Claudia Bagni#
Photo: Heidi Diaz
| Membership Number: | 6875 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://wwwfbm.unil.ch/dnf/group/cellular-and-molecular-studies-of-synapticplasticity-and-cancer-in-intellectual-disabilities/member/bagni-claudia-bagni |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4419-210X |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-bagni-1b005b147/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - present Full Professor, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, CH.
- 2021 - 2024 Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH
- 2016 - 2021 Director, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, CH
- 2011 - 2013 Director of the K University of Leuven Neurogenetics Program, Center for Human Genetics, BE
- 2008 - 2016 Full Professor and VIB group leader, Faculty of Medicine, K University of Leuven, BE
- 1994 - present Assistant, Associate and Full professor in Biology. University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, IT
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity
- Neuronal development
- mRNA metabolism
- Molecular mechanisms of cancer in the context of Fragile X syndrome
- Intellectual disabilities
- Brain wiring
- Fragile X Syndrome
- ASD and SCZ-like behaviours
- Autism
Honours and Awards
- 2023 CAVALIERE O.M.R.I. - Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (IT)
- 2023 Advisory Board of the Fragile X International Association – FraXI (EU)
- 2020 Honorary Citizenship of Castelforte (IT)
- 2018 Nestle Research & Development – Women in Science Award (CH)
- 2017 Pavoncella Prize - to Italian Women for Scientific Creativity (IT)
- 2016 Solvay Prize (BE)
- 2014 UCB (Union Chimique Belge) Award (BE)
- 2013 Honorary Member Italian Fragile X Association (IT)
- 2013 Baron van Gysel de Meise Prize (BE)
- 2011 Queen Elisabeth Foundation Award (BE)
- 1991 - 2001 NIH-Fogarty International Fellowship
- EMBO Long Term Fellowship & EMBO Short Term Fellowship
- European Science Foundation Short Term Fellowship
- European Union-Human Capital Mobility Fellowship
- CNR (Italian National Council for Research) Fellowship
