Luca Lorenzini

Luca Lorenzini

Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna

He has 20 years of experience in Laboratory Animal Science as researcher and veterinarian in public and private research institutes. From December 2021 he is Associate Professor and Head of the Animal Welfare Service in the University's Educational and Scientific Structures of the University of Bologna. The main focus of scientific activities is represented by the study of lesions and degenerative diseases of the nervous system, in particular the strategies to contrast early pathogenic phenomena such as neuroinflammation, and the interference of environmental pollutants with neurodevelopment. Further activities aim at "replacement" in animal experimentation, through the development of advanced 3D culture systems, also starting from embryonic and neural stem cells.