Feliciano Protasi

University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara,
Italy

Abstract Title: Improper Remodeling of Organelles Deputed to Ca2+ Handling and Aerobic ATP Production Underlies Muscle Dysfunction in Ageing.

Biography:

Feliciano Protasi is Professor of Physiology at the University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara (Italy) and directs a multi-disciplinary research program mainly supported by Telethon ONLUS (Italy) and by the National Institute of Health (USA). After graduating in 1991 in Biological Sciences at the University of Perugia (Italy), Dr. Protasi moved to the USA to join first the laboratory of Prof. Clara Franzini-Armstrong (1993-1997) at the Univ. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), and then the lab. of Prof. Paul D. Allen at the Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA). Dr. Protasi returned to Italy in 2002 as Associate Professor to join the newly opened institute CeSI (Center for Research of Ageing at Ud’A). He soon established his own lines of research, mainly focused in unraveling the patho-physiological mechanisms underlying ageing and myopathies caused by alterations in Ca2+ handling in striated muscles.

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