Bagni Claudia
Professor
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
Claudia received her Ph.D. degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Rome, “Tor Vergata”. Following postdoctoral positions in France, Germany, and the United States, she established her own laboratory in Rome (“Tor Vergata”) and later also in KU Leuven. In 2016, Claudia was appointed director of the DNF where her group continues to work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptopathies.
Research Interest
Claudia Bagni is a specialist in the structure and function of synapses. She is more interested in the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and their dysfunctions, in particular responsible for fragile X syndrome (FXS) and autism (ASD).
Publications
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Geuens T, De Winter V, Rajan N, Achsel T, Bagni C, (2017). Mutant HSPB1 causes loss of translational repression by binding to PCBP1, an RNA binding protein with a possible role in neurodegenerative disease. Acta neuropathologica communications. 5: 5.
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Briz V, Restivo L, Pasciuto E, Juczewski K, Bagni C et al., (2017) The non-coding RNA BC1 regulates experience-dependent structural plasticity and learning. Nature Communications. 8.
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Borrie SC, Brems H, Legius E, Bagni C. (2017) Cognitive Dysfunctions in Intellectual Disabilities: The Contributions of the Ras-MAPK and PI3K-AKT-mTOR Pathways. Annual review of genomics and human genetics. 18: 115.
