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Emilia Favuzzi, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
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Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Biography

Emilia Favuzzi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Wu Tsai Institute at Yale University. She grew up in Italy and received a B.S. in Biology and a M.S. in Neurobiology from Sapienza University of Rome. She did her doctoral training at the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante (Spain) and the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at King’s College London. Her graduate research focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of inhibitory circuit development and plasticity in the cerebral cortex. In her postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute, she focused on microglia-inhibitory synapse interactions during development and discovered that specialized microglia differentially engage with specific synapse types. Her past work opened a new avenue in understanding neuroimmune crosstalk by showing that neuroimmune interactions within the brain may be as specific as those between neurons.
This novel conceptual framework is the foundation of the Favuzzi lab focused on the immune and glial mechanisms underlying brain wiring and function, with an emphasis on (1) interactions among neuronal and non-neuronal cells and (2) brain-body communication. Over the years, Emilia was awarded numerous prizes such as the Beddington Medal from the British Society for Developmental Biology, the Krieg Cortical Kudos Scholar Award from the Cajal Club, the Next Generation Leader by the Allen Institute, and the Gruber International Research Award.

Appointments

Education & Training

PhD
Miguel Hernandez Univerity, Neuroscience

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Cerebral Cortex; Inflammation; Microglia; Microscopy; Molecular Biology; Neural Inhibition; Neurobiology; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Neuroimmunomodulation; Neuronal Plasticity; Psychoneuroimmunology; Synapses; Transcriptome

Public Health Interests

Aging; Bioinformatics; Genetics, Genomics, Epigenetics; Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Mental Health; Respiratory Disease/Infections; Microbiome; Child/Adolescent Health

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Emilia Favuzzi's research output by year.

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  • 100 College Street

    Academic Office

    Fl 10, Rm 1039

    New Haven, CT 06510

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