Silvia Landi
Professor
Biology
Istituto Nanoscienze Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Pisa
Italy
Biography
2002: BSc cum laude in Biology, Univ. of Pisa, Italy. Thesis: "Role of the extracellular matrix as a regulator of visual cortical plasticity" supervisors: proff. L. Maffei, N. Berardi and dr. T. Pizzorusso. 2003: selection for the course "Structure, function and development of the visual system", Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA. 2003-2005: Ph.D. in Neurobiology (70/70 cum laude). Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. Thesis: "Plasticity of the Mammalian retina during development". Supervisor: Prof. L. Maffei. 2006-2008: Post-doc at Institute of Neuroscience-CNR, Pisa 2008-2010: Post-doc at NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa Partecipation to international meetings and seminars: FENS 2002-Paris, SFN (Society for Neurosciences)-2004, San Diego, SFN-2005, Atlanta, SFN-2006, Washington, FENS-2008, Geneve, SINS 2009, Milano, Eurorett-2010, Edimburgh 2008-2010: lectures at Univ. of Florence, (‘models of synaptic plasticity in CNS’) in the course of neurophysiology (Prof. T. Pizzorusso, Faculty of Psychology) 2004-2010: SNS Fundings for the projects Giovani Ricercatori 2010: PI of FIRB FUTURO IN RICERCA 2008 Talks: 2005: International Symposium, “Neuroplasticity, Neurotrophin Factors and Mood Disorders”, Pisa about “ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT ACCELERATES THE MATURATION OF VISUAL SYSTEM BOTH AT RETINAL AND CORTICAL LEVEL.” 2009: 7th European FP NeuroImage, Subotica (Serbia) 2010: 2th European Rett Syndrome Conference (selected poster)
Research Interest
Plasticity of CNS in brain development and disease at anatomical and functional level
Publications
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Ainardi M, Landi S, Berardi N, Maffei L, Pizzorusso T (2009) Reduced Responsiveness to Long-Term Monocular Deprivation of Parvalbumin Neurons Assessed by c-Fos Staining in Rat Visual Cortex. PLoS ONE 4: e4342.
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Landi S, Ciucci F, Maffei L, Berardi N, Cenni MC (2009) Setting the pace for retinal development: environmental enrichment acts through insulin-like growth factor 1 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. J Neurosci 29: 10809-10819.
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Mainardi M, Landi S, Gianfranceschi L, Baldini S, De Pasquale R, et al. (2010) Environmental enrichment potentiates thalamocortical transmission and plasticity in the adult rat visual cortex. J Neurosci Res 88: 3048-3059.
