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Tullio Pozzan

Tullio Pozzan

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Biology and Biochemistry
Italy
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
129
Citations
64707
World Ranking
422
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Tullio Pozzan was affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy throughout their career. Their research spanned multiple interconnected fields, with a focus on neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist's work featured prominently in subfields such as molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, neurology, and epidemiology.

The main research topics addressed included:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Phosphodiesterase function and regulation
  • ATP synthase and ATPases research
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling

Among the scientist's recent publications were several papers published between 2020 and 2023. These included:

  • PKA compartmentalization links cAMP signaling and autophagy, 2021, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Intracellular Calcium Dysregulation by the Alzheimer's Disease-Linked Protein Presenilin 2, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Rescue of astrocyte activity by the calcium sensor STIM1 restores long-term synaptic plasticity in female mice modelling Alzheimer's disease, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Presenilin-2 and Calcium Handling: Molecules, Organelles, Cells and Brain Networks, 2020, Cells
  • ORAI2 Down-Regulation Potentiates SOCE and Decreases Aβ42 Accumulation in Human Neuroglioma Cells, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent publication venues for their work included Cells, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Function, Cell Death and Differentiation, and Nature Communications. Publications in Cells and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences were notably recurrent.

Throughout their career, Tullio Pozzan collaborated regularly with several co-authors. The most frequent collaborators were Elisa Greotti, Cristina Fasolato, Paola Pizzo, Konstantinos Lefkimmiatis, and Diana Pendin.

The scientist received several awards and recognitions, reflecting their standing within the scientific community. These included:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2018
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2013, Academy of Science
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 1998
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Calcium homeostasis in intact lymphocytes: cytoplasmic free calcium monitored with a new, intracellularly trapped fluorescent indicator.

    R Y Tsien;T Pozzan;T J Rink

  • Close Contacts with the Endoplasmic Reticulum as Determinants of Mitochondrial Ca2+ Responses

    Rosario Rizzuto;Paolo Pinton;Paolo Pinton;Walter Carrington;Walter Carrington;Frederic S. Fay;Frederic S. Fay

  • BAX and BAK Regulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+: A Control Point for Apoptosis

    Luca Scorrano;Scott A. Oakes;Joseph T. Opferman;Emily H. Cheng

  • Molecular and cellular physiology of intracellular calcium stores

    T. Pozzan;R. Rizzuto;P. Volpe;J. Meldolesi

  • Microdomains with high Ca2+ close to IP3-sensitive channels that are sensed by neighboring mitochondria

    Rosario Rizzuto;Marisa Brini;Marta Murgia;Tullio Pozzan

  • Microdomains of intracellular Ca2+: molecular determinants and functional consequences.

    Rosario Rizzuto;Tullio Pozzan

  • Cytoplasmic pH and free Mg2+ in lymphocytes.

    T J Rink;R Y Tsien;T Pozzan

  • T-cell mitogens cause early changes in cytoplasmic free Ca2+ and membrane potential in lymphocytes.

    R. Y. Tsien;R. Y. Tsien;T. Pozzan;T. J. Rink

  • Rapid changes of mitochondrial Ca2+ revealed by specifically targeted recombinant aequorin.

    Rosario Rizzuto;Alec W. M. Simpson;Alec W. M. Simpson;Marisa Brini;Tullio Pozzan

  • Discrete microdomains with high concentration of cAMP in stimulated rat neonatal cardiac myocytes.

    Manuela Zaccolo;Tullio Pozzan

  • The Ca2+ concentration of the endoplasmic reticulum is a key determinant of ceramide-induced apoptosis: significance for the molecular mechanism of Bcl-2 action

    Paolo Pinton;Davide Ferrari;Elena Rapizzi;Francesco Di Virgilio

  • Mitochondria as all-round players of the calcium game.

    Rosario Rizzuto;Paolo Bernardi;Tullio Pozzan

  • Cytosolic Ca2+ homeostasis in Ehrlich and Yoshida carcinomas. A new, membrane-permeant chelator of heavy metals reveals that these ascites tumor cell lines have normal cytosolic free Ca2+.

    P Arslan;F Di Virgilio;M Beltrame;R Y Tsien

  • Is cytosolic ionized calcium regulating neutrophil activation

    Tullio Pozzan;Daniel P. Lew;Claes B. Wollheim;Roger Y. Tsien

  • A genetically encoded, fluorescent indicator for cyclic AMP in living cells.

    M Zaccolo;F De Giorgi;C Y Cho;L Feng

  • Chimeric green fluorescent protein as a tool for visualizing subcellular organelles in living cells

    Rosario Rizzuto;Marisa Brini;Paola Pizzo;Marta Murgia

  • Calcium and apoptosis: facts and hypotheses.

    Rosario Rizzuto;Paolo Pinton;Davide Ferrari;Mounia Chami

  • Reduced loading of intracellular Ca(2+) stores and downregulation of capacitative Ca(2+) influx in Bcl-2-overexpressing cells.

    Paolo Pinton;Davide Ferrari;Paulo Magalhães;Klaus Schulze-Osthoff

  • Measurement of cytosolic free Ca2+ with quin2.

    Roger Tsien;Tullio Pozzan

  • The Golgi apparatus is an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive Ca2+ store, with functional properties distinct from those of the endoplasmic reticulum.

    Paolo Pinton;Tullio Pozzan;Rosario Rizzuto

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosario Rizzuto
Rosario Rizzuto University of Padua
Paola Pizzo
Paola Pizzo University of Padua
Marisa Brini
Marisa Brini University of Padua
Paolo Pinton
Paolo Pinton University of Ferrara
Manuela Zaccolo
Manuela Zaccolo University of Oxford
Jacopo Meldolesi
Jacopo Meldolesi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Francesco Di Virgilio
Francesco Di Virgilio University of Ferrara
Pompeo Volpe
Pompeo Volpe University of Padua
Daniel Pablo Lew
Daniel Pablo Lew University of Geneva
Susan Treves
Susan Treves University Hospital of Basel

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