- Ryan Research Assistant Professor
- Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience
- Phone: 401-874-9280
- Email: gcoppotelli@uri.edu
- Website
Biography
Giuseppe Coppotelli, Ph.D. investigates the underlying molecular mechanisms of the aging process and its role in the development of neurodegenerative disease. As part of the Ross Lab, he is particularly focused on the contribution and interconnectedness of protein homeostasis deregulation and mitochondrial dysfunction in the aging brain and how these might translate to chronic inflammation and contribute to dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Research
Coppotelli’s research aims to better understand how and why we age in order to develop therapies to counteract age-related function alterations occurring at the cell, tissue, and organ level, as well as to identify strategies to combat the development of conditions such as metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases, which are more common with advanced age.
Education
Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard University Medical School
Post-dosctoral Fellow, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Ph.D., Molecular Endocrinology, University of Rome
M.S., Biological Science, University of Rome