Research groups and graduate programs
Neuroscience research at SISSA includes cognitive neuroscience, computational and theoretical neuroscience, systems neuroscience, molecular and cellular research as well as genomics and genetics. The Neuroscience department is organized around three graduate programs. Each research group/lab is affiliated to one or more graduate programs. PhD programs are distinct but have significant overlap in scope, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of our research.
More information on the programs can be found on their respective webpages:
Shared facilities
The department hosts a number of shared facilities. These include cell culture rooms, viral vector facilities, confocal microscopes, molecular and biochemical facilities, a mechatronics workshop, and human cognition labs with EEG, TMS, and eye tracking systems. More details on our internal experimental facilities can be found at Lab Facilities (Instruments booking - Tech Support). Access to MRI scanning is guaranteed through agreements with national and international scanning facilities. Computing resources are provided internally thanks to the Ulisse HPC platform and externally through agreements with CINECA.
Teaching
Details on the teaching offer can be found on the individual programs' pages, linked above. To facilitate cross-program collaboration and to encourage students to explore a broad range of subjects, we also maintain a shared list of syllabi for all courses offered, and a joint course calendar, shown below. All students are encouraged to subscribe to the calendar by clicking the "+" button on the bottom right corner of the panel.
Courses Calendar
Legend:
● Cognitive Neuroscience
● Neurobiology
● Functional and Structural Genomics
● Technical staff
People and contacts
Below are the names of those who hold the key institutional roles within the department. Detailed contact information for any of them can be found on the sissa phonebook.
Area Coordinator: Davide Zoccolan
Deputy Area Coordinator: Paul Heppenstall
PhD Course Coordinators
- Mathew Diamond (Cognitive Neuroscience)
- Paul Heppenstall (Neurobiology)
- Giuseppe Legname (Functional and Structural Genomics)
Student Representatives
- Ludovica De Paolis (Cognitive Neuroscience)
- Jacopo Giorgi (Neurobiology)
- Maria Ayub (Functional and Structural Genomics)
- Lorenza Tortella (Supplementary representative)
Technicians Representative: Marco Zanon
Scientific secretariat: see here