunit, a model of autism and intellectual disability”.

Congratulations Laura!

On October 11th 2023, ESR3 Giuseppe Cammarata brilliantly defended his thesis at the University of Coimbra, under the title “Neurodevelopmental effects of valproic acid exposure in human brain organoids”.

Congratulations Giuseppe!

On October 10th 2023, ESR6 Daniel Hunter defended his thesis with great success at the University of Bordeaux: “A characterisation of hippocampal pathophysiology in autoimmune encephalitis: from synapse to circuit”.

Congratulations Daniel!

On July 31st 2023, ESR8 Elizabeth Brockman successfully defended her thesis at Imperial College London: “Illuminating the mechanisms of human synaptic and neural network dysfunction in Down Syndrome”.

Congratulations Elizabeth!

On June 13th 2023, ESR10 Flavio Tomasi brilliantly defended his thesis under the title “Evaluating the cannabinoid CB1 receptor as a therapeutic target in a Shank3 mouse model of autism and Phelan-McDermid syndrome”.

Congratulations Flavio!