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Cinzia Montinaro graduated in Biological Sciences and after her graduation, she obtained a Professional Biology Qualification (Public certified exam at the University of Salento, Lecce) and is enrolled at the Italian professional order ONB – Ordine Nazionale dei Biologi (Section A). She received her Ph.D. in Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies from the University of Salento. She worked as PostDoc in the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies (IIT@CBN), in the Multifunctional Neural Interfaces with Deep Brain Regions research line, starting from June 2023.




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Skills
- Excellent skills in the use of two photon microscope (2P); optimal mastery in handling of optical fibers and in preparations of mouse brain slices. Animal surgery under stereotactic frame and animal perfusion. Competence in the maintenance and housing of the zebrafish animal model (Danio rerio). Experience in molecular biology techniques, methods and protocols applied to gene expression (RT-PCR, real time PCR, nucleic acid extraction and analysis, protein extraction). Optimal mastery in handling biological samples. Excellent competence in the use of laboratory tools. High capacity in the analysis of the effects physiological and toxicological of simple or composite natural matrices on the embryonic development of vertebrates in the model zebrafish (lethal, sub-lethal, morphological and morphometric effects). Good experience in maintenance and treatment of mammalian immortalized cell cultures (human-derived Caco-2, U937, THP1, Hela; murine B104, NIH-3T3).

All Publications
2023
Aslanoglou S., Spagnolo B., Montinaro C., Pisanello F., De Vittorio M.
Engineering of tapered optical waveguides using two-photon polymerization
8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTOGENETICS AND NEUROPHOTONICS - Optogen 2023
Poster Conference
2023
Bianco M., Pisanello M., Balena A., Montinaro C., Pisano F., Spagnolo B., Andriani M.S., Sabatini B.L., Pisanello F., De Vittorio M.
Fiber photometry with tapered optical fibers: exploiting mode-division to achieve depth-resolution in brain tissue
8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTOGENETICS AND NEUROPHOTONICS - Optogen 2023
Poster Conference
2023
Bianco M., Pisanello M., Balena A., Pisano F., Andriani M.S., Montinaro C., Sileo L., Spagnolo B., De Vittorio M., Pisanello F.
Fiber Photometry with Tapered Optical Fibers: Exploiting Mode-Division to Gain Depth-Resolution in Brain Tissue
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, vol. 2023-July
Conference Paper Conference
2023
Andriani M.S., Parras T. J., Bianco M., Cid E., Montinaro C., Balena A., Pisanello M., Pisano F., Pisanello F., De Vittorio M., De La Prida L. M.
Fibertrodes for wide-volume optoelectrical neural interfaces in behaving mice
8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTOGENETICS AND NEUROPHOTONICS
Poster Conference
2023
Andriani M.S., Bianco M., Montinaro C., Parras T.J., Balena A., Cid E., Spagnolo B., Pisanello M., Pisano F., de La Prida L.M., Pisanello F., De Vittorio M.
Hybrid metal-dielectric non-planar optical neural interfaces for multifunctional monitoring of brain functions
49th International Conference on Micro- and Nano Engineering (MNE 2023)
Conference Paper Conference
Scientific Talks
2023
Bianco M., Pisanello M., Balena A., Pisano F., Andriani M.S., Montinaro C., Sileo L., Spagnolo B., De Vittorio M., Pisanello F.
Fiber photometry with tapered optical fibers: exploiting mode-division to gain depth-resolution in brain tissue
23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Network (ICTON 2023)
Conference
2023
Pisanello F., Pisano F., Pisanello M., Spagnolo B., Sileo L., Balena A., Bianco M., Piscopo L., Zheng D., Kashif F.K., Collard L., Montinaro C., Peixoto R., De Angelis F., Tantussi F., Valiente M., De La Prida L., Sabatini B.L., De Vittorio M.
PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE BRAIN
Spie Optics + Electronics - Prague 24-27 April 2023
Conference
2023
Pisano F., Collard L., Zheng D., Balena A., Al Masmudi M., Cid E., Kashif M. F., Perez J. T., Spagnolo B., Bianco M., Piscopo L., Andriani M.S., Montinaro C., Kazemzadeh M., Aria M. M., Tantussi F., D'Orazio A., De Angelis F., Valiente M., De La Prida L., Grande M., De Vittorio M., Pisanello F.
PLASMONICS ON A NEURAL IMPLANT
Meta 2023 - Paris 18-21 July
Conference
2022
Pisanello F., Pisano F., Pisanello M., Spagnolo B., Sileo L., Balena A., Bianco M., Maglie E., Zheng D., Collard L., Montinaro C., Lee S.J., Lee J., Peixoto R., De Angelis F., Tantussi F., Valiente M., De La Prida L., Mandelbaum G., Sabatini B. L., De Vittorio M.
MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPTICAL NEURAL INTERFACES WITH TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS
BIOEL International Winterschool on Bioelectronics - 12-19 March 2022 - Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria
School (Summer school, ...)
Oral presentations
2023
Montinaro C., Spagnolo B., Andriani M.S., Bianco M., Pisanello M., Balena A., Pisano F., De Nuccio F., Lofrumento D. D., De Vittorio M., Pisanello F.
INFLUENCE OF THE TARGETED BRAIN STRUCTURES ON SPATIAL BEHAVIOR OF FIBER PHOTOMETRY SIGNALS
LEbiotec2023
Conference
2021
Montinaro C., Spagnolo B., Pisanello M., Pisano F., Balena A., Bianco M., Brunetti V., de Nuccio F., Lofrumento D.D., Verri T., de Vittorio M., Pisanello F.
Estimating the spatial behavior of fiber photometry across different brain regions
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Conference
Awards and Achievements
2022
Montinaro C., Pisanello M., Bianco M., Spagnolo B., Pisano F., Balena A., De Nuccio F., Lofrumento D. D., Verri T., De Vittorio M., Pisanello F.
Endoscopy and Fiber Optics: Top Downloads from Biomedical Optics Express
2021
Bianco M., Balena A., Pisanello M., Pisano F., Sileo L., Spagnolo B., Montinaro C., Sabatini B. L., De Vittorio M., Pisanello F.
Featured in Biomedical Optics Express Top Downloads