Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Functional and Structural Genomics, International School for Advanced Studies
(SISSA)
M.S., Neuroscience, University of Trieste
B.S., General and Applied Biology, University of Naples Federico II
Evolutionary and developmental neuroscience
Anatomy
Molecular biology
Glial biology
Dr. Carmen Falcone is a neurobiologist specializing in evolutionary and developmental neuroscience, with particular expertise in glial biology, molecular biology and brain anatomy.
She earned her Ph.D. in Functional and Structural Genomics from the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy, following a Master's degree in Neuroscience from the University of Trieste and a Bachelor's degree in General and Applied Biology from the University of Naples Federico II.
Dr. Falcone is a co-founder of Astrocyte Cafe foundation and Italian Glia Network and an active member of the following networks:
Dr. Falcone is also passionate about teaching, mentoring and science outreach.
Our laboratory is interested in the evolution and development of the nervous system in mammals and, more specifically, in astrocytes, a type of glial cells in the brain.
We combine techniques of histology and transcriptomics on mammalian postmortem brains from a wide variety of species with induced pluripotent stem cell cultures and cell transplantations in mice. The big aim is to investigate the functions, evolution and development of astrocytes across mammals at multiple levels: molecular, cellular, anatomical and neural circuits, in both physiology and pathology.