Ferdinando Rossi

Ferdinando Rossi is Professor of Neuroscience at the Rita Levi Montalcini Center for Brain Repair, University of Turin. He obtained his MD and PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Turin, working with Piergiorgio Strata on trophic interactions and structural plasticity in the cerebellar cortex. As a postdoctoral fellow, with Constantino Sotelo in Paris, he became interested in cerebellar development and repair. His research is now focussed on the regulation of intrinsic regenerative properties of central neurons and on the mechanisms of integration of transplanted cells in the immature or adult CNS. He lives with his wife Maria Claudia Vigliani and two children, Giovanni and Vittorio.