Expertise and know-how within a broad range of laboratory techniques including  in vivo and in vitro assays; Immuno- and histochemical assays; Gene expression and protein levels analysis; Small animal stereotaxic surgery; Neuronal brain mapping by stereology-based unbiased quantification approaches; receptor binding assays by autoradiography.

Experience working in cross-disciplinary teams and with translational research approaches 

Biomarker discovery approaches within neurodegenerative diseases; Systems neuroscience with focus on the role of serotonin and dopamine in regulating executive function

Neuroinflammation in Parkinson and Atypical Parkinsonism and the identification of biological markers reflecting disease state and progression in brain and blood samples of patients by both omics and target -specific approaches . Validation of the causality of observations in preclinical models and biomarker clinical validity in prospective clinical cohort studies.

Study the underlying neurobiological endophenotype associated with cognitive traits related to increased risk of schizophrenia in  well-characterized preclinical models.

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