Paola Sgadò, Ph.D.

Paola Sgadò was born in Carrara, Italy. After her Master Degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Pisa, she obtained her Ph.D. at the Department of Neuoranatomy of the University of Heidelberg in Germany, working on the role of the Engrailed transcritpion factors in development and maintenance of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons, under the supervision of Dr. Horst Simon. She moved than back to Italy for a post-doc at the Department of Neuroscience in Pisa, to study animal models of Parkinson’s disease with Prof. Giovanni Corsini. Recently she joined the laboratory of Molecular Neurpoathology at the Centre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO, University of Trento). Her research interests are the molecular bases of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and epilepsy.

sgado@science.unitn.it

Article

Region-Specific Gene Expression in Adult Mouse CNS Tissues

22. Feb 2012 Authors: Simona Casarosa, Ph.D. , Yuri Bozzi, Ph.D. , Valentina Adami, Paola Sgadò, Ph.D. , Mark Dunleavy, Andrea Messina Institutes: National Research Council (CNR), Neuroscience Institute, Pisa, Italy, University of Trento, Centre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), High Throughput-High Content Screening and Microarray Facilities, Italy, Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI), Department of Physiology, Dublin, Ireland, University of Trento, Centre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Laboratory of Molecular Neuropathology, Italy, University of Trento, Centre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Italy

Different areas of the Central Nervous System (CNS) display a specific and selective gene expression profile. Here, we used the Laser Microdissection system Leica LMD6500 to study region-specific mRNA expression in the adult mouse retina and hippocampus. Read article