Gian Carlo Alfredo Giuseppe Demontis

FIRST NAME: GIAN CARLO
LAST NAME: DEMONTIS
Born December, 16, 1958 Citizenship: Italian
Marital status: Married, 1 daughter
Education and training
1980−1983: Biology courses, University of Pisa.

1983: Degree in Biology cum Laude –
1985−1989: Ph.D. student, Neuroscience – University of Pisa.
1990: Ph.D. in Neuroscience
1989−1990: postdoctoral training at the Department of Pharmacology – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, TX.
1990: short training periods at the department of Neuromorphology, Max−Planck Institute, Munich and at the Dept. of Pharmacology, University of California at Los Angeles.

1991−1992: postdoctoral training at the Institute for Neurophysiology, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa.

Employment and research experience
1992−2002: Permanent position as Researcher – Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology – University of Pisa, Italy.

2002−2006: Associate Professor, Physiology − Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology – University of Pisa, Italy.

2006− present: Full Professor, Physiology − Department of Pharmacy – University of Pisa, Italy.

Past and present research interests:

1) cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the transduction and processing of visual stimuli by rod photoreceptors;

2) cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the generation of oxidative stress in neuronal and endothelial cells;

3) functional evaluation of spontaneous mutants and KO mice for their use in translational research.

4) functional evaluation of rod-fated cells derived from stem cells or reprogrammed fibroblasts