Partnership

International collaborations


Mazahir T. Hasan,
Research Professor
Laboratory of Memory Circuits, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, Spain
PI NICO Ilaria Bertocchi

Our work provides an experimentally tractable approach to investigate how learning takes place along synaptically connected structures and provides possibilities to track the brain-wide circuits for memory printing, storage, and retrieval processes. Further, our innovative experimental strategies and genetic technologies, developed and deployed by Dr. Hasan, can be applied to reveal fundamental insight into the circuit-based investigation of different neurobiological processes and disease mechanisms, especially related to epilepsy, as well as to other neuropsychiatric conditions.

Rolf Sprengel, Research Group Leader, Max Planck Research Group at the Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Heidelberg University, ImNeuenheimer Feld 307, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

José María Delgado García, Research Director, Division of Neurosciences, University Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. de Utrera, km. 1 41013 Seville, Spain

Italian collaborations

Massimo Collino, Professore Ordinario di Farmacologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze Rita Levi Montalcini dell’Università di Torino

Paola Defilippi, Professoressa Ordinaria di Biologia Cellulare e Applicata, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Molecolari e Scienze per la Salute, Università di Torino

Claudia Penna, Professoressa Ordinaria di Fisiologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, c/o Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria San Luigi Gonzaga, Università di Torino

Paola Palanza, Professoressa Ordinaria di Biologia Applicata, Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia – Unità di Neuroscienze, Università di Parma

Pietro Chiurazzi, Professore Associato di Genetica Medica Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Roma

Fabio Altieri, Professore Ordinario di Biochimica, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche “A.Rossi Fanelli”, Università La Sapienza di Roma

Related News

The adaptor protein SKT interacts with PSD-95 and SHANK3 and affects synaptic functions

Cell Reports, September 2025 Highlights • SKT is a postsynaptic scaffold interacting directly with PSD95 and SHANK3 • SKT loss causes defects in dendritic spine formation, morphology, and maturation • SKT loss leads to a significant reduction in excitatory synaptic transmission • SKT-KO mice exhibit impaired motor, cognitive, and executive functions

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