NICOLIS SILVIA KIRSTEN

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Genetics (BIOS-14/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
GENETICS (05/BIOS-14)
Office phone
Room:
  • U03, Floor: 3, Room: 3046

Publications

  • Berry, K., Chandran, U., Mu, F., Deochand, D., Lei, T., Pagin, M., et al. (2023). Genomic glucocorticoid action in embryonic mouse neural stem cells. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 563(1 March 2023) [10.1016/j.mce.2023.111864]. Detail

  • Mercurio, S., Pozzolini, G., Baldi, R., Barila, S., Pitasi, M., Catona, O., et al. (2023). Hooked Up from a Distance: Charting Genome-Wide Long-Range Interaction Maps in Neural Cells Chromatin to Identify Novel Candidate Genes for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 24(2) [10.3390/ijms24021164]. Detail

  • Mercurio, S., Serra, L., Pagin, M., Nicolis, S. (2022). Deconstructing Sox2 Function in Brain Development and Disease. CELLS, 11(10) [10.3390/cells11101604]. Detail

  • Li, L., Medina-Menendez, C., Garcia-Corzo, L., Cordoba-Beldad, C., Quiroga, A., Calleja Barca, E., et al. (2022). SoxD genes are required for adult neural stem cell activation. CELL REPORTS, 38(5) [10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110313]. Detail

  • Mercurio, S., Alberti, C., Serra, L., Meneghini, S., Berico, P., Bertolini, J., et al. (2021). An early Sox2-dependent gene expression programme required for hippocampal dentate gyrus development. OPEN BIOLOGY, 11(2) [10.1098/rsob.200339]. Detail

Research projects

unctional validation of candidate neurodevelopmental disease genes identified via genome-wide association studies (GWAS) analysis of non-coding DNA elements
Year: 2023
Call: FAQC 2023 - seconda finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
A CRISPR-Cas9-based high-throughput screen in human brain organoids of T-dark putative downstream effectors of SOX2 in neurodevelopmental disease
Year: 2022
Grantors: FONDAZIONE TELETHON ETS, FONDAZIONE CARIPLO
PRIN 2022 PNRR- Missione 4, Componente 2, Investimento 1.1 -Avviso 1409/22 - Genetic and functional characterization of putative non-coding regulatory elements in Autism Spectrum Disorder risk
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: M.I.U.R. - MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE, DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA
Brain gene regulation in 3D: long-range promoter-enhancer functional interaction networks in mouse and human brain cells, and their relevance for neurodevelopmental disease
Year: 2021
Call: FAQC 2021 - prima finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
IMPROVVISION - Understanding and reprogramming developmental visual disorders: from anophthalmia to cortical impairment
Year: 2016
Call: 2015-063 - European Research Projects on Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Grantors: MINISTERO DELLA SALUTE