Research theses
Abstract
Recent findings reveal physiological effects of endogenous Li in the brain and indicate that disruption of Li homeostasis may be an early event in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. In this perspective, the interaction between lithium ions and specific biomolecules involved in neurodegeneration will be investigated by a coupled surface plasmon resonance and mass spectrometric approach.
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease
biosensing
NEURODEGENERATION
Plasmonics
ERC sector(s)
PE Physical Sciences and Engineering
LS Life Sciences
Thesis supervisor
Name supervisor
Giuseppe Grasso
E-mail
grassog@unict.it
Name of the host University
University of Catania (UNICT)
EUNICE partner e-mail of destination Research
eunice@unict.it
Country
Italy
Student profile
Thesis level
Master
PhD
Minimal language knowledge requisite
English C1
Additional info
Thesis mode
On-site
Start date
Length of the research internship
9 months