CV of project leader (Prof. Dr. Francesco Ferraguti)
| 1981- 1987 |
Studying Medicine at the Universita' di Modena ( Italy ) |
| 1988 |
Postdoctoral Research Training in Neurobiology, Dept. Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm ( Sweden ) |
| 1989-1990 |
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Institute of Human Physiology, Universita' di Modena ( Italy )
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| 1991 - 1997 |
Section Head Molecular Pharmacology, Glaxo Research Laboratories, Verona ( Italy ) |
| 1998- 1999 |
Senior Research Associate, Cambridge Brain Bank Laboratory, Dept. Pathology, MRC-LMB Centre, University of Cambridge ( UK ) |
| 2000- 2002 |
Scientist - Band 3, MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, Dept. Pharmacology, University of Oxford ( UK ) |
| 2003- 2004 |
Assistant Professor, Dept. Pharmacology, Innsbruck University |
| 2004 |
Professor in Neuropharmacology, Dept. Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University |
Selected Publications
Crepaldi L., Lackner C., Corti C. and Ferraguti F. (2007) Transcriptional activators and repressors for the neural-specific expression of a metabotropic glutamate receptor. J. Biol. Chem. 282:17877-17889.
Corti C., Crepaldi L., Mion S., Roth A.L., Xuereb J.H. and Ferraguti F. (2007) Altered dimerization of metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 (mGlu3) in schizophrenia. Biol. Psych. 62:747-755.
Geracitano R., Kaufmann W.A., Szabo G., Ferraguti F. and Capogna M. (2007) Synaptic heterogeneity between intercalated paracapsular neurons of the amygdala. J. Physiol. 585.1:117-134.
Balastik M., Ferraguti F., Pires-da Silva A., Lee T.H., Alvarez-Bolado G., Ping Lu K. and Gruss P. (2008) Deficiency in ubiquitin ligase TRIM2 causes accumulation of neurofilament light chain and neurodegeneration. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 105:12016-21.
Kaufmann A.W., Ferraguti F., Fukazawa Y., Kasugai Y., Shigemoto R., Laake P., Sexton A.J., Ruth P., Wietzorrek G., Knaus H-G., Storm J.F. and Ottersen O.P. (2009) Big-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels in Purkinje cell plasma membranes are clustered at sites of hypolemmal microdomains. J. Comp. Neurol. 515:215-230.
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