Dr Angelica Foggetti completed both BSc in Biological Sciences and MSc in Neurobiology at the University of Turin (Italy), where she worked in the laboratory of Prof. Isabelle Perroteau. During this time her project concerned dorsal root ganglia and peripheral nerve regeneration and her supervisors were Prof. Michele Fornaro and Dr Alessia Giovannelli. Dr Foggetti pursued her career as neuroscientist at the University of Aberdeen (UK), where she worked at several DPhil projects in the lab of Prof. Peer Wulff. The main common aim was to investigate anatomical and functional aspects of hippocampus interneurons. She earned her PhD in Medical Sciences in 2015 and joined the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel (Germany) as postdoctoral researcher, where she led projects focused on structural plasticity and characterization of cells whose networks are involved in memory formation.

In 2023 Dr Foggetti opened her lab at ZJU-UoE where she currently works as Assistant Professor.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2020-2023

Associate researcher at the Institute of Physiology, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel (Germany).

2015-2023

Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Physiology, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel (Germany).

2011-2015

DPhil projects at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen (UK).

2009-2010

Internship in the Anatomy Laboratory of University Hospital “San Luigi Gonzaga” in Orbassano (Italy).

2006

Internship in the Anatomy Laboratory of ASL n. 18 Hospital “San Lazzaro”.26 in Alba (Italy).

EDUCATION

2011-2015 PhD in Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen. Thesis Title: “Anatomical and Functional Study of Parvalbumin-positive Interneurons in the Hippocampal Formation”. Supervisor and PI: Prof. Wulff

2008-2010 Master of Science with honours in Neurobiology (110/110 cum laude, class I), University of Turin (Italy). Thesis Title: “Dorsal Root Ganglia (DRG) Neurons In Culture: Development Of A Model System To Study The Interactions With Glial Cells”, supervisors Prof. Fornaro and Dr Giovannelli. PI: Prof. Perroteau.

2001-2006 Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Turin (Italy). Thesis Title: Immunohistochemical Analysis to Study Celiac Disease”, supervisor Dr Flavio Fraire.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Peer reviewer for the journal Cell Reports 2019-2020.

Independent expert for the evaluation of a project proposal at the French National Research Agency in 2022.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2023                 Start-up funding for Tenure-track Assistant Professor (ZJU-UoE Institute)

2015-2021       Interneuron Synaptic Plasticity - DFG Research Unit (FOR 2143) – Prof. Wulff.