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Scientific advisory committee

Marco de Curtis (Italy)

Born in Milano, Italy, November 22nd, 1957. Work address: Dept. Epilepsy and Experimental Neurophysiology, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy. Tel: (+39) 02 23942280  Fax: (+39) 02 70600775; e-mail decurtis@istituto-besta.it Current position: Head of the Unit of Experimental Neurophysiology and Epileptology, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano 1984: MD degree at the Università Statale, Milano; 1988: Specialty in Neurology, Università degli Studi, Parma. 1988-1991: Assistant Researcher at the Dept. Physiology and Biophysics of the New York University. 1997/98: Visiting scientist at the Neuroscience Department of the ETL in Tsukuba, Japan. 1994-2006: Associate-Head at the Dept. Epilepsy and Experimental Neurophysiology, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano. 1999: Stiftung Michael Price, awarded at the 23rd ILAE Congress in Prague 2005: Head of the Neurobiology Commission, Lega Italiana Contro le Epilessie 2006: Member of Neurobiology Commission, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) 2007-today: Head of Experimental Neurophysiology and Epileptology Unit, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano. 2009-today: Consultant at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) Grant Awards: Italian Health and Research Ministry 1992-2009; HFSPO grant (1996-999; RG-19/96B); Mariani Foundation; CARIPLO Foundation; Telethon; European Community (VSAMUEL-IST1999-10073; EPILEARN-FP6-029641; EPICURE-FP6-2005-037315. Sub-contract LEUCHRON-QLG-CT2001-01521 and NEUROGLIA). Editor of Epilepsia and Epilepsy Research. Scientific Committee of Conferences on Epileptogenesis I-IV (1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007) and LICE meetings 2005-2008; European Epilepsy Congress 2010 Director of the International Course Bridging clinical with experimental epileptology, San Servolo, Venice,  2002, 2005 and 2008. Invited Referee Nature Neuroscience, J. Physiology, J. Neurophysiology, J Neuroscience, Eur. J. Neuroscience, Brain Res. (Reviews and Protocols), Neuroscience, Progress Neurobiology, Epilepsia; British J. Pharmacology. Reviewer of MIUR e Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSP), Israel Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Wellcome Trust. Member of the Neurobiology Commission of ILAE. Research Interests: Neurology; Clinical and Experimental Neurophysiology; Clinical Experimental Epileptology; Neurophysiology of cortical limbic systems and thalamo-cortical system; Neuro-vascular interactions Author of 96 manuscript published on impacted Journals.