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In year 2001 I got back to Italy and took over the Laboratory of Neurogenetics at the Department of Neurological Sciences of the University of Bologna, diagnosing mito-patients and building the clinical cohorts of LHON and dominant optic atrophy (DOA) currently followed at the new location of the recent IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna at the Bellaria Hospital. Currently, molecular and cell biology research is carried out thanks to the renewed Laboratory of Neurogenetics, and clinical translational research thanks to the dedicated clinics of neurophthalmology and mitochondrial medicine. My research group, joining the basic sciences and clinical teams, is composed of 7 PhDs, 2 PhD student, 4 lab technicians, and 4 MDs (3 neurologists and 1 ophthalmologist). This team has extensive collaborations in Italy and abroad, in particular in Europe and the US. Our diagnostic activity is based on next generation sequencing, whereas research is focused on pathogenic mechanisms..

Registration numbers: 54122171 (W)

Primary location: Loenen Netherlands