ISSN: 2578-6490
Head of the Neuroscience Department
Head of the Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases Lab
Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research
Milan
United States of America
Gianluigi Forloni obtained the Degree of Biological Science at the University of Milan in 1985. After two years of post doc at the Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States of America, he came back to the Mario Negri Institute and between 1992 and 1996 he was the head of the Neurobiology of Alzheimers disease Unit; since 1996 he is the Head of the Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases Lab and since 2002 the Head of the Neuroscience Department. His scientific interest is focused on the biological and genetic bases of aging-related disorders in particular Alzheimers disease, Prion-related encephalopathies and Parkinson's disease. He has been member of several European committees for the examination of projects in the neuroscience field. He is now member of the Coordination group of the European IMI Consortium PharmaCog. He is President of the Italian Association on Brain Aging Research (AIRIC), member of the Scientific Committee of the Dementia section of the Italian Society of Neurology (SINDEM) and member of the European Academy of Sciences. He is the author of more than 260 peer-reviewed scientific articles and about 30 reviews or book chapters.
