Emanuela Pasciuto

Emanuela Pasciuto, a Researcher at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, leads the Pasciuto Lab focusing on neuroimmunology. Her work bridges neuroscience and immunology to investigate immune-neural interactions in neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. She previously worked at VIB-KU Leuven as a postdoc and senior scientist under mentors like Adrian Liston and Bart De Strooper.

• Education: PhD in Neuroscience from KU Leuven (2009-2013) under Claudia Bagni
• Key Research: Role of T-cells in microglia maturation, brain plasticity, and neuroimmune pathways

Her lab's recent work explores CD4 T-cells, regulatory T cells, and interleukin-2 in brain immunity. Publications in Cell, Nature Immunology, and Neuron highlight her contributions to neuroimmune mechanisms. Current projects involve single-cell RNA-seq, multi-omics analysis, and collaborations with bioinformatics and immunology teams.

Team: The Pasciuto Lab includes postdocs (Arthi Shanmugavadivu, Lisa Zanoletti, Dimitra Sokolova), PhD students (Clara Milian Alastruey, Lukas Van Hoeck, Amelia Zanchi, Ruoxin Li), Master’s students (Soniya Lama, Annelien Verpoest, Sander Truyens), and technical staff (Mobina Alemi, Lore Wesenbeek).