Our mission:
"Promote collaborative multidisciplinary & translational research in epilepsy"
"Promote public awareness on epilepsy caregiving and
research to patient communication"
EpiEpiNet brings together reputed neuroscientists that have in common the aim of understanding of the basic mechanisms of epileptogenesis and their impact in synaptic and brain circuitry dysregulation, and to contribute to the development of innovative therapies against refractory forms of epilepsy .
Our aims:
- Increase scientific and technological innovation in epilepsy research by interchange of ideas and researchers among partners
- Promote joint grant application and joint traning of PhD students
- Train young researchers and promote their internationalization
- Increase the awareness of epilepsy among the caregivers, patients & society
Our Strategies:
About the cover: Neurospheres grown in vitro, stained with neural stem / progenitor markers Nestin (red) and SOX2 (green) and the nuclear marker DAPI (blue).
Acknowledgement: Rita Soares, Vanessa Morais & Ana Sebastião Laboratory, iMM
EpiEpiNet joins neuroscientists from 4 cutting-edge European research institutions:
- Intituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM) | Lisboa | Portugal Coordinator Institution Website
- Amsterdam University Medical Center - University of Amsterdam (AMC-UVA) | Amsterdam | Netherlands Website
- Sapienza Universitá di Roma (URS) | Rome | Italy Website
- University of Lund (ULund) | Lund | Sweden Website
Organization Chart
Executive Council
- Ana Maria Sebastião - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal - anaseb@medicina.ulisboa.pt
- Eleonora Aronica - AMC/UVA | Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Eleonora Palma - URS | Rome, Netherlands
- Merab Kokaia - ULund | Lund, Sweden
Governing Council
- Ana Maria Sebastião - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Maria José Diógenes - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Carla Bentes - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Cláudia Valente de Castro - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Sandra Vaz - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Luisa Vaqueiro Lopes - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Miguel Castanho - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Sara Xapelli - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Vera Neves - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Gabriel Miltenberger-Miltenyi - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Nuno Luís Morais - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Armando Miguel Remondes - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Joaquim Ribeiro - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Pedro Silva - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal
- Eleonora Aronica - AMC/UVA | Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Erwin Alexander van Vliet - AMC/UVA | Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Jan Gorter - AMC/UVA | Amsterdam, Netherlands
- James Dominic Mills - AMC/UVA | Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Eleonora Palma - URS | Rome, Italy
- Cristina Limatola - URS | Rome, Italy
- Sergio Fucile - URS | Rome, Italy
- Annateresa Giallonardo - URS | Rome, Italy
- Vicenzo Esposito - URS | Rome, Italy
- Merab Kokaia - ULund | Lund, Sweden
- Marco Ledri - ULund | Lund, Sweden
- My Andersson - ULund | Lund, Sweden
External Advisory Board
- Helen Cross |Lingfield, UK
- José Pimentel | Lisbon, Portugal
- Julian Isla | Madrid, Spain
- Sandra Madeira | Lisbon, Portugal
- Patrício Soares da Silva | Porto, Portugal
- José Ángel Aibar | Madrid, Spain
Ethics Committee
- Carla Fonseca - Faculty of Medicine of University of Lisbon | Lisbon, Portugal
- Alexandre Mendonça - Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte | Lisbon, Portugal
Managing Team
- Ricardo Viais - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal - epiepinet@gmail.com / ricardo.viais@medicina.ulisboa.pt
- Madalena Reis - iMM | Lisbon, Portugal