Pietro Baldelli

I graduated in Biological Science at the University of Genova in 1992. In 1993 I moved to the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX with a position of Associate Researcher. I came back to Italy in 1994 at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, where I obtained a Researcher position. In 2003 I moved to the Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova where I obtained a position as Assistant Professor in 2005, Associate Professor in 2012 and Full Professor of Physiology in 2020. Here, I teach courses on Human Physiology, Neurophysiology and Electrophysiological Technologies. Moreover, I am Affiliated Researcher of the Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and of the San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova. 
My main subjects of investigation have been the molecular mechanisms underlying both physiological and pathological processes of the neurotransmission and neuronal excitability that I have investigated at different levels: from the single synaptic contact to the complexity of the neuronal network. In our laboratories we conventionally use a variety of electrophysiological and functional imaging approaches, including patch-clamp and high-density multi-electrode array recordings and live-imaging florescence microscopy that we combine with conventional molecular and cellular biology techniques. During these last three decades I have developed a strong biophysical and neurophysiological background and a recognized expertise on neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission and plasticity and in the research project management and coordination.