Maria Teresa Dell’Anno

In recent years, the study of neural stem cells and their potential in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases has seen significant progress. The ability to generate human neurons for replacement cell therapies or the creation of in vitro platforms not only provides an opportunity to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying these pathologies but also to test the efficacy of new drugs. In this context, the Cellular Engineering Laboratory at the Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza focuses primarily on the study of human neural stem cells and their differentiation into neuronal and glial cells.

Maria Teresa Dell’Anno earned a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the University of Pisa, conducting part of her research at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. She later specialized in cellular reprogramming and pluripotent stem cells, first at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan and then at the Department of Neurology at Yale School of Medicine. Currently, her research focuses on astrogliosis in neurodegenerative diseases and neuroenergetics.