Professore Associato – Dipartimento di Biologia | Tel.: 050 2211424 – Email: maya.vetencourt@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"141040","unipi-persone-nome":"Jose' Fernando","unipi-persone-cognome":"Maya-Vetencourt","unipi-persone-email":"maya.vetencourt@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Jos\u00e9 Fernando Maya-Vetencourt obtained his PhD and a Post Doc in Neurobiology at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa while working with Lamberto Maffei. He also worked as Research Scientist at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genova with Fabio Benfenati. His research interests centre on (i) neuronal interfaces designed to substitute damaged tissues in the nervous system, (ii) optogenetics- and experience-dependent mechanisms of neuronal plasticity that underlie sensory perception as well as behaviour, and (iii) retinal circuitries under physiological and pathological conditions. Dr. Maya-Vetencourt is editor of 1 neuroscience book, author of 4 book chapters, and coinventor in 4 patents. He has published 36 scientific manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, out of which 31 indexed in pubmed including: Science, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Journal of Physiology, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, European Journal of Neuroscience, Progress in Neurobiology, Experimental Eye Research, Nanomedicine, and others. He has delivered more than 20 scientific presentations at international meetings abroad. His academic record includes > 4000 citations with an \u201cH-index\u201d of 23 (Google Scholar) and an \u201cimpact factor per manuscript\u201d of 12.60. He has also supervised > 50 students for Master Thesis in the Degrees of Neuroscience, Biotechnology, and Molecular Biology. He is member of the Italian Society of Neuroscience, the American Society of Neuroscience, and the Italian Physiological Society. He works as associate review editor for \u201cFrontiers in Molecular Neuroscience\u201d, \u201cFrontiers in Cellular Neuroscience\u201d and \"Frontiers in Medicine\".
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\r\nSelected Publications (Impact Factor 2023)
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\r\n\u2022 Maya-Vetencourt, et al. 2020. Subretinally injected P3HT nanoparticles rescue vision in a rat model of retinal dystrophy. Nature Nanotechnology 15(8): 698-708. IF 40.5
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\r\n\u2022 Maya-Vetencourt, et al. 2017. A fully organic retinal prosthesis restores vision in a rat model of degenerative blindness. Nature Materials 16(6): 681-689. IF 47.7
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\r\n\u2022 Maya-Vetencourt, et al. 2008. The antidepressant fluoxetine restores plasticity in the adult visual cortex. Science 320(5874): 385-388. IF 63.8
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\r\nExternal Fund Raising (Research Grants)
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\r\n\u2022 PRIN 2024-2026. Grant: 205.500 \u20ac. Principal Investigator (PI). \u201cTranscriptional regulation of visual cortex plasticity: vision restoration by chemo-optogenetic regulation of the transcriptional repressor REST\/NRSF\u201d
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\r\n\u2022 Tuscany Health Ecosystem (THE), European Union Next Generation EU. 2023-2025. Grant: 45.000 \u20ac. Co-Investigator. \u201cNational Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) \u2013 Mission 4 Component 2, Investment N.1.5 \u2013 CUP N. I53C22000780001\u201d
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\r\n\u2022 PRIN 2022-2025. Grant: 716.000 \u20ac. Local Principal Investigator (Pisa Research Unit).
\r\n\u201cWireless and non-genetic photostimulation of neurons by cell-specific targeting of photovoltaic nanoparticles: application to neurodegenerative diseases of retina and brain\u201d
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\r\n\u2022 PRA 2020-2021. Grant: 84.616 \u20ac. Co-Investigator.
\r\n\u201cRiprogrammazione anti-infiammatoria della microglia come terapia per la neurodegenerazione retinica\"
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\r\n\u2022 CARIPLO 2018-2021. Grant: 400.000 \u20ac. Co-Investigator.
\r\n\"Nanosparks: high-resolution and non-invasive photostimulation strategies to rescue vision and alleviate geriatric frailty in age-related macular degeneration\"
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\r\n\u2022 Compagnia di San Paolo (CSP). 2016-2018. Grant: 180.000 \u20ac. Principal Investigator (PI).
\r\n\u201cModulation of adult visual cortical plasticity via optogenetic control of gene expression\u201d","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3808-8944","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"\r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"\r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"\r\nSu appuntamento, contattare il docente via mail utilizzando il seguente indirizzo: maya.vetencourt@unipi.it\r\n","unipi-persone-telefono":"050 2211424","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/maya_vetencourt\/","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=043332","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=043332&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Fisiologia BIOS-06\/A","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professore Associato","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp120279","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"