Short Bio
Alessandra Bertoldo is Full Professor in Bioengineering at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy; since 2022, she is Director of the Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Italy, and since 2017 she is Coordinator of the Master’s Degree Program in Bioengineering and of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Biomedical Engineering (in Italian: Presidente del CCS aggregato in Ingegneria Biomedica e Bioingegneria).
She has a Master degree in Electronics Engineering, University of Padova, Italy and a PhD in Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano (Polytechnic University of Milan), Milan, Italy.
Her research interests are mainly related to the development of mathematical models for analysis and control of biological systems and to the quantification of functional positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance images. Current personal and collaborative research activities include: Connectomics (functional, structural, effective, and molecular connectomics), Multimodal Fusion in neuroimaging, Mathematical models for quantitative PET studies, Methods for magnetic resonance functional imaging)
Currently, she teaches “Imaging for Neuroscience” in the Msc in Bioengineering of the Department of Information Engineering, and “Statistical methods for Bioengineering” in the Msc in Bioengineering of the Department of Information Engineering.
She is member of the board of the Doctoral School on Neuroscience (Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova). Since November 2015, she is member of the IEEE-EMBC Technical Committee on Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing.
Additional information:
- Molecular Imaging of Brain Connectivity: https://molecularconnectivity.com/
- Padova Neuroscience Center: https://pnc.unipd.it/
- Citations: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=m0GuxsoAAAAJ&hl=it
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PRIN-MURST |
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PRIN 2000 Modellistica e imaging quantitativo del sistema serotoninergico con Tomografia ad Emissione di Positroni (Principal investigator: Claudio Cobelli) |
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PRIN 2004 Modelli e metodi per lo studio delle malattie neurodegenerative con tomografia ad emissione di positroni (Principal investigator: Claudio Cobelli) |
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National Institutes of Health, USA |
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NIH/NIDDK “Multi-tracer PET Quantification of Insulin Action in Muscle” (2002-2006; Principal investigator: David E. Kelley) | DK-60555-01 |
NIH/NIBIB “Resource Facility for Population Kinetics” (2003-2008; Principal investigator: P. Vicini) | P41 EB-001975 |
NIH/NIDDK “Multi-Tracer Pet Quantitation of Insulin Action” (2007-2010; Principal investigator: Bret H Goodpaster) | DK-60555-02 |
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European Union |
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UE Programme FP4-BIOMED 2 “Prediction of shock status using open flow approaches with biosensor detection” (1997-2001; Principal Investigator: Pankaj Vadgama) | Project ID: BMH4972726 |
UE Programme FP7 “DIAdvisor: Personal Glucose Predictive Diabetes Advisor” | Project ID: 216592 |
UE Programme FP7 “AP@home: Bringing the Artificial Pancreas Home” | Project ID: 247138 |
UE Programme FP7 IMI Call (Innovative Medicines Iniziative) “SUMMIT: SUrrogate markers for Micro- and Macro-vascular hard endpoints for Innovative diabetes Tools) | Project ID: 115006 |
UE Programme FP7 – “MOSAIC – Models and simulation techniques for discovering diabetes influence factors” | Project ID: 600914 |
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University of Padova |
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2000 Progetto Giovani Ricercatori “Analisi quantitativa del metabolismo da immagini PET: nuovi metodi di stima parametrica”, (Principal investigator Giovanni Sparacino) | Co-investigator |
2003 Progetto Giovani Ricercatori “Modelli non lineari ad effetti misti per la quantificazione di immagini di Tomografia ad Emissione di Positroni | Principal investigator |
2007 Progetti di Ricerca di Ateneo “Sviluppo di un modello elettrico a parametri distribuiti dell’interfaccia cellula/elettrodo per cellule di mammifero coltivate in vitro” | Principal investigator |
2013 Progetti di Ricerca di Ateneo “Neuroimaging Genetics: Models and Methods to Integrate Brain Phenotype and Genotype” | Principal investigator |
2007-2009 Progetti di Eccellenza – Fondazione CARIPARO “MIcrofluidics laboratory for Scientific and Technological Applications”, (Principal investigator: Michele Maggini) | Co-investigator |
Progetti strategici di Ateneo 2008 “AACSE: Algorithms and Architectures for Computational Science and Engineering” (Principal investigator: Bilardi Gianfranco) | Co-investigator |
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Italian Ministry of Health |
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NET-2013-02355313 (3 years project) Magnetic resonance imaging in drug-refractory temporal lobe epilepsy: standardization of advanced structural and functional protocols at 3T, to identify hippocampal and extra-hippocampal abnormality (Principal investigator: Paolo Vitali) |
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2016
The genomic plot: a new method for measuring specific receptor binding of a PET radioligand in human brain without pharmacological blockade Conference
Eleventh International Symposium on Functional Neuroreceptor Mapping of the Living Brain, (NeuroReceptor Mapping 2016), Boston (MA, USA), 13-17 July 2016 2016, (oral).
Network analysis of brain PET data: application to cross-sectional studies Conference
Eleventh International Symposium on Functional Neuroreceptor Mapping of the Living Brain, (NeuroReceptor Mapping 2016), Boston (MA, USA), 13-17 July 2016 , 2016, (poster).
A unified framework for the automatic blood data modelling in dynamic PET studies Conference
Eleventh International Symposium on Functional Neuroreceptor Mapping of the Living Brain, (NeuroReceptor Mapping 2016), Boston (MA, USA), 13-17 July 2016 , 2016, (poster).
A new method for measuring specific receptor binding of a PET radioligand in human brain without pharmacological blockade Conference
J Nucl Med Meeting Abstracts, SNMMI 2016 San Diego (CA, USA), , 2016, (in press, poster).
Exploring the relationship between structure, multi-scale functional dynamics and objective measurements of neural plasticity Conference
Organization for Human Brain Mapping, (OHBM 2016), Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2016, (poster).
Epilepsy in multiple sclerosis: The role of temporal lobe damage Journal Article
In: Mult. Scler., 2016.
Elevated Translocator Protein (TSPO) in Subjects at High Risk of Psychosis and in Schizophrenia: an [11C] PBR28 PET Brain Imaging Study Conference
2016 International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM) 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2016, (poster).
ACTRIMS Forum 2016, vol. S1, 2016.
MENGA: A New Comprehensive Tool for the Integration of Neuroimaging Data and the Allen Human Brain Transcriptome Atlas Journal Article
In: PLoS ONE, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. e0148744, 2016.
Measuring specific receptor binding of a PET radioligand in human brain without pharmacological blockade: The genomic plot Journal Article
In: NeuroImage, vol. 130, pp. 1 - 12, 2016, ISSN: 1053-8119.