Dott. Stefano Ferroni was born in Turin, Italy, the 27th
February 1960
In the 1987 he got his Doctoral degree in Biological Sciences at
the University of Genoa, Italy
In the 1988, he got a postdoctoral position at the Department of
Neuromorphology of the Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology in
Martinsried Planegg (Germany)
From 1990 to 1992 he worked as postoctoral fellow at the
Department of Biology of the University of California in San
Diego (USA)
In 1992 he got a position as assistant professor in Physiology
at the University of Bologna working in the Department of Human and
General Physiology.
Since 2006 he is associate professor in Physiology in the
Department of Human and General Physiology of the University of
Bologna
Teaching duties:
Since 2006 he has teached Physiology is several courses of the
Faculty of Farmacy
Research activity:
Analysis of the structure-function relationship of ion
channels
Physiological and pathophysiological roles of glial cells in the
regulation of the activity of the central nervous system
Reviewer activity:
Since 1994 he has served as reviewer for diverse scientific
journals: Brain Res.; Neurosci. Lett.; Exp. Brain Res,
Eur. Biophys. J.; Neurosignals, Br. J. Pharmacology, Brain,
Neuroscience, J. Neurochemistry
He also was reviewer for grant agencies: National Science
Foundation (NSF, USA), National Agency for Scientific
Research of the Czech Republic, Medical Research Council
(MRC, UK), FWF (Austria)
Ongoing scientific collaborations:
National:
Dr. Mario Nobile , Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova.
Dott.ssa Grazia Paola Nicchia , Dipartimento di
Fisiologia Generale ed Ambientale, Università di Bari.
Dott.ssa Valentina Benfenati , ISMN, Istituto dei
Materiali Nanostrutturati, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,
Bologna
International:
Prof. Antonio Ferrer-Montiel , Department of Cellular and
Molecular Biology, University Miguel Hernandez, Elche (Spagna).
Prof. Ole P. Ottersen , Laboratory of Molecular
Neuroscience, University of Oslo, Oslo (Norvegia).
Dott. ssa Miroslava Anderova, Department of Cellular
Neurophysiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Praga,
(Repubblica Ceca)
Raul Estevez, Department of Physiological Science II;
School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcellona (Spain)
