Michele Dibattista,
PhD
I am an Associate Professor in Physiology at the University of Bari. My research focuses on the cellular and molecular physiology of olfactory sensory neurons and the mechanisms that transform odorant detection into neuronal signalling. My laboratory investigates the roles of key transduction proteins, the dynamics of sensory adaptation, and the interplay between neuronal activity, tissue organization, and regeneration in the olfactory epithelium
Donatella Lobraico, PhD
I am a postdoc in Neuroscience, investigating the physiological functions of astrocytes in the olfactory bulb and sustentacular cells in the olfactory epithelium. Since I love animals, I even started working on olfactory mouse behavior, seeking to comprehend how the olfactory preference works
Raffaella Pia Gatta
I am a 2nd-year PhD student in Neuroscience, working on Alzheimer’s disease in mice and investigating how this neurodegenerative disorder affects olfactory abilities and molecular structure in the olfactory epithelium
Maria Grazia Fioriello
I am a 3rd-year PhD student in Neuroscience working on a rare neurodegenerative disorder called Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1). I am investigating the effects of the NPC1 disease on the molecular and structural functionality of the olfactory epithelium
Ivana De Marinis
I am a 1st-year PhD student in Neuroscience, working on human samples and investigating the electrophysiological properties of the human olfactory epithelium
Bianca Lorè
I am a Med student working on Alzheimer’s disease in Prof. Dibattista’s lab during my internship. I love mice!