Laura Batti | Wyss Center

Laura Batti, PhD

Microscopy Facility Manager

Laura brings expertise in bioimaging and neuroscience with a particular focus on microscopy with state-of art technologies.

Laura joined the Wyss Center in September 2016 as Microscopy Facility Manager bringing expertise in bioimaging and neuroscience. She manages the Advanced Microscopy Facility, a cutting-edge platform which offers both technical support and innovation in imaging technology.

Laura gained professional experience at EMBL, Rome where she worked in the microscopy facility and as postdoc in the pain research field, developing her skills in microscopy with state-of art technologies. She received her PhD in Neuroscience in 2010 at the University College of Dublin, which saw her involved in a project on hypoxia and neuro-inflammation.

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Contributing to

Advancing our understanding of the brain's complex circuitry

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Expertise

State-of-the-art advanced lightsheet imaging center

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Facility

Improving brain tumor treatment

A new view of glioblastoma could help predict patient outcomes

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Advance

Repairing the spinal cord

Gene therapy to boost rehabilitation success following spinal cord injury

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Advance

Finding cures for the future in the brains of the past

Brain mapping: Uniting multi-scale brain data to reveal disease mechanisms

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Updates

New project: Repairing the spinal cord

Gene therapy to boost rehabilitation success following spinal cord injury.

Collaboration

23.02.2023

Study contributes to our understanding of how cocaine withdrawal affects brain circuits

The results could help clinicians understand addiction and enable people to better manage substance withdrawal.

Collaboration

31.03.2021

Peeking inside ‘mini-brains’ could boost understanding of the human brain in health and disease

Revealing details of the internal structure of ‘mini-brains’ could help accelerate drug studies and may offer alternatives to some animal testing.

Collaboration

07.01.2021

New microscopes to unravel the mysteries of brain organization

Researchers around the world share their stunning images and insights: The open source mesoSPIM Initiative.

Collaboration

16.09.2019

Wyss Center microscope reveals brain circuit reorganisation that could help solve paralysis

High resolution imaging reveals neuronal reorganisation.

Collaboration

19.03.2018

Team

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Sophie Bogoyavlensky, BSc

HR Manager

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Corinne Brana, PhD

Neurobiology Lab Manager

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Yoseline Cabara, PhD

Microscopy Scientist

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Laura de Vevey, MSc

Science Communications Specialist

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Lenny Charrière

IT System Administrator

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Ivana Gantar, MSc

Advanced Microscopy Imaging Specialist

Jonathan

Jonathan Grobéty

Administrative Assistant

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Laura Gyger

Intellectual Property Paralegal

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Béatrice Hobi

Executive Assistant

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Emna Khediri, LLM

Legal Counsel

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Farah Mathres, MSc, CMA

Finance Manager

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Florent Ollinet, MSc

Computer and Information Systems Manager

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Sylvain Papilloud

Accountant

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Loïck Pipolo

IT Technician

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Maria Primiceri

Administrative Manager

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Carola Strowik

Executive Assistant

Jon Mark

Jon Mark Walls

Business Development Manager