Speakers - NWC 2023

Biography

Rita Maccarone research field is focused on the functional study of the visual system and the mechanisms underlying retinal neurodegeneration. In particular, the scientific interest is focused on the degeneration of the neuroretina and retinal pigment epithelium, on the involvement of the retinal vascular system and on the breakdown of the haematoretinic barrier. The experimental approach consists of in vitro and in vivo studies in order to broaden the knowledge on the processes that lead to vision loss in the human diseases such as age-related macular degeneration with the aim of identifying effective neuroprotective strategies.
For many years she shared her interest in the physiopatology of the visual system with international research groups. She had an established collaboration with Prof. J. Stone and Prof. Kristztina Valter, of the "Australian National University", Canberra and the University of Sydney and with Prof. Kristrof Turlejsky, Nencky Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
She partecipated to several funded research projects (NATO Italy-Poland 2001, ASI 2001, CNR 2001, Boheringer 2002, PRIN 2000-2004-2006, POR Abruzzo 2004, International collaboration Italy - France 2005, Telethon).