Assistant Professor of Physiology, Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences (PRISM lab), University of Bologna, Italy.
Born 1979, February 27th.
October 2003: graduated at the University of Bologna in Biological Sciences cum laude. Thesis title: “Alterazione dell’espressione ippocampale di proteine legate alla memoria nell’invecchiamento cerebrale”, supervisor Prof. Antonio Contestabile.
November 2003: officially recognized as Biologist (Abilitazione).
February 2007: PhD in Applied Physiology and Pathophysiology. Thesis title: “Central Autonomic Control in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats: a study on Phasic Phenomena during Rapid-Eye-Movement Sleep”, supervisor Prof. Carlo Franzini.
Since November 2008: Assistant Professor in Physiology Medical School, University of Bologna.
August 2018: National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Physiology (05/D1)
Scientific courses
2005 Brain'05 & BrainPET'05, course ‘Imaging of brain activity’, June 7-11, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2009 ESRS-EU "MARIE CURIE"-PENS Training Programme in Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine with special topics on “Sleep and Memory”, May 8-13, Bertinoro, Italy.
2019 Course on “Role and competence of principal investigators in applications for the ethical authorization to perform experiments on laboratory animals” Dipartimento d Scienze Mediche Veterinarie, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna.
Awards
2008: Prize "Igino Fagioli" of the Italian Sleep Research Society for the best PhD thesis on basic sleep.
Research activity
2002-2003 Participated in the experimental activity of the research group of Prof. Antonio Contestabile, aimed at the study of hippocampal expression of proteins linked to memory in aging rats, at the Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna.
This collaboration produced two peer review papers:
- Dysregulation of memory-related proteins in the hippocampus of aged rats and their relation with cognitive impairment. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16086428]
Monti B, Berteotti C, Contestabile A.
Hippocampus. 2005;15(8):1041-9.
- Subchronic rolipram delivery activates hippocampal CREB and arc, enhances retention and slows down extinction of conditioned fear.
Monti B, Berteotti C, Contestabile A.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2006 Feb;31(2):278-86.
Since 2004: Participates in the experimental activity of the research group of Prof. Carlo Franzini and Prof.ssa Giovanna Zoccoli, aimed at the study of physiological regulation during wake and sleep behaviors in genetically modified mice, at the Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna.
International collaborations
Prof. J.-L. Elghozi, INSERM U652 Physiologie et Pharmacologie vasculaire et rénale, Medical School René Descartes, Paris, France.
Dr. G. Cohen and Prof. Hugo Lagercrantz, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Neonatal Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Prof. J.S. Lin, INSERM U628 Physiologie intégrée du système d’éveil, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France.
Prof. H. Ohtsu, Applied Quantum Medical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Dr. M. Manconi, Neurocentro della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
Prof. Q. Padiath, Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Prof. S. Swoap, Dept. of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.
Prof. Thomas E. Scammell, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Prof. Mayumi Kimura, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
Grants
2009 ‘Sleep-related and circadian derangements of arterial pressure in animal models of diet-induced obesity’, PRIN, Italian Ministry of University and Research, code SPTHRK_001, participant.
2009-2010 ESRS - EU «Marie Curie » - PENS Training Programme in Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine, “Special Topic: Sleep and Memory”: Training Course, Bertinoro, Italy, May 8-13, 2009; Practical Training Period, Chronobiology Laboratory, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, November 22-29, 2009; Final Symposium, Kloster-Seeon, Germany, 2-6 July, 2010).
2010 ‘Ruolo della neurogenesi ipotalamica nello sviluppo dell’obesità e delle sue comorbidità ipniche e cardiovascolari’, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bologna, participant.
2017 ‘Fondo di Finanziamento per le Attività Base di Ricerca – ANVUR’.
2018 ‘Progetto premiale 2016’ SPARE: Space Radiation Shielding, Settore di afferenza: AEROSPAZIO. Project coordination: Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (TIFPA) - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN). Institutions & participants: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN –proponent), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Centro Fermi (CF) In collaboration with: Azienda Provinciale Servizi Sanitari (APSS) -Trento; University of Bologna; University of Padova; University of Rome “La Sapienza”; University of Trento. Participant.
2019 ESRS Meetings and Courses Fellowship for the FENS Regional Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia, 10-13 July.
2020 2020: ‘Impatto dell’esposizione perinatale ai pesticidi sulla salute dell’adulto’. Fondazione del Monte di Bologna.
Peer review
Cor et Vasa
Neurological disorders and therapeutics
Annals of Sleep Medicine Research
High-Throughput
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Nutrients
Brain Sciences
Clocks and Sleep
Sustainability
Scientific Reports
Frontiers Physiology
2016 VQR 2011 -2014, Agenzia Nazionale per la Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR), Italia
2017 Mission Sustainability 2017, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"
Membership to Scientific Societies
Italian Sleep Research Society
Italian Physiology Society
European Sleep Research Society
Italian Association of Sleep Medicine
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
Member of the organizing committee of scientific meetings:
FEPS 2019 joint meeting of the Federation of Eurropean Physiological Societies (FEPS) and the Italian Physiological Society (SIF), Bologna, Italy, September 10-13, 2019.
Visiting Scientist
2006-2007: Max-Delbrück-Centrum, Berlin, Dr. Volkmar Gross
2007: Centre intégratif de génomique, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Dr. Paul Franken
2009: Chronobiology Laboratory, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Prof. Debra Skene
2010: Department of Biology, Gilbert Hall, Stanford University, California, Prof. H. Craig Heller 2013: Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (Physiopathologie des réseaux neuronaux du cycle sommeil), Lyon, France, dr. Pierre-Hervé Luppi
Invited lectures
2007: "Central autonomic control in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats: a study on phasic phenomena during Rapid-Eye-Movement sleep"; Université de Lausanne
2007: "Parossismi ipertensivi del sonno REM nel Ratto Spontaneamente Iperteso"; Università di Bologna
2009: “Cardiovascular regulation during wake-sleep states in obese and narcoleptic mice”; Symposium: New Trends in Basic and Clinical Sleep Research in Europe; Università di Bologna
2009: “Sleep modulates hypertension in leptin-deficient obese mice”; University of Surrey
2010: “Sleep-dependent cardiovascular control in mouse models of obesity and narcolepsy”; Stanford University
Chairperson
2009 (12/10): symposium “New Trends in Basic and Clinical Sleep Research in Europe” for the ESRS-EU Marie-Curie, “Training in Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine”, University of Bologna.
2018 (20/09): organizer and chairperson of the selected junior symposium “The orexin/hypocretin system: a key for a healthy life” at the Italian Physiological Society, Florence. At this symposium she also presents an oral communication entitled: ‘Role of orexin signalling in physiological regulation: a lesson from narcoleptic mice’.
2019: organizer and chairperson of the selected symposium “The orexin/hypocretin system orchestrates multifaceted physiological functions” at FENS Regional Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia, 10-13 July. At this symposium she will also present an oral communication entitled: ‘Sleep and cardiovascular studies in narcoleptic mice’.
Teaching activity (University of Bologna)
- 42131 - laboratorio di fisiologia (c1) - 1 cfu componente del corso integrato fisiologia degli apparati (c.i.) laurea specialistica a ciclo unico in medicina e chirurgia, aa 2010/11;
- 08068 - fisiologia applicata (a-k) - 1 cfu componente del corso integrato fisiologia (c.i.) laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in medicina e chirurgia, aa 2011/12; aa 2012/13; aa 2013/14; aa 2014/15; aa 2015/16;
- 02715 - fisiologia della nutrizione - 2 cfu componente del corso integrato alimentazione e nutrizione umana (c.i.) laurea in dietistica (abilitante alla professione sanitaria di dietista), aa 2012/13; aa 2013/14; aa 2014/15; aa 2015/16;
- 05181 - fisiologia - 3 cfu componente del corso integrato scienze biomediche (c.i.) laurea in dietistica (abilitante alla professione sanitaria di dietista), aa 2016/17; aa 2017/18;
- 39145 - fisiologia di organi e apparati - 2 cfu componente del corso integrato biochimica, biologia, anatomia, fisiologia (c.i.) laurea in fisioterapia (abilitante alla professione sanitaria di fisioterapista), aa 2016/17; aa 2017/18;
- 00444 - fisiologia umana - 2 cfu componente del corso integrato scienze biomediche (c.i.) laurea in tecniche ortopediche (abilitante alla professione sanitaria di tecnico ortopedico), aa 2016/17;
- 76034 - fisiologia umana - 3 cfu componente del corso integrato morfologia e fisiologia c.i. laurea in podologia (abilitante alla professione sanitaria di podologo), aa 2016/17;
- 06705 - fisiologia umana e dell'apparato stomatognatico - 3 cfu componente del corso integrato scienze morfologiche umane e fisiologia (c.i.), laurea in igiene dentale (abilitante alla professione sanitaria di igienista dentale), aa 2016/17; aa 2017/18.
- Master di I livello in Fisioterapia muscoloscheletrica. Terapia manuale ed esercizio terapeutico. Docente di Fisiologia Umana (3 ore), AA 2016/17; AA 2017/18; AA 2018/19; AA 2019/20.
- Master in Odontoiatria del sonno. Docente di Fisiologia del sonno (3 ore), AA 2017/18; AA 2018/19; AA 2019/20.
- Master in Medicina del Sonno. Docente di Fisiologia del sonno (3 ore), AA 2019/20.
Co-supervisor and supervisor of 5 Bachelor and Master thesis in Physiology at the School of Medical Biotechnology and of Biological Sciences.
Institutional activities, University of Bologna
2013, 2014, 2015: Commisioner, admission test CdL Lauree Sanitarie.
2013, 2016, 2019: Commissioner, admission test CdL in Medicina e Chirurgia ed Odontoiatria.
2014-16: coordinator 2°year II semester del CdL in Medicina E Chirurgia.
International activity, University of Bologna
Since 2012: Person in charge for Erasmus/Socrates University of Bologna/ Universidad de Granada and Universidad de Murcia (Spain).
Book chapters
‘An overview of sleep physiology and sleep regulation.’ Berteotti C, Cerri M, Luppi M, Silvani A, Amici R. In: Drug treatment of sleep disorders (Guglietta A, editor), Springer, 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-11514-6. Pages 3-23.
Scientific translations
Italian translation of “Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience”, Wiley Blackwell, 2016.
