Ms. Maria Kokkali is a 1st year Ph.D candidate at the University of Crete (Medical School) and the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB). She received her Bachelor degree from the University of Ioannina in 2014 and her Master degree from King’s College London in Neuroscience. Her research focuses on the development of novel agonists of Neurotrophin receptors for pharmacological interventions in neurodegenerative diseases and regulation of adult neurogenesis.