Editorial Board
Massimo Pasqualetti
Department of Biology, University of Pisa · Italy
Editorial leadership for Journal of Transgenics
Research interests
- Developmental Neurobiology
- Animal Behavior
- Mouse Molecular Genetics
Biography
Education:
- 1998 PhD, University of Pisa, Italy 1995 MSc, University of Pisa, Italy POSITIONS HELD 2015- Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
- 2007-2015- Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
- 2003-2007- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
- 2001 Visiting Fellow, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
- 1998-2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) Strasbourg, France.
- 1996-1997 Predoctoral Fellow, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) Strasbourg, France.
- 1992-1996 Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Honors:
- 2013- President of the B.Sc. and M.Sc. Degree Courses in Molecular Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
- 2013- Adjunct Senior Scientist, Center for Neuroscience and Cogntive Systems, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy.
- 2012- President of the the PhD Course in Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
- 2001 EMBO Short-Term Fellowship 2000-2002 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship 1998 EMBO Short-Term Fellowship.
Selected publications
- mTOR-related synaptic pathology causes autism spectrum disorder-associated functional hyperconnectivity 2021 cited 136×
- Increased fMRI connectivity upon chemogenetic inhibition of the mouse prefrontal cortex 2022 cited 111×
- Life without brain serotonin: Reevaluation of serotonin function with mice deficient in brain serotonin synthesis 2015 cited 104×
- Age-Related Changes in d-Aspartate Oxidase Promoter Methylation Control Extracellular d-Aspartate Levels and Prevent Precocious Cell Death during Brain Aging 2016 cited 66×
- A light-gated potassium channel for sustained neuronal inhibition 2018 cited 63×
- Perturbation of Serotonin Homeostasis during Adulthood Affects Serotonergic Neuronal Circuitry 2017 cited 43×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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