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Roberta Vertullo

PhD Student
Functional Neuroimaging
Research center
About

Roberta obtained her BSc in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Florence and her MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Padova. During her studies she moved from a cognitive approach to a more biological/molecular one and developed a great interest especially for translational neuroscience. After her graduation, Roberta moved to The Netherlands (Nijmegen) first for a post-graduation internship (6 months) and then for a Research Assistant position (1 year) at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in the Behavioural Neurogenetics Lab, where she worked on a Parkinson's disease model and on BDNF-treated hippocampal atrophy using different behavioural, molecular and imaging techniques. Roberta is currently pursuing her PhD at the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, directed by Dr. Alessandro Gozzi. Her project aims to investigate how causally manipulating synaptic coupling and density affects large-scale functional connectivity in the mouse brain. 

Education

Title: PhD in Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Institute: University of Trento/IIT
Location: Rovereto
Country: Italy
From: 2023 To: null

Title: International Master's degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology
Institute: University of Padova
Location: Padova
Country: Italy
From: 2019 To: 2021

Title: Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Psychology
Institute: University of Florence
Location: Florence
Country: Italy
From: 2015 To: 2018

Experience External

Title: Research Assistant
Institute: Behavioural Neurogenetics lab at Donders Institute/Radboud UMC
Location: Nijmegen
Country: The Netherlands
From: 2022 To: 2023

Title: Post-graduation internship (Erasmus)
Institute: Behavioural Neurogenetics lab at Donders Institute/Radboud UMC
Location: Nijmegen
Country: The Netherlands
From: 2022 To: 2022

Title: Research and thesis internship
Institute: Animal Brain & Cognition at CiMEC/Unitn
Location: Rovereto
Country: Italy
From: 2021 To: 2021