Mariella De Biasi
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Program on Cholinergic Mechanisms in Addiction and Mental Illness, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
Advisory Board Member, Clinical Neuroscience Training (CNST) Program, University of Pennsylvania
Training co-Director, Psychiatry Residency Research Track
Department: Psychiatry
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
CRB Building: 217B
415 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
415 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215 898-9579
Education:
B.S. (Medicinal Chemistry)
University of Padua, Italy, 1987.
Ph.D. (Pharmacology and Toxicology)
University of Padua, Italy, 1993.
B.S. (Medicinal Chemistry)
University of Padua, Italy, 1987.
Ph.D. (Pharmacology and Toxicology)
University of Padua, Italy, 1993.
Post-Graduate Training
Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Padua, Fellowship on drugs and cardiovascular aging (Giuliana Fassina, mentor)., 1988-1991.
Research Associate, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (Arthur M. Brown's Lab), 1991-1993.
Permanent linkPredoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Padua, Fellowship on drugs and cardiovascular aging (Giuliana Fassina, mentor)., 1988-1991.
Research Associate, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (Arthur M. Brown's Lab), 1991-1993.
Description of Research Expertise
neuropharmacology; drug addiction; electrophysiology; behavioral testing; preclinical genetic modelsSelected Publications
Blackwell J.E., Rao W., De Biasi, M., Geffen M.N.: The role of feedback from the auditory cortex in shaping responses to sounds in inferior colliculus. eLife Sciences 9, January 2020 Notes: DOI: 10.7554/eLife.51890 (deposited in BioRχiv March 21, 2019).Papke R.L., Brunzell D.H., De Biasi, M.: Cholinergic receptors and addiction. Behavioral pharmacology of the cholinergic system. Springer Science, 2020.
Kartha S., Shaw J., Luo L., Tsourkas A., Cheng Z, De Biasi M., Winkelstein B. : Phospholipase A2 Responsive Micelles Attenuate Neuropathic Pain without Abuse Liability. Biomedical Engineering (BMES) Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, California 2020.
Wittenberg R.E., Wolfman S.L., De Biasi M., Dani J.A. : Nicotine and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: A Brief Introduction Neuropharmacology Special Issue on Contemporary Advances in nicotine 2020.
De Biasi M.: Neuropharmacology: Special Issue on Contemporary Advances in Nicotine Neuropharmacology. Neuropharmacology. Elsevier, 2020 Notes: Volume Co-editor.
Patten T., Dreier A., Halberstadter K., De Biasi M.: A longitudinal study of the effect of a fruit-flavorant on nicotine preference and consumption in mice. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA 2020.
Patten T. and De Biasi M.: History repeats itself: Role of characterizing flavors on nicotine use and abuse. Neuropharmacology. Special Issue on Contemporary Advances in nicotine Damaj MI. De Biasi M, Papke R (eds.). Elsevier Oxford UK, 2020.
Webb K., Dani J.A., De Biasi M.: Mesolimbic Dopamine and Habenulo-Interpeduncular Pathways in Nicotine Withdrawal. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine: Addiction. PJ Kenny and RC Pierce (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Page: 237-250, 2020.
Quijano Cardé, N., Perez, E., Kranzler, H., De Biasi, M.: Investigating the Efficacy of GluK1-containing Kainate Receptor Inhibition to Treat Alcohol Addiction. Annual Meeting of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, in Philadelphia, PA 2019.
Patten T. M., Dreier A., Halberstadter K., De Biasi M.: The effect of a fruit-flavorant on nicotine consumption and preference throughout adolescence and young adulthood. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 2019.