Personal information
Name:
Annalisa
Last name:
Bosco
Address:
Piazza di Porta S. Donato, 2 40126 Bologna, Italia
Phone:
+39 0512091745
Fax:
+39 0512091737
E-mail:
annalisa.bosco2@unibo.it
Citizen:
Italian
Birthplace and date:
Atessa (CH), Italy, August 13, 1980
Actual Position
Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences.
National Scientific Qualification
March 2018: National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor in Physiology (05/D1-Fisiologia).
Education
July 2006: Master degree in Pharmacy at the University of Bologna. Title of thesis: “Uso del sistema Vicon nello studio dei parametri cinematici di movimenti del braccio del primate”.
May 2010: PhD in Neurophysiology at the University of Bologna. Title of thesis: “Reaching to a target in the 3D space”.
Career
2005 – present: continuous research activity in Neurophysiology.
2017- 2020: Senior Assistant Professor (RTDb) at the Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences.
2012-2017: Junior Assistant Professor (RTDa) at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna.
2010-2012: Post Doc fellowship, Department of Human and General Physiology, University of Bologna.
2007-2010: PhD in Neurophysiology, Department of Human and General Physiology, University of Bologna.
2006: Scholarship for graduated students at the Department of Human and General Physiology, University of Bologna.
2005-2006: Internship at the Department of Human and General Physiology, University of Bologna.
Research activity in international laboratories
- 2007: INSERM “Espace et Action”, laboratory of Prof.ssa Laure Pisella (Lyon, Francia).
- 2009: Swanson School of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, laboratory of Prof. Aaron P. Batista, University of Pittsburgh (PA, USA).
- 2011: School of Biological and Health System Engineering, laboratory of Prof. Marco Santello, Arizona State University, (AZ, USA).
- 2014: Westfalische Wihelms-Universitat, laboratory of Prof. Markus Lappe, Munster, Germania.
- 2017: ZEISS Vision Science Lab, laboratory of Dr. Rer. Nat. Siegfried Wahl, University Tuebingen – Ophthalmic Research Institute.
Responsability of grant:
2014-2017: Local PI of Progetto Futuro in Ricerca 2013 (FIRB, prot. RBFR132BKP), supported by Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca. Title: Codifica neurale e dinamiche temporali del movimento di prensione nella corteccia fronto-parietale.
Collaboration to national and international projects
- 2017-2020: EU H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016 734227 Platypus. Titolo: “Plasticity of perceptual space under sensorimotor interactions”. Scientific coordinator: Prof. Markus Lappe.
- 2008-2011: European Union Project FP7-ICT- 217077-EYESHOTS. Titolo: “Heterogeneous 3-D Perception Across Visual Fragments”. Scientific coordinator: Prof. Silvio Sabatini (University of Genova, Genova, Italia).
- 2008-2011: PRIN 2008 PBT985_001, Titolo: Ruolo delle informazioni visive nel controllo visuomotorio dell'atto di prensione effettuato dalla corteccia mediale parieto-occipitale del primate non umano." Coordinatore scientifico: Prof. Claudio Galletti.
- 2008-2011: PRIN 2008 CBBWBF_002. Titolo: "Studio funzionale dei meccanismi neurali sottostanti semplici compiti visuomotori". Coordinatore scientifico: Prof. Mauro Ursino
- 2005-2008: European Union Project FP6-IST-027574-MATHESIS. Titolo: “Observational Learning in Cognitive Agents”. Scientific coordinator: Prof. Helen Savaki (University of Heraklion, Crete, Greece).
- 2007: Progetto italo-francese “Galileo” fondato dall’ Università Italo-Francese. Titolo: “Comportamento cognitivo nei compiti visuomotori: sviluppo di un modello animale dell’atassia ottica (Cognitive behavior in visuomotor tasks: a monkey model of optic ataxia)”; PI italiano: Prof. Patrizia Fattori; PI francese: Prof. Laure Pisella.
Teaching Activity
2018/2019: Course of Neurophysiology, Laurea in Scienze e Tecniche Psicologiche, Scuola di Psicologia e Scienze della Formazione.
2018/2019: Course of Nutritional Physiology, Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico in Farmacia, Scuola di Farmacia, Biotecnologie e Scienze motorie.
2017/2018: Course of Neurophysiology, Laurea in Scienze e Tecniche Psicologiche, Scuola di Psicologia e Scienze della Formazione.
2013/14-2014/15-2015/2016-2016/2017: Seminars and reviewing lessons for the course of Physiology, Chimica e Tecnologia Farmaceutiche.
AA 2013/14-2014/15-2015/2016-2016/2017: Seminars for the course of Neurophysiology, Farmacia and Biotecnologie Farmaceutiche.
Supporting teaching activity:
2012 – Present: member for the exam commission in:
- Neurophysiology, Laurea in Scienze e Tecniche Psicologiche;
- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Corso di Studio di Chimica e tecnologia farmaceutiche;
- Genral Physiology, Corsi di studio di Chimica e Tecnologia farmaceutiche e Farmacia;
- Nutritional Physiology, Corso di studio di Farmacia;
- Physiology, Corso di Studio di Biotecnologie;
- Neurophysiology, Corso di Studio di Biotecnologie farmaceutiche.
Tutor of undergraduate students:
2012 – Present: 26 thesis at the Scuola di Farmacia, Biotecnologie e Scienze Motorie, di Scienze Biologiche e di Psicologia, University of Bologna.
Tutor of PhD students e Post-Doc:
2015 – Present: Co-tutor for Marina De Vitis, PhD student in Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences XXXI° cicle.
2014-2015: Tutor of Dr. Elisa Santandrea for the research fellowship “Codifica neurale e dinamiche temporali del movimento di prensione nella corteccia fronto-parietale” .
2016: Tutor of Matteo Filippini for the research fellowship “Codifica e decodifica dei movimenti di prensione nella corteccia parietale superiore”.
National and International collaborations
Markus Lappe, Institute of Psychology, University of Munster, Munster, Germania.
Michele Rucci, Brain and Cognitive Science Institute, University of Rochester, Stati Uniti.
Luca Turella, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Trento, Italia.
Eris Chinellato, Department of Design Engineering and Mathematics, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University. Londra (UK).
Marco Santello, School of Biological and Health System Engineering, Arizona State University, (AZ, USA).
Kostas Hadjidimitrakis, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia; Australian Research Council, Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function, Monash University Node, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Attending of Advanced Schools
May 2014: Scuola di Biofisica, Società Italiana di Fisiologia. “Organizzazione funzionale del cervello e brain imaging nell’uomo” presso ITAB dell’Università G. D’Annunzio (CH).
January 2011: FENS-IBRO-Hertie Winter School, “The system neuroscience of primate hand function: models, mechanisms, rehabilitation and mirror systems”, Obergurgl, Austria.
Oral Presentations:
25-27/05/2018: MeeTo 2018, Torino 2018.
24/07/2017: Seminario “Perception and action: behavior and neural representation”, ZEISS Vision Science Lab, University Tuebingen – Ophthalmic Research Institute (Germania).
12-15/06/2017: Mediterranean Neuroscience Society, St. Julian, Malta, 2017
19-24/05/2017: Vision Science Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida 2017.
7-8/02/2017: 2° Retreat Scientifico Fabit, Bologna 2017.
8-9/12/2016: EuCognition Meeting, Vienna 2016.
12-16/11/2016: Society for Neuroscience, San Diego 2016.
21-23/09/2016: 67° Congresso Nazionale SIF, Catania (CT), Italia 2016.
17/10-21/10/2015: Society for Neuroscience, Chicago 2015.
09/12/2014: EuRobotics Brokerage Event, Bruxelles 2014.
28-30/09/2014: 65° Congresso Nazionale SIF, Anacapri (NA), Italia 2014.
11/09/2014: Seminario “Adaptation of saccades to objects influences object perception”, Munster University, Munster (Germania).
21/05-23/05/2013: 7° Annual meeting of Young Researcher in Physiology, Anacapri (NA), Italia 2013.
30/05-01/06/2012: 6° Annual meeting of Young Researcher in Physiology, Sestri Levante (GE), Italia 2012.
23-25/03/2009: Primate Neurobiology Meeting, Gottingen 2009.
18-21/06/2008: Società Italiana di fisiologia: II Riunione Nazionale dei Dottorandi di Fisiologia, Presentazione orale, Bertinoro (FC), Italia.
Organization of national and international Symposia
Chair and organizer of the symposium “Shaping the understanding of the world through action”, MeeTo Conference, Torino 2018.
Chair and organizer of the symposium “Action and perception: learning, integration and representation” presso 67° Congresso SIF, Catania 2016.
Chair and organizer of the symposium “The brain correlates of perception and action: from neural activity to motor behavior” presso Vision Sciences Society Seventeenth Annual Meeting (VSS), Florida 2017.
Chair and organizer of the symposium “Novel perspectives in visuomotor learning and object representation for action and perception” presso 6th Conference of the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (MNS), Malta 2017.
Poster presentation
- 19-24/05/2017: Vision Science Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida 2017.
- 17/10-21/10/2015: Society for Neuroscience, Chicago 2015.
- 13-17/10/2012: Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans 2012.
- 9-16/01/2011: FENS-IBRO HERTIE Winter School 2010-2011, “The systems neuroscience of primate hand function: models, mechanism, rehabilitation and mirror systems”, Obergugl, Austria 2011.
- 28-29/05/2010: La ricerca c’è e si vede, “STUDIO DEI MOVIMENTI DI RAGGIUNGIMENTO NELLO SPAZIO”, Evento organizzato da UNIBO a Palazzo d’Accursio, Bologna.
- 15-17/10/2010: 61° Congresso Nazionale SIF, Varese 2010.
- 17-21/10/2009: Society for Neuroscience, Chicago 2009.
- 12-16/07/2008: 6th FENS FORUM of European Neuroscience, Ginevra 2008.
- 18-21/07/2007: Società Italiana di fisiologia: I Riunione Nazionale dei Dottorandi di Fisiologia, Siena, Italia.
Editor in Scientific Journals
EC Neurology
Referee in Scientific Journals
Cerebral Cortex
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Journal of Neurophysiology
PLOSONE
Attended courses
- 20-23/05/2014: Scuola di Biofisica “Organizzazione funzionale del cervello e brain imaging nell’uomo”, presso Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate Biomediche, Chieti, Italia (2014).
- 2012: Laboratorio di Automazione: corso di programmazione in Labview, Ingegneria dell’automazione, Bologna.
- 2010: Statistica biomedica e software R, Centro didattico Biotecnologie, Bologna.
- 2009: Use of Laboratory Animals in Research and Education, University of Pittsburgh;
Research Integrity, University of Pittsburgh; Bloodborne Pathogen Training, University of Pittsburgh.
- 2008: “Matlab Base: Fondamenti e tecniche di programmazione”, “Metodi statistici con MATLAB”, Milano.
Awards:
- 20/04/2017: Press release, J Neurosci: Highlights from April 19 Issue, “Decoding Monkey’s Brain Signals for Grasping Objects”.
- 18/02/2016: Article “Le strategie flessibili del cervello per “vedere” il mondo senza guardarlo” on UNIBO Magazine (http://www.magazine.unibo.it).
- 2015: Abstract Slots per il meeting annuale Society for Neuroscience 2015 tenutosi a Chicago, sponsorizzato da SINS.
- 2010: Borsa Viaggio supported by Societa’ Italiana di Fisiologia.
- 22-26/06/2009: Award José Mira to the best promising paper: “Eye-hand coordination for reaching in dorsal strema area V6A: Computational lessons”, Santiago de Campostela, Spagna.
