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Principal Investigator

Professor Pierre Magistretti

Dean, BESE Division
Distinguished Professor, Bioscience

Research Interests: Brain energy metabolism, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Functional brain imaging, Gene expression

Research Scientists

Corrado Calì, PhD

Research Interests: Neuroscience, Astrocytes, Glycogen, 3D reconstruction, Electron microscopy

Hubert Fiumelli, PhD

Research Interests: Synaptic plasticity, Brain energy metabolism, Neuro-glial interaction, NMDA receptors, Aerobic glycolysis, Neocortical development

Postdoctoral Fellows

Amanda Ooi, PhD

Research Interests: Photobiomodulation, Plant physiology, Laser-based horticulture, Neuroprotection

Arnaud Tauffenberger, PhD

Research Interests: Metabolism, Aging, Neurodegenerative disorders, C. elegans, Neuronal physiology

PhD Students

Hanan Mahmood

Research Interests: Hydra, Molecular evolution, Cloning

Manar Darwish

Research Interests: Oxidative and glycolytic metabolism, Astrocyte-Neuron-Lactate shuttle (ANLS), Gene regulation, Epigenetics

Michael Bogdan Margineanu

Research Interests: Transcriptomics, RNA-seq, Genetics, Cellular energy metabolism, Neuroenergetics, Microbiota and the brain

Masters Students

Rayyan Alamoudi

Research Interests: Calcium imaging, Molecular biology, Bioengineering

Research Group Staff

Daniya Boges

Software developer

Research Interests: Code optimization, Data driven visualization, Molecular biology, 3D analysis, 3D modeling, Virtual Reality

Kalpana Kare

Research Technician

Research Interests: Image modeling, 3D reconstruction