Mario Bortolozzi studies the molecular mechanisms underlying disorders of the nervous system, with particular focus on the ion channels involved in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy and on the neurotoxic effects of environmental contaminants such as PFAS.
Calcium Regulation of Connexin Hemichannels.
Special Issue “Gap Junction Channels and Hemichannels in Health and Disease”.
New perspectives for gene therapy of the X-linked form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Measuring Connexin Hemichannel Opening in Response to an InsP3-Mediated Cytosolic Ca2+ Increase.
2008
Phd in Bioscience - Padua University
2008 - 2010
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Padua University
2012 -2013
Researcher - Oxford University
2010 - 2017
Researcher - Padua University
2013 - 2023
Principal Investigator - VIMM
2017 - present
Associate Professor - Padua University
2005
Travel grant- 9 th “Mechanics of Hearing” Workshop, Portland
2007
Travel grant - 44 th Workshop in Inner Ear Biology, London (UK)
2008
Travel grant - 9 th “International Conference on Systems Biology”, Göteborg
2012
Poster award to “Cardiac and Respiratory Physiology” meeting, Manchester (UK)
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