Carlotta Martelli
Contributing Principal Investigator
- Address: Institute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology (iDN), Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15 (Building 1578, Room: 02-112), 55128 Mainz
- Phone: +49-6131-3936103
Work experience:
- Since 2019: Group Leader, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz
- 2017 – 2019: Research Associate Department of Neurobiology, University of Konstanz, Germany
- 2014 – 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Neurobiology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany. Project: Synaptic mechanisms for flexible odor representation in the Drosophila brain.
- 2009 – 2013: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven CT
Project: Encoding of odor stimuli in the Drosophila olfactory system.
Education:
- 2005 - 2008: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biophysics, Universitá La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- 2000-2004: Studies in Physics Universitá La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Züfle P, Batista LL, Brandão SC, D’Uva G, Daniel C, Martelli C (2023)
Metabolic constraints on growth explain how developmental temperature scales synaptic connectivity relevant for behavior. bioRxiv -
Ketkar M. D, Gür B, Molina-Obando S, Ioannidou M, Martelli C, Silies M. (2022)
First- order visual interneurons distribute distinct contrast and luminance information across ON and OFF pathways to achieve stable behavior ELife, 11:e74937 -
Brandão SC, Silies M, Martelli C. (2021)
Adaptive temporal processing of odor stimuli. Cell and Tissue Research, 383:125-141 -
Martelli C, Fiala A. (2019)
Slow presynaptic mechanisms that mediate adaptation in the olfactory pathway of Drosophila. eLife, 8:e43735. -
Gorur-Shandilya S, Martelli C, Demir M, Emonet T. (2019)
Controlling and measuring dynamic odorant stimuli in the laboratory. J. Exp. Biol., 222(23):jeb207787