{"id":36,"date":"2012-04-03T09:18:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T09:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.unica.it\/basedocente\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2021-10-26T07:04:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T07:04:31","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em><u>DATI ANAGRAFICI<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/strong>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Cognome e nome<\/strong>: Melis Miriam<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Data di nascita<\/strong>: 5 gennaio 1971<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Luogo di nascita<\/strong>: Cagliari<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Cittadinanza:<\/strong> Italiana<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Stato Civile<\/strong>: Coniugata <\/span>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em><u>ISTRUZIONE<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/strong>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>27 Luglio 1993<em>:<\/em><\/strong> Laurea in Farmacia con voti 110\/110 e lode. La sua tesi, degna di menzione, su \r\n\u201cFattori di patogenicit\u00e0 ed appartenenza a sierogruppi enteritogeni di stipiti di Escherichia coli isolati da bambini \r\ncon diarrea\u201d consiste in un lavoro sperimentale svolto presso l\u2019Istituto di Igiene e Microbiologia \u201cG. D\u2019Alessandro\u201d \r\ndi Palermo. Relatore: Prof. Anna Giammanco, MD.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Aprile- Ottobre 1994<em>: <\/em><\/strong>borsa di studio per il corso di formazione per tecnici della Ricerca farmacologica e biomedica \r\npresso l\u2019istituto di ricerche \u201cMario Negri Sud\u201d di S. Maria Imbaro (Chieti), presso il laboratorio di Neurobiologia \r\nMolecolare del \u201cConsorzio Mario Negri Sud\u201d diretto da Alberto Luini, MD.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Agosto 1999<\/strong>: Partecipato alla 21<sup>ma<\/sup> International Summerschool of Brain Research (Amsterdam).<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>27 gennaio 2011<\/strong>: Dottore in Neuroscienze presso la Scuola di Dottorato in Neuroscienze e Scienze Morfologiche \r\ndell\u2019Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Cagliari. Tesi intitolata: \u201cFatty acid ethanolamides pinpoint nicotinic receptor function \r\nand modulate neuronal excitability through nuclear receptors PPAR\u03b1\u201d Supervisore: Prof. Marco Pistis, MD.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em>\r\nLingue conosciute:<\/em><\/strong> Inglese, C2.\r\n<\/span>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em><u>PREMI\/AWARDS\r\n<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2021:<\/strong> \"Gill Center for <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Transformative Research Award\" from Gill Center for Biomolecular Science at Indiana \r\nUniversity (29\/9\/2021). \r\n<strong>2011:<\/strong> \u201cWork and Learn 36\u201d finanziato dalla Regione Sardegna e l\u2019Universit\u00e0 degli studi di Cagliari, 16\/4\/2011. \r\n<strong>2010:<\/strong> \u201cTalento delle Idee\u201d per migliore idea imprenditoriale innovativa sponsorizzato dall\u2019Unicredit Banca e \r\nConfindustria (Prima classificata nella selezione Macroregioni): Palermo, 31 maggio 2010. \r\n<strong>2005:<\/strong> Farmindustria-SIF per \"Le Ricerche Farmacologiche Precliniche. 32\u00b0 Congresso della Societ\u00e0 Italiana \r\ndi Farmacologia (SIF). Napoli (Italia), 1-4\/6\/2005. \r\n<strong>2004:<\/strong> National Institute of Drug of Abuse (NIDA), \u201cFrontiers in Addiction Research: Young Investigators Poster \r\nSession\u201d San Diego, CA (USA), 22\/10\/2004. \r\n<strong>2004:<\/strong>Travel grant, Cayman Chemicals per partecipare al 34<sup>th <\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience \r\n(SfN), San Diego, CA (USA), 23-27\/10\/2004.\r\n<strong>2002:<\/strong> Travel grant, Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Neuroscienze (SINS) per il 3\u00b0 FENS tenutosi a Parigi (Francia), 13-17\/7 2002. \r\n<strong>1999:<\/strong> Travel grant, Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones per \u201cNeural mechanisms of addiction\u201d tenutosi \r\na Madrid (Spagna), 13-15\/12 1999. \r\n<strong>1998:<\/strong> Travel grant, Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Neuroscienze (SINS) per il 1\u00b0 FENS tenutosi a Berlino (Germania), 27\/6-1\/7 1998.  \r\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em><u>\r\nTRASFERIMENTO TECNOLOGICO\r\n<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Brevetto per un prodotto nutraceutico con propriet\u00e0 anti-neuroinfiammatorie \u201cEster of a phospholipid with conjugated \r\nlinoleic acid for the treatment of psychiatric disorders with neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative basis\u201d\u00a0\r\n(WO2015IB55664 20150727)\r\n<\/span>\r\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>TERZA MISSIONE:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2021: <\/strong>Libro \u201cFumo. Tabacco, sigarette elettroniche, cannabis: il parere della scienza\u201d n.12 all\u2019interno della collana \u201cSALUTE &#8211; LE FRONTIERE DELLA MEDICINA\u201d de <em>Il Corriere della Sera <\/em>(RCS MediaGroup S.p.A., Milano; ISSN 2039-568X).<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2019: <\/strong>Selezionata per organizzare durante la <em>Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoid Functions in the CNS<\/em> (Castelldefels, Spagna, 21-26 Luglio 2019) la <em>GRC Power Hour\u2122<\/em> per discutere le sfide che le donne incontrano nella vita scientifica e le problematiche relative alla diversit\u00e0 e l\u2019inclusione. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grc.org\/cannabinoid-function-in-the-cns-conference\/2019\/\">https:\/\/www.grc.org\/cannabinoid-function-in-the-cns-conference\/2019\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2018-presente:<\/strong> Organizzatrice e moderatrice delle sedute \u201cquattro chiacchere con i ricercatori\u201d durante le edizioni della <em>European Researchers&#8217; Night <\/em>tenutesi a Cagliari nel 2018 e 2019 per affrontare i seguenti argomenti &#8220;La cannabis e il cervello: istruzioni per l\u2019uso&#8221; negli anni 2019 e 2020 e &#8220;Come l\u2019ambiente modifica il nostro cervello&#8221; nel 2018.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2018-presente: <\/strong>Collaborazione con il Crea (Centro di servizi di ateneo per l\u2019innovazione e l\u2019imprenditorialit\u00e0) sui progetti <em>CLab<\/em> (Contamination Lab) e <em>The Shifters<\/em> (La terza Missione).<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2018:<\/strong> Invitata a tenere una lettura alla Nishi School (scuola elementare e media a Miyazaki, Giappone) su \u201cLa visione di una donna nella scienza\u201d (19\/10\/2018)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2018:<\/strong> Invitata a tenere una lettura all\u2019evento \u201c<em>La scienza si tinge di rosa<\/em>\u201d presso il Liceo Classico \u201cSiotto Pintor\u201d (24\/3\/2018)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2018:<\/strong> Invitata a tenere una lettura alla sessione \u201cThe Front Line of Research into Gender-Specific Science\u201d il 20\/10\/2018 a Miyazaki (Giappone). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unica.it\/unica\/it\/news_notizie_s1.page?contentId=NTZ135109\">https:\/\/www.unica.it\/unica\/it\/news_notizie_s1.page?contentId=NTZ135109<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2016: <\/strong>Invitata a tenere una lettura \u201cI bulli lasciano dei lividi nel cervello, non solo nell\u2019ego\u201d all\u2019evento pubblico sul cyberbullismo \u201cSpecchio Specchio delle mie Brame &#8230; mai piu bulli nel mio reame\u201d presso il Cineteatro Mutua a Carloforte il 18\/3\/2016.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2015- presente:<\/strong> Invitata a tenere delle letture sul cervello e in particolare sugli effetti del bullismo e delle sostanze d\u2019abuso sul cervello in diverse scuole per ordine e grado: scuole elementari (\u201cAlberto Riva\u201d a Cagliari), secondaria di primo grado (\u201cVittorio Alfieri\u201d e \u201cUgo Foscolo\u201d a Cagliari, e \u201cAlberico Gentili\u201d a Palermo) e scuole secondaria di secondo grado (Liceo Classico \u201cSiotto Pintor\u201d, \u201cConvitto Nazionale\u201d a Cagliari e \u201cIstituto Magistrale\u201d a Oristano). Lo scopo \u00e8 quello di spiegare come funziona il cervello e quali siano i fattori di rischio e quelli protettivi per la sua salute: il cervello \u00e8 un organo come gli altri e come tale si pu\u00f2 ammalare. Invito anche alla riflessione mirata alla riduzione dello stigma circa le malattie mentali. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LiceoClassicoSiottoPintor\/posts\/779418862522349\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LiceoClassicoSiottoPintor\/posts\/779418862522349\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2010- presente:<\/strong> Attiva sui social media, quali facebook, instagram (@miriammeliss) e twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Miriam_Melis\">@Miriam_Melis<\/a>) per disseminare la Scienza, le Neuroscienze e il contributo inestimabile della sperimentazione animale nel progresso delle scienze biomediche e della salute umana.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em><u>\r\nESPERIENZE PROFESSIONALI E DI RICERCA<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/strong>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2016- presente<em>:<\/em><\/strong> Professore Associato (SSD BIO\/14, SSC O5\/G1) presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, \r\n    Sezione di Neuroscienze e Farmacologia Clinica dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Cagliari.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>25 Marzo 1999- 2016<em>:<\/em><\/strong> Tecnico laureato (qualifica D4, con funzione speciale incarico di posizione organizzativa- \r\n    responsabile del laboratorio di Neurofisiologia) presso il Dipartimento di Neuroscienze \u201cB.B. Brodie\u201d fino al 2011 \r\n    e ora di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Neuroscienze e Farmacologia Clinica dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Cagliari.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>15 luglio 2015: <\/strong>Science Advisor of UTTBioPharma (Under The Tree BIOPHARMACEUTICALS PTY LTD), Melbourne, \r\n    Australia.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>6 febbraio 2014:<\/strong> ha conseguito l\u2019Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale per professore di seconda fascia per il SSC 05\/G1, \r\n   profilo SSD BIO-14.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>15 giugno- 15 settembre 2011: <\/strong><em>Visiting scientist<\/em> presso il laboratorio di Epilessia Sperimentale del Wallenberg \r\n   Neurocentrum, Biomedical Center, Division of Neurology, University of Lund (Svezia), sotto la supervisione del \r\n   Prof. Merab Kokaia, MD.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>5 Febbraio 2000- 26 Gennaio 2002<em>:<\/em><\/strong> <em>Visiting Scientist<\/em> presso il laboratorio di Neurofisiologia diretto dal Prof. \r\n   Antonello Bonci, MD, presso il Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, al Department of Neurology, University \r\n  of California, San Francisco (UCSF).<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Maggio 1998- Marzo 1999<em>:<\/em><\/strong> Ricercatore a contratto presso la NEUROSCIENZE s.c.a.r.l.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Aprile 1996- Aprile 1998<em>:<\/em><\/strong> Ricercatore a contratto (ex art. 37) presso il Dipartimento di Neuroscienze \u201cB.B.Brodie\u201d \r\n    dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Cagliari, sotto la supervisione del Prof. G.L. Gessa, MD.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>1995<em>:<\/em><\/strong> attivit\u00e0 di ricerca scientifica presso i laboratori del Dipartimento di Neuroscienze \u201cB.B.Brodie\u201d dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 \r\n     degli Studi di Cagliari come assistente alla ricerca sotto la supervisione del Prof. G.L. Gessa, MD.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>SEMINARI SU INVITO<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>7 luglio 2021: <\/strong>\u201cRevealing endophenotypes of biased dopamine function\u201d<em> Departament de Ci\u00e8ncies Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcellona.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>13 dicembre 2019: <\/strong>&#8220;Esposizione prenatale alla Cannabis come fattore di rischio per lo sviluppo di endofenotipi <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">neurospichiatrici&#8221; <em>Dipartimento di Neuroscienze &#8220;Rita Levi-Montalcini&#8221;, Universit\u00e0 di Torino. <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>29 ottobre 2019: <\/strong>\u201cPathophysiology of vulnerability to drug addiction: a focus on the role of the interaction between endocannabinoids and dopamine neurons\u201d <em>Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, University of S\u00e3o Paulo <\/em>(Sao Paulo, Brasile).<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>17 Maggio<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>\u00a02019: \u201c<\/strong>Maternal THC exposure biases dopamine system toward behavioral metaplasticity\u201d <em>Neurocentre<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em> Magendie<\/em>, <em>University of Bordeaux,<\/em> Bordeaux, Francia.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">18 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.1111px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Dicembre<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">2018<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"> \u201cPrenatal THC produces a hyperdopaminergic phenotype accompanied by maladaptive reward <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">processing\u201d <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The Institute for Drug Research,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Gerusalemme, Israele.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>13 Giugno 2016:<\/strong> \u201cMaternal THC: functional consequences on offspring mesolimbic dopamine transmission\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze Ungheresi, Istituto di Medicina Sperimentale (MTA KOKI),\u00a0<\/em>Budapest, Ungheria.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>12 Novembre 2014:<\/strong> \u201cTargeting the interaction between nicotinic receptors and PPARalpha\u201d <em>The Scripps Research Institute,<\/em>\u00a0San Diego, USA.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>24 Gennaio 2014:<\/strong> \u201cDysfunctional endocannabinoid signalling at RMTg-VTA synapses as a possible marker of vulnerability <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">to drug addiction\u201d <em>Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience,<\/em> <em>University of Bordeaux,\u00a0<\/em>Bordeaux,\u00a0 Francia.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>9 Gennaio 2012:<\/strong> &#8220;Introduzione all&#8217;optogenetica&#8221; <em>Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche<\/em>, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Cagliari.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>21 Giugno 2011:<\/strong> &#8220;Fatty Acid Ethanolamides modulate nicotinic receptors and dopamine neuronal excitability through <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">nuclear receptor PPARalpha&#8221; <em>Wallenberg Neurocentrum, Lund University,\u00a0<\/em>Lund, Svezia.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>5 Febbraio 2005<em>:<\/em> <\/strong>\u201cEndocannabinoids in the Ventral Tegmental Area: from neuromodulation to neuroprotection\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Institut des Neurosciences de Bordeaux, Fran\u00e7ois Magendie, <\/em>Bordeaux, Francia.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>30 Luglio<\/strong> <strong>2004<em>:<\/em><\/strong> \u201cEndocannabinoid-mediated retrograde signalling in brain reward pathway\u201d <em>Max Plank Institute for Psychiatry<\/em>\u00a0, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Monaco, Germania. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em><u>PARTECIPAZIONE <\/u><\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em><u>A CONGRESSI COME RELATORE<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Settembre 2021: <\/strong>IX Congresso nazionale FederDolore (Bologna, Italia) <em>\u201cLa ricerca sulla cannabis\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><strong style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Ottobre 2019: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">21<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">st<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"> Brazilian Congres of Toxicology (\u00c1guas de Lind\u00f3ia, Brazil)<\/span><strong style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"> \u201c<\/strong><em style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Prenatal THC induces a gain of function of mesolimbic dopamine<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>system and behavioral metaplasticity\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Ottobre 2019: <\/strong>50<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Chicago, USA) <em>\u201cPrenatal THC exposure biases dopamine neuron function<br \/>\nand behavior\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Giugno 2019: <\/strong>7<sup>th<\/sup> Meeting of Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (Marrakech) <em>\u201cRevealing endophenotypes of biased reward function\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Giugno 2019: <\/strong>7<sup>th<\/sup> Meeting of Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (Marrakech) <em>\u201cFunctional consequences of maternal marijuana exposure on<br \/>\noffspring dopamine system\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Ottobre 2018: <\/strong>18<sup>th<\/sup> Italy-Japan Science and Technology (Miyazaki, Giappone) <em>\u201cVulnerability to\u00a0 neuropsychiatric Disorders: Developmental And Sex Influences\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Settembre 2017: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">European Behavioral Pharmacology Society (Crete) <em>&#8220;Maternal THC biases dopamine system towards behavioral metaplasticity&#8221;<\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><br \/>\nAgosto 2017: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoid functions in the CNS, Waterville Resort (NH, USA) <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>&#8220;Prenatal THC exposure affects<br \/>\ndopamine function and neuropsychiatric outcome in the offspring&#8221;<\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><br \/>\nGiugno 2017: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">6<sup>th<\/sup> Meeting of Mediterranean Neuroscience Society<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"> (Malta) <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>&#8220;Maternal \u03949-THC:functional consequences on offspring mesolimbic<br \/>\ndopamine transmission&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"> Marzo 2017: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Societ\u00e0 Italiana Tossicodipendenze (Cagliari) <em>&#8220;Esposizione prenatale alla Cannabis come fattore di rischio per lo <\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">sviluppo di dipendenze<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Marzo 2017: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (Firenze) <em>&#8220;Role of N- Acylethanolamines in nicotine effects on midbrain dopamine neurons&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Settembre 2016:<\/strong> Dopamine 2016 (Vienna, Austria) <em>\u201cSynaptic changes within the mesocortical circuit following early life adverse social experience\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Ottobre 2015: <\/strong>16<sup>\u00b0<\/sup> Congresso Nazionale della Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Neuroscienze (Cagliari, Italia). <em>\u201cPrenatal exposure to cannabinoids affects postnatal<br \/>\nsynaptic properties and plasticity of excitatory transmission on dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area.\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Settembre 2015:<\/strong> 15<sup>th<\/sup> Meeting of European Society for Biomedical research on Alcoholism (Valencia, Spagna) <em>\u201cRole of ethanol metabolites in its actions<br \/>\non dopamine neurons of the posterior ventral tegmental area\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Giugno 2015:<\/strong> 5<sup>th<\/sup> Meeting of Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (Cagliari, Italia) <em>\u201cEffects of in utero exposure to cannabinoids on postnatal synaptic<br \/>\nmaturation of glutamatergic transmission in the VTA\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Maggio 2015:<\/strong> European Congress of Endocrinology (Dublino, Irlanda) <em>\u201cDrug addiction and the endocannabinoid system\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Ottobre 2014<\/strong>: ECNP (Berlino, Germania) <em>\u201cSubgroups of midbrain dopamine neurons exhibit discrete expression of endocannabinoid-mediated plasticity\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Maggio 2014<\/strong>:\u00a0International Workshop on Alcoholism and stress: a framework for future therapeutic strategies\u201d (Volterra, Italia). <em> \u201cRole of<br \/>\n2-arachidonoylglycerol-mediated plasticity at inhibitory synapses onto midbrain dopamine neurons in increased consumption of and preference for ethanol<br \/>\nin Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Dicembre 2013<\/strong>: 22<sup>th<\/sup> National Meeting of Israeli Society for Neuroscience (Eilat, Israel) <em>\u201c<\/em><em>A role for midbrain\u00a0 2-arachidonoylglycerol signaling in increased<br \/>\nconsumption of and preference for ethanol in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Maggio 2013<\/strong>: Dopamine 2013 (Alghero, Italy) <em>\u201cEnhanced 2-arachidonoylglycerol signalling in dopamine neurons as a possible marker of heightened<br \/>\npredisposition to addiction\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Marzo 2013: <\/strong>XI IBAGS (Eilat, Israele) <em>\u201cDysfunctional e<\/em><em>ndocannabinoid signaling in dopamine neurons as a possible marker of heightened<br \/>\npredisposition to addiction\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Novembre 2012: <\/strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Spanish-Italian Joint Meeting on Cannabinoid Research (Madrid, Spagna) <em>\u201c<\/em><em>Endocannabinoid-mediated plasticity at<br \/>\ninhibitory synapses onto midbrain dopamine neurons as a possible marker of vulnerability to addiction\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Aprile 2012: <\/strong>14<sup>\u00b0<\/sup> Congresso Nazionale della Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Neuroscienze (Catania, Italia). <em>\u201c<\/em><em>Endocannabinoid-mediated plasticity at<br \/>\ninhibitory synapses onto midbrain dopamine neurons as a possible marker of vulnerability to addiction\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Febbraio 2012: <\/strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> International Workshop on \u201cPalmitoylethanolamide: biochemistry, pharmacology and therapeutic use of a pleiotropic<br \/>\nanti-inflammatory lipid mediator\u201d (Pozzuoli, Italia). <em>\u201cRole of PEA and other acylethanolamines in nicotine abuse\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Maggio 2011: <\/strong>Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoid functions in the CNS, Les Diablerets (Svizzera). <em>\u201cMidbrain lipid cronyism\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Settembre<\/strong> <strong>2008<\/strong>: ESBRA Nordmann Award Meeting 2009, (Cagliari, Italia).<strong> \u201c<\/strong><em>Electrophysiological properties of dopamine neurons in the<br \/>\nventral tegmental area of Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Maggio 2008<\/strong>: Workshop on Alcoholism and stress: a framework for future therapeutic strategies\u201d (Volterra, Italia). <em>\u201cAcetaldehyde in the VTA<br \/>\nis essential for alcohol activation of mesolimbic dopamine neurons\u201d.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Settembre 2007<\/strong>: 12\u00b0Congresso Nazionale della Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Neuroscienze (Verona, Italia) <em>\u201cAlcohol actions on dopamine neurons<br \/>\nrequire acetaldehyde\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Ottobre 2004: <\/strong>34<sup>th <\/sup>Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (San Diego, USA). <em>\u201cThe role of the endocannabinoid system in the<br \/>\nregulation of synaptic transmission in the ventral tegmental area\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Giugno 2004<\/strong>: XV ICRS Meeting (Paestum, Italia). <em>\u201c<\/em><em>Endocannabinoids mediate retrograde signalling at excitatory and inhibitory synapses<br \/>\nin the rat ventral tegmental area\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Settembre 2003<\/strong>: 10\u00b0Congresso Nazionale della Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Neuroscienze (Pisa, Italia) \u201d<em>Gli endocannabinoidi mediano l\u2019inibizione<br \/>\npresinaptica della trasmissione glutammatergica nei neuroni dopaminergici della VTA di ratto\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Dicembre 1999: <\/strong>Workshop on \u201cThe Neural Mechanisms of Addiction\u201d (Madrid, Spagna).<em>\u201d \u201cElectrophysiological changes affecting mesoprefrontal,<br \/>\nbut not mesolimbic, dopamine neurons after chloral hydrate anesthesia and immobilization stress: relevance to chronic drug administration\u201d<\/em> \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Settembre 1999:<\/strong> 8\u00b0 Congresso Nazionale della Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Neuroscienze (Roma, Italia). \u201c<em>Electrophysiological effects of antipsychotics on<br \/>\nmesoprefrontal dopamine neurons\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Dicembre 1998:<\/strong> VI Congresso Nazionale \u201cGiovani Cultori delle Neuroscienze\u201d (Pisa, Italia)<em>.\u201d Effetti del <\/em><em>D<\/em><em><sup>9<\/sup><\/em><em>&#8211; Tetraidrocannabinolo sull\u2019attivit\u00e0 elettrica<br \/>\ndei neuroni dopaminergici nel mesencefalo di ratto\u201d <\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Dicembre 1996<em>:<\/em> <\/strong>V Congresso Nazionale \u201cGiovani Cultori delle Neuroscienze\u201d (Pisa, Italia). \u201c<em>D<\/em><em><sup>9<\/sup><\/em><em>&#8211; Tetraidrocannabinolo e WIN 55,212-2 attivano<br \/>\npotentemente l\u2019attivit\u00e0 elettrica dei neuroni dopaminergici mesolimbici attraverso i recettori dei cannabinoidi.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>MODERATORE\/ORGANIZZATORE DI SIMPOSI<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Novembre 2019: <\/strong>39\u00b0 Congresso Italiano Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Farmacologia (Firenze, Italia) \u201cEarly life adversities in the pathogenesis<br \/>\nof neuropsychiatric disorders: focus on maternal immune activation and cannabinoid exposure\u201d.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Ottobre 2019: <\/strong>50<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Chicago, USA) \u201cCannabis and the developing brain: insights into<br \/>\nits long-lasting effects\u201c<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Luglio 2019: <\/strong>Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoid function in the CNS (Castelldefels, Spain) <em>\u201cPower-Hour\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Ottobre 2017: <\/strong>38 congresso nazionale SIF Symposium <em>&#8220;Translational strategy for assessing new mechanisms for the development<br \/>\nof innovative therapeutic approach in psychiatric disorders&#8221; (<\/em>Rimini, Italy)<br \/>\n<strong> Giugno 2015: <\/strong>5<sup>th<\/sup> Meeting of Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (Cagliari, Italy) <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Symposium <em>\u201cNeural circuits underlying motivated<br \/>\nbehaviours in physiology and disease\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Novembre 2014<\/strong>: 44<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Washington, USA)<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Symposium <em>\u201cEndocannabinoids and related<br \/>\nmediators in brain function\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Dicembre 2013<\/strong>: 22<sup>th<\/sup> National Meeting of Israeli Society for Neuroscience (Eilat, Israel) Symposium <em>\u201cCan molecules teach us about<br \/>\naddictive behaviors?\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Agosto 2013<\/strong>: Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoid function in the CNS (Waterville Valley Resort, NH) Discussion leader<br \/>\nfor the session on <em>\u201cThe endocannabinoid system in reward, substance abuse and addiction\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Maggio 2013<\/strong>: Dopamine 2013 (Alghero) Symposium <em>\u201cModulation of dopamine system function by nuclear receptors: focus on addiction\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Novembre 2012<\/strong>: 1<sup>st<\/sup> Spanish-Italian Joint Meeting on Cannabinoid Research (Madrid, Spain) <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Symposium <em>\u201cCannabinoids and Neuropsychiatry\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Giugno 2004:<\/strong> XV International Cannabinoid Research Society Meeting (Paestum, Italy). <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Symposium: <em>\u201cNeuromodulatory role of endocannabinoids\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>PROGETTI DI RICERCA<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2021-2023: <\/strong>\u201cTargeting neurosteroids for neuroprotection in Parkinson\u2019s disease\u201d Fondazione di Sardegna (FdS) (<strong>Co-PI<\/strong>)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2020-2022: <\/strong>&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Disturbi\u00a0Indotti dall\u2019Esposizione prenatale al\u00a0THC:\u00a0Approccio\u00a0Multidisciplinare ed Effetti di\u00a0Integratori nella dieta materna&#8221; (DIETAMI) (FISR2019_00202) (<strong>PI<\/strong>)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2019-2022: <\/strong>\u201cNew Business opportunities &amp; Environmental suSTainability using MED GRAPE nanotechnological products\u201d (BESTMEDGRAPE)<br \/>\nENI CBC MED, Progetto finanziato dalla EU sotto la \u201cEuropean Neighbourhood Instrument\u201d (ENI) (<strong>LB<\/strong>)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2019-2021: <\/strong>\u201cCaratterizzazione delle propriet\u00e0 specifiche dell\u2019acido linoleico coniugato (CLA) in forma fosfolipidica per il trattamento di patologie<br \/>\npsichiatriche a base neuroinfiammatoria e individuazione di biomarcatori dell\u2019efficacia terapeutica\u201d Proof of Concept, MIUR (<strong>Co-PI<\/strong>)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">2018-2023: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Maternal THC effects on reward and neuronal activity and function&#8221; (RO1DA044925-01A1) (<strong>Co-PI<\/strong>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">2017-2019:<\/span><\/strong> &#8220;<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Neurosteroids as a novel predictive biomarker associated with sleep disorders in PD&#8221; (<strong>Co-PI<\/strong>)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2011-2012:<\/strong> \u201cPPARg agonists and PDE7 inhibitors for treatment and prevention of addiction and compulsive disorders\u201d (<strong>Responsabile Scientifico<\/strong>).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2014:<\/strong> INSIDE-018 (Dipartimento delle Politiche Antidroga) \u201cProgetto multidisciplinare preclinico per la caratterizzazione degli effetti acuti e cronici<br \/>\nsul sistema nervoso centrale del cannabinoide sintetico JWH-018\u201d (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2011-2013:<\/strong> PRIN 2009 (Ministero dell\u2019Istruzione, dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 e della Ricerca) &#8220;Un nuovo target terapeutico per l&#8217;epilessia notturna del lobo frontale&#8221; (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2007-2009:<\/strong> RAS, Progetti di Ricerca Fondamentale o di Base- L.R. 7\/2007 (Promozione della Ricerca Scientifica e dell\u2019Innovazione Tecnologica in Sardegna),<br \/>\n\u201cRuolo dei recettori nucleari PPAR\u03b1 e dei loro ligandi endogeni nei meccanismi neurobiologici della dipendenza da nicotina e nelle disfunzioni cognitive della schizofrenia&#8221; (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2007-2009:<\/strong> Philip Morris External Research Program: \u201cNeurobiological basis of nicotine addiction: involvement of the endogenous cannabinoid system.\u201d (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2005-2006:<\/strong> PRIN 2005 (Ministero dell\u201fIstruzione, dell\u201fUniversit\u00e0 e della Ricerca) \u201cEsposizione ai cannabinoidi e all\u2019alcol durante l\u2019adolescenza:<br \/>\nstudio comportamentale ed elettrofisiologico in un modello animale di consumo volontario di alcol\u201d (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2003-2004:<\/strong> RAS, Progetto finanziato dalla Regione Autonoma della Sardegna (Assessorato alla Sanit\u00e0) dal titolo \u201cAssunzione di derivati della <em>cannabis<br \/>\n<\/em>nel periodo preadolescenziale: possibili conseguenze a lungo termine a carico del sistema nervoso.\u201d (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2003-2004:<\/strong> PRIN 2003 \u201cAssunzione di cannabinoidi nel periodo prenatale e prepuberale: studio neurofisiologico e neurochimico nel sistema limbico\u201d (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2001-2002:<\/strong> PRIN 2001 \u201cAbuso e propriet\u00e0 gratificanti dell&#8217;acido gamma-idrossibutirrico (GHB)\u201d (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2001-2009:<\/strong> Progetti di ricerca locale (ex quota 60%) finanziati negli anni 2001-2009. (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2001-2002:<\/strong> FIRB 2001 \u201cModelli di dipendenza: correlati molecolari e funzionali.\u201d (Partecipante, KP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>REVISORE AD HOC<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Svolge attivit\u00e0 di revisione ad hoc per le seguenti <strong><u>riviste scientifiche internazionali<\/u><\/strong>:<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Molecular Psychiatry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Neuropsychopharmacology<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">eLife<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nThe Journal of Neuroscience<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Cerebral Cortex<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">eNeuro<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Addiction Biology<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Scientific Reports<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Neuropharmacology<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">European Journal of Neuroscience<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Psychopharmacology<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">The Journal of Physiology<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Svolge attivit\u00e0 di revisione ad hoc per i seguenti <strong><u>Programma di ricerca<\/u><\/strong>:<\/em><\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">French National Research Agency (ANR); Panel Member CE16 \u201cNeurosciences mol\u00e9culaires et cellulaires &#8211; Neurobiologie du d\u00e9veloppement\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">AgreenSkills programme, a Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie action; Neuroscience Panel Expert<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Leibniz Association, Division Leibniz Competition; Neuroscience Panel Expert<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Veni grant, Biomedicine Panel Expert<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Hungarian Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH), Neuroscience Panel Expert<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Biology and Medicine Panel Expert<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Philip Morris External Research Program (USA)<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>PARTECIPAZIONE A COMITATI EDITORIALI<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Membro dei comitati editoriali delle seguenti riviste:<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Advisory Board Editor di <em>CNS &amp; Neurological Disorders- Drug Targets  \r\n<\/em>Section Editor Molecular Neurobiology,<\/span> <em style=\"font-size: 10pt\">International Journal Molecular Sciences\r\n<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Review Editor di <em>Frontiers in Addictive Disorders and Behavioral Dyscontrol<\/em><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Review Editor di\u00a0 <em>Frontiers in Neuropharmacology<\/em><\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>PARTECIPAZIONE A SOCIETA\u2019<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Socia delle seguenti Societ\u00e0:<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Society For Neuroscience (SfN)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Farmacologia (SIF)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Mediterranean Society for Neuroscience (MNS)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (MCCS)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">The International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>\r\nCAPACITA\u2019 ORGANIZZATIVE:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2023: <\/strong>Chair (eletta) della Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoid Function in the CNS.\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2019-2022: <\/strong>Coordinatore (insieme a M. Diana e L. Fattore) del congresso ADDICTION 2021: enlightening the addicted brain: cells, circuits, and therapies.\r\n(Villasimius, Italia; 25-28 settembre, 2022)\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2019:<\/strong> Coordinatore (insieme a C. Cannizzaro) del meeting \"Perinatal origins of neuropsychiatric disorders: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic perspectives\"\r\n(Mondello, 29 maggio-1 giugno, 2019)<strong>\r\n2017:<\/strong> Membro del Comitato Organizzativo Locale del 3<sup>th<\/sup> International congress on Alcoholism and Stress (Volterra, 9-12 Maggio 2017).\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2015:<\/strong> Membro del Comitato Organizzativo Locale del 16<sup>\u00b0<\/sup> Congresso Nazionale della Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Neuroscienze (Cagliari, 8-11 ottobre 2015).\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2015:<\/strong> Coordinatore (insieme a M. Puligheddu e L. Fantini) del meeting AIMS (Associazione Italiana Medicina del Sonno) S. Margherita di Pula, 1-3 Ottobre 2015.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2015:<\/strong> Coordinatore (insieme a G. Marsicano e D. Piomelli) del 7<sup>th<\/sup> European Workshop on Cannabinoid Research e Membro del Comitato Scientifico del\r\n<em>Cannabinoid Conference 2015<\/em> (Sestri Levante, 17-19 Settembre 2015).<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2015:<\/strong> Membro del Comitato Organizzativo Locale del 5<sup>th<\/sup> meeting of Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (Cagliari, 12-15 Giugno 2015).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2014:<\/strong> Membro del Comitato Organizzativo Locale del 3<sup>rd<\/sup> International congress on Alcoholism and Stress (Volterra, 6-9 Maggio 2014).<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2013:<\/strong> Membro del Comitato Organizzativo Locale di DOPAMINE 2013 (Alghero, 24-28 Maggio 2013).<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2011:<\/strong> Membro del Comitato Organizzativo Locale\u00a0 del 2<sup>nd<\/sup> International congress on Alcoholism and Stress (Volterra,3-6 Maggio 2011).<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>2008:<\/strong> Membro del Comitato Organizzativo Locale del 1<sup>st<\/sup> International congress on Alcoholism and Stress (Volterra, 5-9 Maggio 2008).<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>CITAZIONI al 01\/10\/2021:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Scopus: <\/strong>4792; h- index 37<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Google Scholar:<\/strong>6458; h-index 44; i10 71<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u> EDITORE DI LIBRI:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">2021: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Cannabis and the Developing Brain; <\/em>Miriam Melis and Olivier Manzoni (Eds) Elsevier Book (in press)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">2017:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Endocannabinoids and Lipid Mediators in Brain Functions<\/em>; Miriam Melis (Editor), <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Publisher:\u00a0Springer International Publishing, ISBN:\u00a0978-331957371-7;978-331957369-4, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">DOI:\u00a0<span id=\"recordDOI\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">10.1007\/978-3-319-57371-7.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em><u>EDITORE DI NUMERI SPECIALI:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">\u201cCannabinoid Signaling in the Brain: New Vistas (submission date closes June 4 2020)\u201d per<em>\u00a0European Journal of Neuroscience (2020)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">&#8220;Developing brain in danger: critical periods of vulnerability from in-utero to Adolescence&#8221; per <em>Frontiers in Neuroscience (2020)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">\u201cNeurobiologia delle dipendenze: stato dell\u2019arte\u201d per <em>Medicina delle Dipendenze (Italian Journal of Addictions) <\/em>Anno VIII, N\u00b031 ISSN 2039-7925 <em>(2018)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">\u201cExploring Gender and Sex Differences in Behavioral Dyscontrol: from Drug Addiction to Impulse Control Disorders\u201d per <em>Frontiers in Psychiatry (2016)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em><u><strong>ESPERIENZA TECNICA<\/strong><\/u><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Elettrofisiologia<em>:<\/em> <\/strong>Registrazione extracellulare di singoli neuroni (dopaminergici, serotoninergici, GABAergici) nel cervello di ratto, <em>in vivo<\/em>. Registrazioni in voltage- e current- clamp (configurazione whole cell) da cellule dopaminergiche, cellule piramidali corticali e dell\u2019ippocampo di cervello di topo e ratto, <em>in vitro (ex vivo)<\/em>. Registrazioni extracellulari di potenziali di campo evocati dalle aree dopaminergiche mesencefaliche, \u00a0 <em> in vitro (ex vivo)<\/em>. Optogenetica <em>in vitro (ex vivo)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Biologia molecolare<em>:<\/em><\/strong> tecniche di base per la manipolazione del DNA (estrazione, restrizione enzimatica, southern blotting, colony hybridization, gel elettroforesi, etc.). RNase Protection Assay di RNA isolato da cervello di ratto. Densitometria. Transfezione di cDNA in cellule eucariotiche (Ca2+-fosfato) e uso di vettori \u201creporter\u201c (\u03b2-galattosidasi, luciferasi, fosfatasi alcalina secretoria).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Biologia cellulare<em>:<\/em> <\/strong>colture cellulari (RBL, HepG2, MDCK, COS7, CHO). Marcatura metabolica. Dosaggio di glicosaminoglicani e proteoglicani. SDS- PAGE, immunoprecipitazione, western blotting. Preparazione di vescicole sinaptiche purificate da cervello di ratto. Vescicolazione <em>in vitro.<\/em><\/span><u> <\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DATI ANAGRAFICI Cognome e nome: Melis Miriam Data di nascita: 5 gennaio 1971 Luogo di nascita: Cagliari Cittadinanza: Italiana Stato Civile: Coniugata ISTRUZIONE 27 Luglio 1993: Laurea in Farmacia con voti 110\/110 e lode. La sua tesi, degna di menzione, su \u201cFattori di patogenicit\u00e0 ed appartenenza a sierogruppi enteritogeni di stipiti di Escherichia coli isolati da bambini con diarrea\u201d consiste in un lavoro sperimentale svolto presso l\u2019Istituto di Igiene e Microbiologia \u201cG. D\u2019Alessandro\u201d di Palermo. Relatore: Prof. Anna Giammanco, MD. Aprile- Ottobre 1994: borsa di studio per il corso di formazione per tecnici della Ricerca farmacologica e biomedica presso l\u2019istituto <a href='https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/curriculum\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 11:32:08","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1198,"href":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/miriammelis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}