PhD Candidate
DIONISIOS KSIDIAS
dion.xydias@materials.uoc.gr
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MITRAKI ANNA, Professor, Materials Science & Technology Dept. - UOC
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KIOSEOGLOU GEORGIOS, Associate Professor, Materials Science & Technology Dept. - UOC
STRATAKIS EMMANOUIL, Researcher A, FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE
Abstract
Dionysios Xydias works on the determination of the topological effect of substrate topography on networks of neural cells, investigating how the electrical activity of networks of neural cell cultures, grown on pre-patterned substrates with regular, complex and random shapes, depends on the topography and the dimensional characteristics of the patterning as well as the growth conditions of the cell cultures.His methodology includes the design and preparation of substrates on which neural cells adhere and differentiate selectively, in predefined shapes, the recording of their electrical activity with the use of two-photon laser fluorescence microscopy and the analysis of the fluorescence signals to determine the correlation between individual neurons and the topology of the culture as a network.