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Giulia Quattrocolo

@gquattrocolo.bsky.social

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Associate Professor at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience. #QuattrocoloLab. Mum. Interested in brain development, travelling and Medieval History.

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Apr 10

So happy to share the second manuscript of the #QuattrocoloLab. This was a side project of a fantastic PhD student, Kristian Moan, that saw something cool in his data and presented it in our annual lab retreat in 2024. Now the whole story sees the light of day. 1/3

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Apr 10

Differences in Cajal-Retzius cell density and postnatal persistence across cortical areas revealed by a novel intersectional genetic labeling approach https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.09.647949v1

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations!

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Aug 27

I really had the best time visiting Vilnius University for the Summer School on Neurodevelopment! Wonderful campus, lovely city and great interactions!

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Jul 28

And we are saying goodbye to the first postdoc of the #QuattrocoloLab. It will be sad not to have Keagan around anymore, but he is off to another great adventure! It has been a pleasure working with him and I will surely miss our gene network related discussions a lot!

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Jun 16

The #QuattrocoloLab has 5 posters at the #FRM2025. We have interneurons, growth cones and Cajal-Retzius cells, going from proteomics to behavior. Stop by in the Development session Tuesday afternoon!

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Eve Seuntjens @eveseuntjens.bsky.social · May 15

We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary developmental neurobiology

Come join our EU cephalopod consortium to discover how octopuses and other coleoids developed their large nervous system. Postdoc position available in the Seuntjens Lab in Leuven, Belgium.

www.kuleuven.be

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · May 25

A small delegation of the #QuattrocoloLab is @corticodevelopment.bsky.social. We did a lab visit of Taormina this morning and now we are getting ready for the science. We are presenting 4 different projects here, from hippocampal growth cones to MEC development to (obviously!!) Cajal-Retzius cells!

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · May 22

Yes, should be doable. Our tech just washes tissue many times before starting DNA extraction to avoid any fixative. We did it few times and always worked.

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Emilia Favuzzi @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social · May 22

I am looking for a postdoc with an immunology background interested in joining a Yale neuroscience lab to study how the brain controls immunity. At Yale, we have a wonderful interdisciplinary & collaborative #neuroimmune community. Please reach out or share with anyone who might be interested!

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · May 22

An in-house collaboration between the #QuattrocoloLab and the #NigroLab. Beautiful images and very interesting data collected.

Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · May 22

I fell in love with neurophysiology because of the beautiful biophysical properties of stellate cells
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8395571/

Finally I go back to these cells and put biocytin in them and what a wonderful surprise
Stained and imaged by Kristian Moan @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
#neuroskyence

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · May 9

It was an absolute honor and pleasure to host today Ileana Hanganu-Opatz for our seminar series. Her work is super inspiring and she was the best guest! @kavlintnu.bsky.social #neuroskyence

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · May 2

Also in Issue 8:
▪️Research Highlights on embryo elongation and skin T cells
▪️Perspective on public engagement in human #DevBio
▪️2 In preprints
▪️Transitions in development interview @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
▪️2 people behind the papers interviews
▪️Development at a glance on stem-cell-based models

Volume 152 Issue 8 | Development | The Company of Biologists

journals.biologists.com

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Apr 25

It was a real pleasure to host Dr. Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social today at the @kavlintnu.bsky.social for our seminar series. His work is always groundbreaking and inspirational!

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Apr 16

I love this series of articles on @dev-journal.bsky.social! It was an honor to be interviewed for it. #QuattrocoloLab @kavlintnu.bsky.social

Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Apr 15

Transitions in development – an interview with Giulia Quattrocolo

@gquattrocolo.bsky.social talks about how she became interested in neural development, how she developed her research niche during her time in the USA, and her childhood ambitions to become a volcanologist:
doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Apr 10

The initial CR cell density and the rate of their disappearance varies substantially across different brain areas during development. It turns out the hippocampus is not the only region where these cells survive for a long time! Where else do they stay? (No spoilers..just check out the paper!)

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Apr 10

We applied a new labeling strategy to investigate the distribution and persistence of #Cajal-Retzius cells throughout the whole mouse brain, at four different postnatal ages. (Huge thanks to Rob Machold, at NYU, for the awesome mouse line!) 2/3

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Apr 10

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Feb 21

The second annual retreat of the #QuattrocoloLab is over. As usual, I was blown away by the presentations and I have so much to think about now!! So many new ideas to test! Thanks to everybody for making it so special.

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Feb 7

Congratulations Alicia!

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Feb 4

Congratulations @hjerling-leffler.bsky.social !

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Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · Jan 30

Here is a flyer to print or email. Thank you very much!

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Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · Jan 19

We are still taking applications!

Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · Jan 6

We have an open post doc position funded by an ERC Consolidator grant. It is 3 years full-time and we are looking for someone with expertise in molecular methods (engram tagging/opto/DREADDs/Immunohistochemistry) to join our big, team-science projects. www.genzellab.com/we-are-hiring

We are hiring! — Genzel Lab

www.genzellab.com

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Dec 31

Sure..that’s how I call it too 😒

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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Dec 25

Thanks! You too!

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Dec 25

You too guys!

Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · Dec 25

The gang is back together. Our Christmas is safe! @maxnigro.bsky.social

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