Group leader

Live imaging of neuroimmunological processes

Education and professional experience

• Medical studies at the Catholic University of Rome (Italy)
• Membership of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Rome
• Specialization in Neurology at the Catholic University of Rome.
• Telethon research fellowship in the Laboratory of Muscular Disease in the Catholic University of Rome
• PhD in Neuroscience at the Neuroscience Department, Catholic University of Rome in collaboration with the Neuroimmunology Department of the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany
• Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsried
• Group leader at the Institute for Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Research (IMSF), University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG)
• Heisenberg Professor for Cellular and Molecular Imaging of Neuroimmunological Processes at the IMSF, UMG
• W3 Professor for Cellular and Molecular Imaging of Neuroimmunological Processes at the IMSF, UMG

DISSERTATION

Visualization of antigen presentation and T cell activation after treatment with high doses of soluble antigen.

PUBLICATIONS

• Francesca Odoardi’s publications listed in PubMed