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Mr Alessandro Andreetto (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131, Italy)P12Poster
Cold atmospheric plasma (CAPs) are a promising tool for many applications ranging from materials processes to plasma medicine [1]. We investigated how a nanopulse APPJs influences the self-assembly of EAK16-IV at varying salt concentrations. Atomic Force Microscopy revealed that the nanopulse plasma induces ribbon-like nanostructures, compared to spherical shapes under control conditions at...
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LUCA BORTOTP3Poster
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Two-photon lithography (TPL) enables true 3D micro- and nanofabrication with sub-diffraction resolution through nonlinear absorption confined to the focal volume. This ongoing project explores the potential of a custom TPL platform based on a picosecond pulsed laser, investigating whether this regime can represent a practical alternative to the femtosecond standard. The current... -
GIORGIA CACCARO (Department of Physics and Astronomy “G. Galilei”, University of Padua, Padua, Italy)P4Poster
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Brain functioning is linked to blood oxygenation levels, as localized neural activation triggers an increase in oxygen supply. This coupling enables the reconstruction of cerebral activity by monitoring fluctuations in blood oxygen levels, for example via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a label-free optical method that measures the differential absorption of...
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Anna Sedazzari (DFA, UNIPD)P6Poster
Ophthalmic spectroscopy has recently opened promising avenues for early and non-invasive diagnosis of pathological brain conditions [1]. Notably, Raman spectroscopy has been explored for traumatic brain injury detection, while hyperspectral imaging has shown potential in the assessment of Alzheimer’s disease in humans [2][3]. Although the eye provides an optimal optical window for such...
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Emanuela Beretta (Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche)P7Poster
Perinatal stroke (1:2,300 births) occurs during critical plasticity windows, disrupting neurodevelopment. While microglia-driven inflammation is well-studied in adults, its role in the developing brain remains unclear. To address this, we induced a cortical lesion (MCAO) at P14, assessing recovery via longitudinal behavioral testing. MCAO mice reveal motor deficits and reduced NeuN+ cells. To...
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Gaia Lucarini (DPSS, University of Padua)P9Poster
Newborns show sophisticated speech perceptual abilities already at birth, especially for speech over other sounds. But how does the brain process cries, the only vocalizations newborns can produce? We tested 70 newborns and 38 adults using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), measuring their brain activation in the bilateral temporal, frontal, and parietal areas while they were...
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Alberto Lucchin (Department of Physics and Astronomy “G. Galilei”, University of Padua, Padua, Italy)P5Poster
Owing to the global increase in life expectancy, neurodegenerative disorders currently represent a significant challenge both in terms of diagnosis and treatment. Specifically, Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by the gradual loss of dopaminergic neurons, resulting in the onset of symptoms such as muscle rigidity and coordination difficulties. Unfortunately, these clinical...
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Chuchu Jia (Università degli Studi di Padova)P10Poster
The integration of affective information across sensory modalities is fundamental for early social-emotional development. In everyday interactions, emotions are communicated through both facial and vocal cues, yet the neural mechanisms supporting audiovisual emotion integration in infancy remain insufficiently understood. This study examines neural responses to congruent and incongruent...
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Zeynep AYDIN (University of Padova)P15Poster
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Infants possess sophisticated abilities for interpreting events and generating expectations. Recent evidence suggests that logical reasoning may play an important role in how infants learn and understand (Cesana-Arlotti et al., 2018; Bohus et al., 2023, Current Biology, 33, 4014-4020.e5). However, the computations that ground such abilities and their neural bases still need to be... -
Jessica Gemignani (Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation)P11Poster
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Human speech has a prosodic structure that fetuses can hear in the last trimester of gestation. We tested whether full-term newborns show neural sensitivity to speech compared to non-human vocalizations using concurrent functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and electroencephalography (EEG). Fifty-six full-term newborns listened to Italian sentences (Speech) and baboon... -
Enzo Cancedda (PNC - DSB)P2Poster
OptoAnalyzer is a MATLAB-based toolbox for semi-automated analysis of fluorescence microscopy images of mouse brain sections. It supports (i) registration of individual slices to reference templates/atlases using rigid alignment with optional non-rigid refinement, (ii) definition and editing of discrete anatomical ROIs, and (iii) extraction of quantitative signals, including mean intensity in...
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Mr Francesco Giuseppe D'Aloia (UNIPD)P8Poster
Human midbrain organoids (hMOs) have recently emerged as 3D in vitro systems capable of self-organizing in complex structures. They can recapitulate key features of the human midbrain, providing a physiologically and pathologically relevant model to investigate Parkinson’s disease (PD). This study aimed to compare the morphology of the dopaminergic neuronal network in midbrain organoids...
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Anna Roccaforte (Department of Physics and Astronomy “G. Galilei”, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Centre, University of Padua, Padua, Italy)P1Poster
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Measuring subtle variations of neurochemical concentrations in the brain is crucial to advance the diagnostic capabilities and treatments for brain disorders. Recently, nanostructured optical probes have emerged as a promising strategy to enable in situ monitoring of neurochemicals levels through surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopy [1].
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Francesca Terrin (Università di Padova - Dipartimento di Biologia)P14Poster
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) is a CNS disorder characterized by limb spasticity and movement impairment, due to degeneration of spinal motor neurons. A rare HSP form, associated with spastic gait, cerebellar atrophy and peripheral neuropathy, is caused by mutations in the GBA2 gene. Given that GBA2 regulates lipid homeostasis, its deficiency may affect neuronal development and...
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Giorgia Zilio (CIMeC- Università di Trento)P13Poster
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The mechanisms underlying magnetoreception remain unresolved, although several theoretical models are considered plausible. In the honeybee (Apis mellifera), an especially suitable model system due to the scale and complexity of its navigational behavior, two mechanisms are potentially involved: the Radical Pair Model (RPM) and the Magnetite-Based Model (MBM). These mechanisms are...
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