People
Contact us to find out more about our team.
Veronica Krenn (ITA)
Principal Investigator
E-mail: veronica.krenn@unimib.it
Veronica graduated cum Laude in Industrial Biotechnologies at the University of Milan-Bicocca and obtained her PhD in Molecular Medicine at the University of Milan. For her Postdoc, she joined the laboratory of Jürgen Knoblich (IMBA, Vienna, AT) where she studied genetic and infection-linked neurodevelopmental diseases using brain organoid systems. In 2021, she was awarded with the Early Career Fellowship promoted by the Human Technopole and started her lab in 2022, at the Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences of the University of Milano-Bicocca.
Anna Cascio (ITA)
DIMET PhD candidate
E-mail: a.cascio6@campus.unimib.it
Anna is studying human microglia development
by integrating in vitro stem cell paradimgs and in vivo approaches.
Sara Barilà (ITA)
DIMET PhD Candidate
E-mail: s.barila1@campus.unimib.it
Sara is investigating how genetic risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders impact human neural stem cells behaviour using human stem cells-derived 2D and 3D organoid models.
Sara Ferro (ITA)
Research Assistant
E-mail: sara.ferro@unimib.it
Sara is developing and optimizing 2D and 3D differentiation paradigms starting from pluripotent stem cell cultures.
Giulia Iorio
Research Fellow
E-mail: giulia.iorio@unimib.it
Giulia is studying human microglia development by combining stem cell models, imaging and computational tools.
Deniz Yavru (TUR)
Research Fellow
E-mail: deniz.yavru@studenti.unimi.it
Deniz is using CRISPR technologies and computational methods to study genetic risk factors for neurodevelopmental conditions.
Isabella Zafferri (ITA)
Visiting PhD Candidate
E-mail: isabella.zafferri@unimib.it
Isabella is exploring cytokine signalling in human NSC
using human brain organoids.
Dennis Del Forno (ITA)
Master Student
E-mail: d.delforno@campus.unimib.it
Dennis is investigating how genetic risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders impact human neural stem cells behaviour using experimental and computational approaches
Valentina Berni (ITA)
Visiting PhD Candidate
E-mail: v.berni1@campus.unimib.it
Valentina is developing in vitro models of glioblastoma stem cells
leveraging brain organoid systems.
Elena Almajano Hernandez (ES)
Master Student
Elena is investigating cytokine signalling in human NSCs
Alumni
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Chiara Riccardi (ITA) | Postgrad fellow & Master Student- Biology UNIMIB, 2023-2024
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​​Eray Korkmaz (TUR) | Trainee, 2024
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Simon Volker (FRA) | Trainee, 2024
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Aidana Kutzhanova (KAZ) | Trainee, 2024
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Agustina Ranieri (ITA) | Master Student- UNIBO, 2023-2024
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Elisabetta De Gasperi (ITA) | Master Student- Biology UNIMIB, 2023-2024