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Dmytro Shmal

Post-doctoral fellow
Affiliated Researcher
Neuroscience and Smart Materials
Phone
+39 010 5558521
Address
Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, c/o CBA Torre D1
Research center
NSYN@UniGe
Interests
Visual cortex plasticity
Retinal prosthetics
In vivo electrophysiology
Imaging analysis
About
Education

Title: MD
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2007 To: 2017

Title: PhD
Institute: University of Genoa/IIT
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2019 To: 2022

Skills

Imaging
- Histopathology
- Confocal microscopy
- Image analysis

MATLAB

In vivo electrophysiology
- Visual evoked potentials
- Chronic cortical recordings in awake animals

Handling of in vivo rodent models
- Surgical implantation of chronic recording arrays
- Cortical microinjections

All Publications
2022
Shmal D., Mantero G., Floss T., Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Benfenati F.
Involvement of The Transcription Factor REST in Visual Cortex Plasticity
FENS Forum 2022
Poster Conference
2022
Francia S., Shmal D., Di Marco S., Chiaravalli G., Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Mantero G., Michetti C., Cupini S., Manfredi G., DiFrancesco M.L., Rocchi A., Perotto S., Attanasio M., Sacco R., Bisti S., Mete M., Pertile G., Lanzani G., Colombo E., Benfenati F.
Light-induced charge generation in polymeric nanoparticles restores vision in advanced-stage retinitis pigmentosa rats
Nature Communications, vol. 13, (no. 1)
DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-31368-3
2022
Francia S., Di Marco S., DiFrancesco M. L., Ferrari D. V., Shmal D., Cavalli A., Pertile G., Attanasio M., Maya-Vetencourt J. F., Manfredi G., Lanzani G., Benfenati F., Colombo E.
P3ht-Graphene Device for the Restoration of Visual Properties in a Rat Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa
Advanced Materials Technologies
DOI 10.1002/admt.202201467
Article Journal
2020
DiFrancesco M.L., Lodola F., Colombo E., Maragliano L., Bramini M., Paterno G.M., Baldelli P., Serra M.D., Lunelli L., Marchioretto M., Grasselli G., Cimo S., Colella L., Fazzi D., Ortica F., Vurro V., Eleftheriou C.G., Shmal D., Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G., Benfenati F.
Neuronal firing modulation by a membrane-targeted photoswitch
Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 15, (no. 4), pp. 296-306
DOI 10.1038/s41565-019-0632-6
2020
Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Manfredi G., Mete M., Colombo E., Bramini M., Di Marco S., Shmal D., Mantero G., Dipalo M., Rocchi A., DiFrancesco M.L., Papaleo E.D., Russo A., Barsotti J., Eleftheriou C., Di Maria F., Cossu V., Piazza F., Emionite L., Ticconi F., Marini C., Sambuceti G., Pertile G., Lanzani G., Benfenati F.
Subretinally injected semiconducting polymer nanoparticles rescue vision in a rat model of retinal dystrophy
Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 15, (no. 8), pp. 698-708
DOI 10.1038/s41565-020-0696-3
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Francesca Franchi Affiliated Researcher Neuroscience and Smart Materials
Gaia Ziraldo Post Doc Neuroscience and Smart Materials
Elisabetta Colombo Technologist Neuroscience and Smart Materials
Beatrice Corradi PhD Student Neuroscience and Smart Materials
Antonella Marte Affiliated Researcher Neuroscience and Smart Materials
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