Michela Gamberini - Neurophysiology and Neuroanatomy of the Visuo-Motor System

MICHELA GAMBERINI

LAST NAME: Gamberini
FIRST NAME: Michela

BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Bologna, Italy, March 20, 1971
CITIZENSHIP: Italian

ADDRESS:
Dipartimento di Fisiologia umana e generale
Università di Bologna
Piazza di Porta San Donato 2
40126 Bologna Italy

CONTACTS:
Tel:+39-051-2091748
FAX: +39-051-2091737

GRADUATED:
in Biology on December 19, 1995 at the University of Bologna, Italy

CAREER:
1995: Degree in Biology with the discussion of the final dissertation on: "Correlazione tra la caratterizzazione immunofenotipica dei filamenti intermedi nel Carcinoma della Mammella e l'espressione tissutale di EGFr, c-erbB2 e della proteina dell'oncogene p53" (Correlation between immunophenotypic characterization of intermediates filaments in Breast Cancer and expression in the tissue of EGFr, c-erbB2 and the protein of the p53 oncogene)

1995-1996: Training at the S. Orsola Hospital of Bologna and admission into occupational register

1996-1999: PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Bologna, Italy, with the discussion of the final dissertation on:
"Connessioni corticali dell'area visiva extrastriata V6 nel cervello di macaco: studio elettrofisiologico ed indagine neuroanatomica" (Cortical connections of the extrastriate visual area V6 in the macaque brain: electrophysiological study and neuroanatomical analysis)

1999-2000: Holder of an annual Post-doc scholarship in Vision Neurophysiology Laboratory of Prof. Galletti in the Department of Human and General Physiology of the University of Bologna

2000-2004: Holder of a two-years Post-doc scholarship "Assegno di Ricerca" (renewed for other two years) of the University of Bologna in Vision Neurophysiology Laboratory of Prof. Galletti in the Department of Human and General Physiology

July 2002: Holder of a six months scholarship supported by "Marco Polo Project Fellowship" of the University of Bologna for young researchers abroad, in the Vision Research Laboratory of Prof. Rosa, in the Department of Physiology of Monash University, Clayton, Australia, about the project “The parieto-occipital cortex in New world and Old world monkeys” (“La corteccia parieto-occipitale nelle scimmie del Nuovo e del Vecchio Mondo”)

2005-2006: Holder of an annual Post-doc scholarship of the MIUR in Vision Neurophysiology Laboratory of Prof. Galletti in the Department of Human and General Physiology

PRESENT POSITION:
From 1st of October 2006: University Researcher of General Physiology at the Department of Human and General Physiology of the University of Bologna

RESEARCH FIELD :
Neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of the primate visual system

RELEVANT DETAILS:
Visitor research:
Neuroanatomy Laboratory of Prof. Luppino, in the Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy
Vision Research Laboratory of Prof. Rosa, in the Department of Physiology of Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Neuroimaging Laboratory of Prof. Zilles, in the Institute for medicine (IME), Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany

Holder of bursaries for young researchers to attend international meetings “FENS2000” in Brighton (UK), “Joint Meeting of the Physiological Society and SIF 2002” in Liverpool (UK), “SFN2003” in New Orleans (USA), “FENS2004” in Lisbona (P)

Teaching experience:
Supervisor of experimental thesis of students of Pharmacy at the University of Bologna
Seminars related to experimental activities and/or about some subjects of Human Physiology to students of Pharmacy or to honor students that work at the Department of Physiology
Seminars at the Department of Human and General Physiology in Bologna and in others Italian and foreign Universities: 17/10/02 Melbourne University of Melbourne; 31/10/02 Sydney University of Sydney; 18/11/02 Monash University of Melbourne

Courses and Society:
“Corso teorico-pratico di Microscopia ottica e confocale” (Theoretical-practical couse of Optic and Confocal microscpopy) at the University of Bologna
“Corso di perfezionamento in Nutrizione e Benessere” (Improving couse of Nutrition and Welfare) at the University of Milano
Couses of digital graphics and analysis of image
Advaced Conversation course of english at the Anglo American School of English of Bologna
Member of the “Italian Physiological Society (SIF)”, “Italian Neuroscience Society (SINS)”, “FENS” and “Australian Neuroscience Society (ANS)”

Scientific collaborations:
Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy
Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Australia
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Neuroscience, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Iraklion, Greece
Institute for medicine (IME), Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany

PUBLICATIONS
Breveglieri R, Galletti C, Gamberini M, Passarelli L, Fattori P (2006) Somatosensory cells in area PEc of macaque posterior parietal cortex. J Neurosci. 26: 3679-84

Burman K, Palmer S, Gamberini M, Rosa MG (2006) Cytoarchitectonic subdivisions of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of the marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus), and their projections to dorsal extrastriate visual areas. J Comp Neurol 495: 149-72

Luppino G, Ben Hamed S, Gamberini M, Matelli M, Galletti C (2005) Occipital (V6) and parietal (V6A) areas in the anterior wall of the parieto-occipital sulcus of the macaque: a cytoarchitectonic study. Eur J Neurosci 21: 3056-3076

Rosa MG, Palmer SM, Gamberini M, Tweedale R, Pinon MC, Bourne JA (2005) Resolving the organization of the New World monkey third visual complex: The dorsal extrastriate cortex of the marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). J Comp Neurol 483: 164-191

Galletti C, Gamberini M, Kutz DF, Baldinotti I, Fattori P (2005) The relationship between V6 and PO in macaque extrastriate cortex. Eur J Neurosci 21: 959-970

Galletti C, Fattori P, Gamberini M, Kutz DF (2004) The most direct visual pathway to the frontal cortex. Cortex 40: 216-217

Galletti C, Kutz DF, Gamberini M, Breveglieri R, Fattori P (2003) Role of the medial parieto-occipital cortex in the control of reaching and grasping movements. Exp Brain Res 153: 158-170

Kutz DF, Fattori P, Gamberini M, Breveglieri R, Galletti C (2003) Early- and late-responding cells to saccadic eye movements in the cortical area V6A of macaque monkey. Exp Brain Res 149: 83-95

Breveglieri R, Kutz DF, Fattori P, Gamberini M, Galletti C (2002) Somatosensory cells in the parieto-occipital area V6A of the macaque. Neuroreport 13: 2113-2116

Galletti C, Gamberini M, Kutz DF, Fattori P, Luppino G, Matelli M (2001) The cortical connections of area V6: an occipito-parietal network processing visual information. Eur J Neurosci 13: 1572-1588

Fattori P, Gamberini M, Kutz DF, Galletti C (2001) 'Arm-reaching' neurons in the parietal area V6A of the macaque monkey. Eur J Neurosci 13: 2309-2313

Galletti C, Fattori P, Gamberini M, Kutz DF (1999) The cortical visual area V6: brain location and visual topography. Eur J Neurosci 11: 3922-3936

Galletti C, Fattori P, Kutz DF, Gamberini M (1999) Brain location and visual topography of cortical area V6A in the macaque monkey. Eur J Neurosci 11: 575-582

Ceccarelli C, Santini D, Gamberini M, Taffurelli M, Chieco P, Piana S, Pileri S, Marrano D (1999) Immunohistochemical expression of internal and external ErbB-2 domains in invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 58:107-114

Ceccarelli C, Santini D, Chieco P, Taffurelli M, Gamberini M, Pileri SA, Marrano D (1998) Retinoblastoma (Rb1) gene product expression in breast carcinoma. Correlation with Ki-67 growth fraction and biopathological profile. J Clin Pathol 11: 818-824

Abstracts Meetings:
Passarelli L, Gamberini M, Baldinotti I, Galletti C, Fattori P (2006) Anatomo-functional study of the posterior bank of the parieto-occipital sulcus of macaque brain. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2006 Sep;188, supplement 652:P90

Baldinotti I, Palomero-Gallagher N, Gamberini M, Galletti C, Fattori P, Zilles K (2006) Extrastriate areas V6 and V6A in the macaque: receptorarchitecture. NeuroImage Vol.31 Suppl.1: S186-S231, 521 T-AM

3A. Breveglieri R, Fattori P, Gamberini M, Kutz DF, Galletti C (2005) Somatosensory responses in area PEc of macaque cortex. Program No. 173.8. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online

Rosa MGP, Burman KJ, Palmer SM, Gamberini M (2005) Projections from architectural subdivisions of the frontal cortex to the “dorsal stream” in new world monkeys. Program No. 854.6. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online

Baldinotti I, Gamberini M, Galletti C, Fattori P, Palomero-Gallagher N, Zilles K (2005) Chemoarchitectonic organization of the extrastriate areas V6 and V6A in the Macaque. Program No. 455.17. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online

Palmer SM, Gamberini M, Rosa MGP (2004) Frontal lobe projections to extrastriate visual areas in the marmoset monkey. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 24th Annual Meeting, Melbourne Convention Center, 27-30 January, 2004, POS-169

Gamberini M, Baldinotti I, Kutz DF, Fattori P, Galletti C (2004) Cortical connections of macaque area V6: two and three dimensional reconstructions. FENS Abstr. vol 2, A052.6

Luppino G, Matelli M, Gamberini M, Galletti C (2003) Cytoarchitectonic organization of the anterior bank of the parieto-occipital sulcus in macaque brain. Soc Neurosci Abst 28: 701.19

Gamberini M, Palmer SM, Bourne JA, Rajan R, Galletti C, Rosa MGP (2003) Cortical connections of medial parieto-occipital areas in marmoset monkeys. Soc Neurosci Abst 28: 701.12

Galletti C, Gamberini M, Baldinotti I, Kutz DF, Fattori P (2003) Brain location of the medial parieto-occipital areas V6 and V6A in macaque monkey: 2D and 3D computerized anatomical reconstructions Soc Neurosci Abst 28: 863.3

Gamberini M, Palmer SM, Bourne JA, Rosa MGP (2003) Different connections patterns on the anterior border of the cortical dorsomedial area (DM) in marmoset monkey. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Volume 14, ISSN No.1034-3237, 23th Annual Meeting, Adelaide Convention Center, 28-31 January, 2003, POS-THU-274

Rosa MGP, Palmer SM, Gamberini M, Tweedale R (2003) Visuotopic pattern of connections between striate cortex (V1) and dorsomedial extrastriate cortex in new world monkey. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Volume 14, ISSN No.1034-3237, 23th Annual Meeting, Adelaide Convention Center, 28-31 January, 2003, ORAL-07-06

Baldinotti I, Gamberini M, Fattori P, Kutz DF, Galletti C (2003) The extrastriate areas V6 and V6A of macaque monkey: 2D and 3D digital reconstructions. 54° Congresso della Societa' Italiana di Fisiologia, Chieti, 29 Settembre - 2 Ottobre 2003
14A. Gamberini M, Galletti C, Luppino G, Matelli M (2002) Cytoarchitectonic organization of the functionally defined areas V6 and V6A in the parieto-occipital cortex of the macaque brain. J Physiol (Lond) 543P: 113P

Breveglieri R, Kutz DF, Fattori P, Gamberini M, Galletti C (2002) Passive somatosensory responses in the visual cortical area V6A of the macaque. EBBS workshop (EuroConferenc): Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Visuomotor Control, La Londe (France), 5th-8th September 2002

Breveglieri R, Kutz DF, Fattori P, Gamberini M, Galletti C (2002) Cells modulated by passive somatosensory stimulations in the visual area V6A of the macaque. Pflugers Archiv-Eur J Physiol 445: R13

Kutz DF, Fattori P, Gamberini M, Breveglieri R, Galletti C (2001) Saccade-related activity in area V6A of the macaque. Soc Neurosci Abst 27: 58.13

Breveglieri R, Gamberini M, Fattori P, Kutz DF, Galletti C (2001) Dynamic analysis of activity during gaze changes in area V6A of the macaque cortex. Pflugers Archiv-Eur J Physiol 444: R47

Gamberini M, Fattori P, Kutz DF, Galletti C (2000) The dorsal visual stream in the macaque brain: cortico-cortical connections of area V6. Eur J Neurosci 12 (suppl.): 39.06

Fattori P, Gamberini M, Kutz DF, Galletti C (2000) Somatosensory and somatomotor activity in caudal area 5 (Pec) of the macaque parietal cortex. Soc Neurosci Abst 26: 68.4

Fattori P, Gamberini M, Kutz DF, Galletti C (1999) Spatial tuning of arm-reaching related neurons in cortical area V6A of macaque monkey. Soc Neurosci Abst 25: 152.17

Fattori P, Gamberini M, Kutz DF, Galletti C (1999) The visual activity in area V6 and V6A of the monkey parieto-occipital cortex. Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol 438: R18

Fattori P, Gamberini M, Mussio A, Breveglieri R, Kutz DF, Galletti C (1999) A visual-to-motor gradient within area V6A of the monkey parieto-occipital cortex. Neuroscience Lett 52 (suppl): S22

Fattori P, Gamberini M, Kutz DF, Galletti C (1999) Arm-reaching activity in area V6A (Brodmann's area 19) of the macaque. Neural Plasticity 1 (suppl): PM14

Galletti C, Fattori P, Gamberini M, Kutz DF, Luppino G, Matelli M (1999) Cortical connections of the physiologically defined area V6 in macaque monkey. Soc Neurosci Abst 25: 471.2

Fattori P, Galletti C, Gamberini M (1998) The visual association cortex of the superior parietal lobule: a bridge between vision and movement. Atti del Curso International de Doctorato, Madrid, May 27-29, 1998

Galletti C, Fattori P, Kutz DF, Gamberini M (1998) The cortical visual area V6: where it is and how it is organized. Soc Neurosci Abst 24: 834.8

Gamberini M, Mussio A, Fattori P (1998) Organizzazione visuotopica dell’area V6. Atti del VI convegno nazionale della Società Italiana di Neuroscienze, Pisa, 17-18 Dicembre 1998

Galletti C, Fattori P, Kutz DF, Gamberini M (1997) Visual topography and cortical distribution of non-visual activities in area V6A of macaque superior parietal lobule. Soc Neurosci Abst 23: 604.13