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Dr Lorenzo Odierna

Lecturer in Clinical Neuroscience - School of Science and Technology

Building: McClymont W034 - Rm 395

Biography

Dr Lorenzo Odierna is a lecturer and neuroscientist currently working on understanding how the nervous system functions in health and disease. He joined the University of New England’s School of Science and Technology in 2025.

Dr Odierna completed his PhD at the University of Queensland in 2019 where he explored the role of down syndrome cell adhesion molecules on endosomal biology and synaptic transmission using fruit flies as a model organism. He then completed a short postdoctoral project at the University of Sydney where he investigated the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids in treating neuromuscular diseases. In 2021, Dr Odierna was recruited to the Queensland Brain Institute to develop in vitro zebrafish neuron assays to study the function of genes associated with epilepsy and autism. From 2022-2025, he held a postdoctoral position at the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute where he investigated the mechanisms of neurodegeneration in motor neuron disease using laboratory rodent models.

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