Name: Annarita Patrizi

Name: Annarita Patrizi

Date and place of birth: 12th September 1980, in Sora (FR), Italy

Spoken languages: Italian, English

Present position: PhD student

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Formation and Academic degrees:

1999: High school diploma

2002: First level degree in Biology with 110/110 cum laude, University of Siena

2004: Degree in Neuroscience with 110/110 cum laude, University of Turin. Thesis on “Influence of estrous cycle on the expression of the transcription factor AP2 in the brain of adult mouse” (Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology directed by Prof. Giancarlo Panzica c/o Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Torino).

2005-present: PhD student in Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy, (supervisor Prof. Marco Sassoè-Pognetto)

Previous appointments:

2004-2005 Research Fellowship, University of Turin, Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine.

Teaching activities

2005-2007 teaching assistant of Human Anatomy, University of Turin Medical School.

2008-2009 teaching assistant of Human Anatomy, University of Turin Medical School.

Publications

Viltono L, Patrizi A, Fritschy JM, Sassoè-Pognetto M (2008) Synaptogenesis in the cerebellar cortex: Differential regulation of gephyrin and GABAA receptors at somatic and dendritic synapses of Purkinje cells. J Comp Neurol508:579-91.

Patrizi A, Scelfo B, Viltono L, Fukaya M, Watanabe M, Strata P, Varoqueaux F, Brose N, Fritschy JM, Sassoè-Pognetto M (2008) Synapse formation and clustering of neuroligin-2 in the absence of GABAA receptors. PNAS 105:13150-13155.

Meetings:

L.Viltono, A. Patrizi, P. Panzanelli, J.M. Fritchy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto. Synaptic clustering of gephyrinand GABAAreceptor in cerebellar Purkinje cells during development. National Congress of the Italian Society for Neuroscience and Joint Italian-Swedish Neuroscience Meeting Ischia (Napoli) 2005.Abstract.

L. Viltono, A. Patrizi, P.Panzanelli, J.M. Fritchy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto.

Synaptic clustering of gephyrin and GABAA receptor in cerebellar Purkinje cells during development. 59th Congress of Italian Society of Anatomy and Istology Sorrento (Napoli) 2005. Abstract.

L. Viltono, A. Patrizi, P. Panzanelli, J.M. Fritchy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto.

Synaptic clustering of gephyrin and GABAA receptor in cerebellar Purkinje cells during development. 9th Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society in Clinical Neuroscience 56, Budapest, Hungary, 2006.Abstract.

M. Sassoè-Pognetto, L. Viltono, A. Patrizi, R.Cesa, L. Morando, P. Panzanelli, J.M. Fritschy. Subcellular organization of GABAA receptors and their role for synapse development.9th Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society in Clinical Neuroscience 56, Budapest, Hungary, 2006. Abstract.

A.Patrizi, L. Viltono, P. Panzanelli, N. Brose, F. Varoqueaux, J.M. Fritschy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto.Localization and development of neuroligin-2 at GABAergic synapses and its dependence on GABAAreceptors.5th forum of European Neuroscience Vienna, Austria,2006. Abstract.

A. Patrizi, L. Viltono, P. Panzanelli, N. Brose, F. Varoqueaux, J.M. Fritschy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto. Localization and development of neuroligin-2 at GABAergic synapses and its dependence on GABAA receptors. The node and the network: thefundamental contribution of Camillo Golgi to modern neuroscience, Pavia, 2006. Abstract.

A. Patrizi, L. Viltono, N. Brose, F. Varoqueaux, J.M. Fritschy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto. Synapse assembly intransgenic mice lacking a major GABAA receptor subunit. FIRST MEETING OF ITALIAN DOCTORATE STUDENTS AND BURSARS IN NEUROSCIENCE AND RELATED SUBJECTS (SINS), Torino, 2007. Selected for oral presentation.

A. Patrizi, L. Viltono, N. Brose, F. Varoqueaux, J.M. Fritschy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto. Synapse assembly intransgenic mice lacking a major GABAA receptor subunit. “Gephyrin: where do we stand, where do we go?” Chexbres, 2007.Abstract.

A. Patrizi, L. Viltono, N. Brose, F. Varoqueaux, J.M. Fritschy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto. Synapse assembly intransgenic mice lacking a major GABAA receptor subunit. National congress of the Italian society of neuroscience, Verona, 2007. Abstract.

A. Patrizi, B. Scelfo, L. Viltono, P. Strata, F. Varoqueaux, N. Brose, J.M. Fritschy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto.Synapse assembly intransgenic mice lacking a major GABAA receptor subunit. Neuroscience 2007, San Diego, U.S.A. Abstract.

Patrizi A, Poulopoulos A, Brose N, Varoqueaux F, Sassoè-Pognetto M. Neuroligin 3 is localized at inhibitory postsynaptic specializations. 6th forum of European Neuroscience Geneva, Swizertland, 2008. Abstract.

A. Patrizi, B. Scelfo, L. Viltono, P. Strata, F. Varoqueaux, N. Brose, J.M. Fritschy, M. Sassoè-Pognetto.Synapse formation and clustering of NL2 in the absence of GABAA receptors.Cell-cell adhesion mechanisms: From development of synaptic networks to cognitive dysfunction, Villars, Switzerland, 2008. Abstract.

Patrizi A, Poulopoulos A, Brose N, Varoqueaux F, Sassoè-Pognetto M. In vivo localization of Neuroligin 3 at inhibitory postsynaptic specializations. Neuroscience2008, Washington, U.S.A. 2008. Abstract.

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PhD student Annarita Patrizi

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