{"id":3482,"date":"2020-03-13T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syn2psy.cnc.uc.pt\/?page_id=3482"},"modified":"2025-10-02T08:20:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:20:50","slug":"home-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/syn2psy.cnc.uc.pt\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#14845f;font-size:21px\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Elisa Corti defended her PhD thesis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">On September 26th 2025, ESR7, Elisa Corti, successfully defended her thesis at the University of Coimbra, titled <em>Regulation of Synapse Dynamics by FMRP: Unraveling the molecular mechanisms underlying Fragile X Syndrome<\/em>, with remarkable confidence and knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations Elisa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>All Syn2Psy PhD defences <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/syn2psy.cnc.uc.pt\/?page_id=5621\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1204\" src=\"https:\/\/syn2psy.cnc.uc.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-30-at-17.53.18.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5723\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/syn2psy.cnc.uc.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MSCA_EC-logos.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3649\" width=\"163\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/syn2psy.cnc.uc.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MSCA_EC-logos.png 760w, https:\/\/syn2psy.cnc.uc.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MSCA_EC-logos-260x300.png 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size has-very-dark-gray-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Syn2Psy <\/strong>is an<strong> Innovative Training Network<\/strong> (<strong>ITN<\/strong>) funded by the EU Horizon 2020 framework program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) initiative. Its mission is to provide advanced (PhD-level) training to 14 early-stage researchers in the<strong> molecular, synaptic, circuit and behaviour basis of neuropsychiatric disorders<\/strong>. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/syn2psy.cnc.uc.pt\/?page_id=880(\" target=\"_blank\">The network <\/a>integrates experienced researchers from top-level European research institutions, academic and non-academic.    <a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/rcn\/218419\/factsheet\/en\">More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#14845f;font-size:20px\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE EARLY STAGE RESEARCHERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1urIQ1vbRyk?autoplay=1&amp;rel=0&amp;loop=1\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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