Marta Lomazzi

Marta LomazziDATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 7/03/1980 MilanBd des Philosophes 4–1205 Geneva-CHPhone: +41 (0)764287631e-mail: marta.lomazzi@libero.itWORK EXPERIENCES2008 Public Health Communication assistant, IMSP, Geneva, Switzerland;2004-2008Research assistant in the laboratory of Prof. Christian Lüscher, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland;2002-2004Schering-Plough Research Institute, Laboratory of Molecular biology, San Raffaele Science Park, Milan, Italy (Advisor Dr. MG. Grilli).EDUCATION2008 Course about Project management, Fundraising & Multicultural communication, Syni, Geneva, Switzerland;Course “Journée de la propriété intellectuelle dans le domaine de la recherche scientifique et médicale”, Unitec, Geneva, Switzerland;PhD in Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandThesis title: “Chronic effects of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB): modulation of GIRK channels by regulators of G protein signaling proteins”;Course “Bonne Pratique des essais cliniques (GCP)”, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland;2007 Course ”Valorisation de la recherche - De la découverte au produit”, Unitec, Geneva, Switzerland;2004-2008 Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School, University of Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland;1999-2004 University Master Certificate of 100/110 cum laude in Medical Biotechnology, “Università degli Studi”, Faculty of Medicine, Milan, Italy.TECHNICAL EXPERIENCEExcellent skills in molecular biology, biochemistry, electrophysiology and behavior in rodents.INFORMATIC KNOWLEDGEPC and Macintosh platforms:-Data analysis software: Instat 3.0, Vector NTI, The sequence manipulation suite, Oligonucleotide Properties Calculator, Igor and web based tools for molecular biology and sequence analysis (Expasy, Ensembl, BLAST).-Bibliographical research programs: PubMed, Hubmed, OMIM.-General Software: Office, Endnote, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.FOREIGN LANGUAGESEnglish: fluentFrench: fluentGerman: fairly fluentItalian: mother tongueMEETINGS AND COURSES2007 Neuroscience meeting – San Diego (Poster presentation)Lemanic-Neurosciences Annual Meeting – Les Diablerets (Oral and poster presentation)Joint meeting of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience – Bern (Poster presentation)2005-2007 Monthly seminars with physicians of the University Hospital of Geneva2006 Lemanic-Neurosciences Annual Meeting – Les Diablerets (Oral and poster presentation)5th Forum of European Neuroscience – Vienna (Poster presentation)2005 Joint meeting of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience – ZurichSince 2004 Swiss license for animal experimentation-Continuous education in animal experimentation –Geneva and LausannePUBLICATIONSM .Lomazzi*, G. Labouèbe *, H.G. Cruz* , C. Creton, R. Luján, M. Li, Y. Yanagawa, K. Obata, M. Watanabe, K. Wickman, S.B.Boyer, P. Slesinger and C. Lüscher “RGS2 modulates GABAB receptor-GIRK channel coupling in dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area” *Equally contributed. Nat Neurosci. 2007 Oct 28.M. Lomazzi, P. Slesinger and C. Lüscher “Modulation of receptor to GIRK-channel coupling by RGS-proteins”. Accepted by Trends in Pharmacological Sciences.PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND INTERESTSWorking as volunteer with children and handicapped people trying to teach them how to stay and play together;Visiting many countries all over the world to know other cultures and civilizations;Sports and especially athletics, where I learned how to play in a team for a common goal.