Marco Virgili was born on May 1955. Obtained the degree in
Biological Sciences at the University of Bologna and after four
years working to a PhD program in Cellular Physiology and Biology
(1986-1990), Marco Virgili has been employed as Research Assistant
(1990-2000) and Researcher (2001-2002). From November 2002 he is
Associate Professor in General Physiology at the University of
Bologna. Except for a research period spent in Kjeller (Norway) at
the Neurochemistry and toxicology Laboratory of FFI, working on
metabolic aspects of excitatory amino acids in the rat retina, his
scientific activity has been carried out in Italy with the main
interests focused on the actions of natural neurotoxins, central
nervous system development, cerebral aging, neurodegeneration and
neuroprotection in vivo and in vitro models, with particular
attention to excitotoxicity. At present, his research interests are
focused on organotypic coltures of hippocampal and mesencephalic
rat brain areas as models of cerebral ischaemia and PD,
respectively. Author of over 50 papers published on international
refereed journals. Marco Virgili is teacher of “General Physiology”
at the School of Science of the University of
Bologna.
