Professore Ordinario – Dipartimento di Farmacia | Tel.: 050-2219517 – Email: giancarlo.demontis@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"4280","unipi-persone-nome":"Gian Carlo Alfredo Giuseppe","unipi-persone-cognome":"Demontis","unipi-persone-email":"giancarlo.demontis@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"FIRST NAME: GIAN CARLO
\r\nLAST NAME: DEMONTIS
\r\nBorn December, 16, 1958 Citizenship: Italian
\r\nMarital status: Married, 1 daughter
\r\nEducation and training
\r\n1980−1983: Biology courses, University of Pisa.
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\r\n1983: Degree in Biology cum Laude \u2013
\r\n1985−1989: Ph.D. student, Neuroscience \u2013 University of Pisa.
\r\n1990: Ph.D. in Neuroscience
\r\n1989−1990: postdoctoral training at the Department of Pharmacology \u2013 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, TX.
\r\n1990: short training periods at the department of Neuromorphology, Max−Planck Institute, Munich and at the Dept. of Pharmacology, University of California at Los Angeles.
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\r\n1991−1992: postdoctoral training at the Institute for Neurophysiology, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa.
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\r\nEmployment and research experience
\r\n1992−2002: Permanent position as Researcher \u2013 Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology \u2013 University of Pisa, Italy.
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\r\n2002−2006: Associate Professor, Physiology − Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology \u2013 University of Pisa, Italy.
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\r\n2006− present: Full Professor, Physiology − Department of Pharmacy \u2013 University of Pisa, Italy.
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\r\nPast and present research interests:
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\r\n1) cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the transduction and processing of visual stimuli by rod photoreceptors;
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\r\n2) cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the generation of oxidative stress in neuronal and endothelial cells;
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\r\n3) functional evaluation of spontaneous mutants and KO mice for their use in translational research.
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\r\n4) functional evaluation of rod-fated cells derived from stem cells or reprogrammed fibroblasts","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"Lunedi dall 13 alle 14 - Via Bonanno, 6","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-telefono":"050-2219517","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=008046","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=008046&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Fisiologia BIOS-06\/A","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professore Ordinario","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp12387","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"