Matteoli Michela

Michela Matteoli is a Full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Milano and Director of the 'Pharmacology and Brain Pathology' lab at Humanitas Clinical and Research Center. She has held leadership roles including Vice-Director of the Dept. of Medical Pharmacology and Director of the CNS Platform at Filarete Foundation.

• PhD in Pharmacology, University of Pisa (1989)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine (1989-1991)
• Visiting Scientist, University of Virginia School of Medicine (1989-1991)

Her research focuses on synaptic communication mechanisms and their dysregulation in neurological disorders, particularly:

• Excitatory/inhibitory balance in psychiatric diseases
• Astrocyte-neuron interactions in health and pathology
• Synaptic protein networks in neurodegenerative conditions
• Glia-mediated neuroinflammation
• Translational approaches to drug discovery

Her recent publications address synaptic dysfunction in autism, neurodegenerative disease modeling, and glial communication mechanisms. Scientific achievements include:

• International Prize 'Nano WomenTech'
• EMBO and IBRO Fellowships
• Leadership roles in Italian Society of Neuroscience
• Coordinator of European research projects (Bionic Ear, SaveMe)

She has supervised multiple teaching programs in Medicine and Biotechnology, and founded NeuroZone srl - a biomedical spinoff. Her work is featured in journals like Science, Nature, and Neuron, with ~100 publications and an H-index of 40.