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Enrica Strettoi, PhD

CNR Neuroscience Institute

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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name, First name: Strettoi, Enrica
Nationality: Italian
URL for web site: http://www.in.cnr.it/index.php/en/people-en/150-enrica-strettoi


• AWARDS
2021 - included in the Top List of Women in European Vision Research and Ophthalmology
2016 - International Collaborative Research Award (IRCA), University of Sydney, Australia. Collaborative research project at Save Sight Institute, Sydney (Dr. Ulrike Grunert)
2011 - Recognition for “Outstanding contribution to the field of vision research”, Emory Eye Center, Emory University, Atlanta, USA

• SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2021- Thesis advisor and scientific tutor of Noemi Orsini, Beatrice Di Marco and Debora Napoli, PhD students in Neuroscience, Regional Doctorate School in Neuroscience PhD course/Universities of Florence, Pisa and Siena/Italy.
2015-2019:  Thesis advisor and scientific tutor. Antonia Stefanov, Early Stage Researcher, Switchboard Project funded under a Marie Curie, Horizon2020 ETN action/ i/PhD student in Neuroscience, Regional Doctorate School in Neuroscience PhD course/Universities of Florence, Pisa and Siena/Italy
2015-2019:  Thesis advisor. Martina Biagioni, PhD student in Neuroscience, Regional Doctorate School in Neuroscience PhD course/Universities of Florence, Pisa and Siena/Italy
2010 – 2015:  Thesis advisor. Viviana Guadagni/PhD student in BIOS, Molecular Biotechnologies PhD course/University of Pisa/Italy
20013 – 20014:  Thesis advisor. Miruna Ghinia/PhD student in Biology, Faculty of Science/ University of Cluj-Napoca/Romania
2000 – 2013:  Thesis advisor (mentor) of the following PhD students: V. Pignatelli (PhD in Neuroscience); C. Rossi (PhD in Clinical Biochemistry); F. Mazzoni and D. Damiani (PhDs in Molecular Biotechnologies); Co-tutor of three students in Neuroscience (M. Calamusa; E. Terzibasi; P. Lonetti), all from the University of Pisa.

• TEACHING ACTIVITIES (recent)
2018-present. Professor of Neurogenomics, University of Pisa, University degree in Neurosicneces.
2014-2017; 2004 – 2005/ Professor of Neurobiology/Faculty of Science/ University of Pisa, Italy
2004/2006/2008/2010 Faculty Member of the international summer course “Fundamental issues in vision research”, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, USA.
1999 - 2001 Professor of Physiology/ Faculty of Pharmacy/University of Pisa, Italy

• ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2011 Co-organizer. ERM, international European Retina Meeting, Amsterdam, Nederland’s
2010 Co-organizer. 16th Retina International World Conference, Stresa, Italy
2007 Co-organizer. Advanced school of microscopy. CNR, Pisa, ITALY


• INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2013 – present Faculty member, Regional Doctoral School in Neuroscience, University of Florence
2005 – 2014: Director Delegate, Head of the Pisa site of the Institute. Institute of Neuroscience/ Department of Biomedical Sciences/ Italian National Research Council (CNR), Pisa/Italy
2000 – 2005: Responsible for animal experimentation, Institute of Neurophysiology/Neuroscience/Italian National Research Council (CNR), Pisa/Italy
1999 - present: Faculty member, Doctoral course in Neuroscience, University of Pisa

• COMMISSIONS OF TRUST (selection)
2020-  Board member, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
2020-member of ANVUR (Italian National Agency for University and Research Evaluation), Biology section.
2014 – present Editorial board member, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Wiley-LISS, USA
2014 - present Editorial board member, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
2011 – present Editorial board member, Molecular Vision, USA
2013 - Member, International search committee, selection of European Research Award recipient
2010 - Scientific evaluator, advanced ERC research award, EU
2009 – Member, International search committee, search for full Professor in Ophthalmic Research/Head for University research center, Germany
2009 – Candidate evaluator, position of Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical Scool/Boston/USA
2005 – Scientific evaluator, grant proposals The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), The Netherlands
2005 – Scientific evaluator, grant proposals, Wellcome Trust, England

• MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Member/Association of Research for Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)/USA

• RECENT COLLABORATIONS

  • Antonino Cattaneo. Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. Neurotrophic factors in retinal degeneration.
  • Gianluca Tosini- Melatonin role in retinal physiology. Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Disorders Program, Neuroscience Institute, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
  • Claudia Gargini. Anatomy and physiology of animal models of retinal degeneration. Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Italy.

Enrica Strettoi Ten years track-record (SYNTHESIS)

1. FIVE representative publications, as senior author (source: ISI Web of Science)

  • Strettoi E, Masri RA, Grünert U. AII amacrine cells in the primate fovea  contribute to photopic vision. Sci Rep. 2018 Nov 6;8(1):16429. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34621-2. 
  • Guadagni V, Biagioni M, Novelli E, Aretini P, Mazzanti CM, Strettoi E. Rescuing cones and daylight vision in retinitis pigmentosa mice. FASEB J. 2019 Sep;33(9):10177-10192.
  • Gargini C, Novelli E, Piano I, Biagioni M, Strettoi E. Pattern of retinal morphological and functional decay in a light-inducible, rhodopsin mutant mouse. Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 18;7(1):5730.doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06045-x.
  • Damiani D, Novelli E, Mazzoni F, Strettoi E. Undersized dendritic arborizations in retinal ganglion cells of the rd1 mutant mouse: a paradigm of early onset photoreceptor degeneration. J Comp Neurol. 2012 May 1;520(7):1406-23. doi: 10.1002/cne.22802.
  • Strettoi E, Gargini C, Novelli E, Sala G, Piano I, Gasco P, Ghidoni R. Inhibition of ceramide biosynthesis preserves photoreceptor structure and function in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Oct 26;107(43):18706-11. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1007644107.

2. Research monographs
1. Strettoi E, Parisi V. 2014. “Fundamental retinal circuitry for circadian rythms”. In: The retina and circadian rhythms, Tosini, Iuvone, MacMahon and Collin Eds. Springer Series in Vision Research. pp 3-26. ISBN: 978-1-4614-9612-0.
2. Tosini,m Strettoi E. 2010. “Morphology of interneurons: amacrine cells”. In: Encyclopedia of the Eye, Besharse & Dana Editors;. Vol. 4, pp 60-64.Elsevier, Academic Press ISBN: 9780123741981
3. Strettoi E. Synaptic organization of the mouse retina. In: Eye, Retina, and Visual System of the Mouse. L Chalupa and R Williams editors. MIT Press., 2008. pp-157-164.
4. Strettoi E. Mammalian rod pathways. In: A Basbaum, A Kaneko, G Sheperd, G Westheimer, editors. The Senses: a Comprehensive Reference. Vol.1, Vision I, R Masland and T Albright. San Diego: Academic Press; 2008. pp-303-311.

3. Granted patent (coinventor)
2014: European Patent No. 2400958 “Serine Palmitoyltransferase inhibitors for preventing and delaying retinitis pigmentosa”. Extended to China, Japan, Canada and the USA
https://data.epo.org/publication-server/rest/v1.0/publication-dates/20140423/patents/EP2400958NWB1/document.pdf

4. Invited presentations to peer-reviewed, internationally established conferences and/or international advanced schools (selection)
  1. University of Pisa Schools of Doctorate. Keynote lecture.
2021 Biology Department, City College of New York. Fall Colloquium.
  1. The Anatomical Society Winter Meeting, Symposium speaker.
2019. Società Oftalmologica Italiana, SOI: Symposium. Rome, Italy.
2019. Brain Mind Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited seminar.
2019. Ryan Initiative on Macular Research, RIMR Conference. Irvine, USA. Invited participant.
2018. “New Horizons in Vision and Hearing Research” Symposium. University of Tuebingen, Germany. Invited speaker.
2015. Opening lecture of the European Frontiers in Ocular Pharmachology series. University of Catania, Italy.
2013, 2018. Invited participant and speaker. Monaciano International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration organized by the Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan. Monaciano (Siena), Italy.
2012. Invited participant and speaker. Optogenetics Symposium, organized by the Foundation Fighting Blindness and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

6. Publication highlights

h-index: 35 (Google Scholar).
Author of 70 peer-reviewed articles with 7,700 citations total