Arlotta Lab

Dr. Arlotta is interested in understanding the molecular laws that govern the birth, differentiation and assembly of the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain that controls how we sense, move and think. She integrates developmental and evolutionary knowledge to investigate therapies for brain repair and for modeling neuropsychiatric disease.

Noelia Antón-Bolaños completed her graduate studies at the Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche.

Postdoc Daniela Di Bella is a member of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences.

Irene Faravelli completed her Medical Degree and Neurology residency at the University of Milan.  She is interested in studying cortical organoids as a model for neurodevelopment and neurological diseases.

Tyler is a Computational Scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, having earned his PhD from Boston University. He uses single cell sequencing technologies to study neurodevelopment in mouse and organoid models.

Marta Montero Crespo completed her PhD at the Cajal Institute, studying the synaptic organization of the human hippocampus and its alterations in Alzheimer’s disease. She is interested in understanding the ultrastructural features of human neurodevelopment.

Milagros Pereira Luppi completed her PhD at Northwestern University.

Sebastiano Trattaro completed his PhD in system medicine at the European School of Molecular Medicine in Milan, where he specialized in disease modelling through induced pluripotent stem cells. He is interested in using brain organoids to understand the molecular features of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Anqi is a Computational Scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from Clemson University with specialization in Bioinformatics and genomic data science.

Juliana Brown is a staff scientist and grant writer who brings her critical insights to every project in the lab.

Zeke is interested in developing alternatives to animal research. He studied at Harvard College before entering the Ph.D. program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences.

Sebastián Morales Vélez is a PhD student in the molecules, cells, and organisms (MCO) program. He completed his B.Sc. (biochemistry) and M.Sc. (chemistry) at McGill University.

Uyanga is an undergraduate at Harvard College studying Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology.

Aiman completed her Bachelor of Science in Molecular & Cellular Biology at the Johns Hopkins University, where she worked on an iPSC model to study Huntington’s Disease in Dr. Xia Feng’s lab.

Noah graduated from Providence College in 2022 with a B.S. in Biology, where he worked in the Austriaco Lab studying Parkinson’s Disease in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Currently, Noah works with human brain organoids as a tissue culture technician in the Arlotta Lab.

Sarah completed her Bachelor of Science (Honors) in molecular biology at the University of Toronto.

Stephane Alexandre is the Senior Administrative Coordinator for Dr. Paola Arlotta. She manages Dr. Arlotta’s schedule and administrative needs.

Zachary Trayes-Gibson joined the Arlotta Lab from Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was a laboratory manager. Before MGH, he was a research assistant in Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He studied biological sciences at the University of Chicago.