Elizabeth Cerbai
Associate Professor
Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, Area of ​​Pharmac
University of Florence
Italy
Biography
STUDIES: 1980-1984 Degree in Biological Sciences, University of Florence 1986-1990 PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: 1986-August / September 1987 Visiting Scientist at the Electrophysiology Laboratory directed by Professor Gerrit Isenberg, Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Cologne-Germany July 1990 - April 1996 Researcher for SSD E07X, Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacology, University of Ferrara May 1996 - October 2000 Researcher for SSD E07X, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence November 2000 - October 2005 Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence November 2005 - Extraordinary Professor of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence November 2005 - Director of the Interuniversity Center for Applied Molecular Medicine and Biophysics (CIMMBA), University of Florence OTHER PR research scientist, University of Florence (2009 to February 2015) and Candidate Rector for the sixth year 2015-2021 (April-June 2015) Coordinator of the University Evaluation Core, "La Sapienza" University, Rome (2013 -2016) Member of the Senior Health Council (2015-2017) Representative for the Biomedical Area in the Academic Senate (2016-2020) Member of the Board of Directors of the Research and Innovation Foundation, Florence (2010 -2014) Chairperson of the European WG on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology, European Society of Cardiology (2010-2012; Past-Chair 2012-2014) Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (2009-) Fellow of the European Heart Rhythm Association and Member of the Educational Committee, (2009-2013) Director of the Interuniversity Center for Molecular Medicine and Applied Biophysics (2005-2011) Board of Directors of the Italian Society of Pharmacology (2007-2011) Member of the Board of the University College of Pharmacology (2015 -2017) Member for UNIFI of the Technology Committee / Tuscan District Committee of the Life Sciences (2011 -) Editor & Reviewer: Associate Editor, Cardiovascular Research (2013 -) American Journal of Physiology, Biophysical Journal, British Journal of Pharmacology, Circulation, Circulation Research, European Heart Journal, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Journal of Physiology (London), Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, PLOS One, Pharmacological Research, Stem Cells RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cellular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias; Anti-arrhythmic drugs Electrophysiological remodeling in different physiological and pathological conditions (postnatal development, murine and human embryonic stem cell differentiation, hypertrophy and heart failure, diabetes, atrial fibrillation)
Research Interest
Cardiology, Pharmacology
Publications
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Pacini, Luca; Suffredini, Silvia; Ponti, Donatella; Coppini, Raffaele; Frati, Giacomo; Ragona, Joseph; Cerbai, Elisabetta; Calogero, Antonella (2013). Altered calcium regulation in isolated cardiomyocytes from Egr-1 knock-out mice. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY, vol. 91, pp. 1135-1142, ISSN: 0008-4212
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Ferrantini C; Coppini R; Sacconi L; Tosi B; Zhang ML; Wang GL; de Vries E; Hoppenbrouwers E; Pavone F; Cerbai E; Thesis C; Poggesi C; Ter Keurs HE (2014). Impact of detubulation on the force and kinetics of cardiac muscle contraction. JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 143, pp. 783-797, ISSN: 0022-1295
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Crocini, C; Ferrantini, C; Coppini, R; Scardigli, M; Yan, P; Loew, Lm; Smith, G; Cerbai, E; Poggesi, C; Pavone, Fs; Sacconi, L. (2016). Optogenetics of mechanistic-based stimulation patterns for cardiac defibrillation .. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 6, pp. 0-0, ISSN: 2045-2322
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Crocini, C; Coppini, R; Ferrantini, C; Yan, P; Loew, Lm; Poggesi, C; Cerbai, E; Pavone, Fs; Sacconi, L. (2016). T-Tubular Electrical Defects Contribute to Blunted β-Adrenergic Response in Heart Failure. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, vol. 17, pp. 0-0, ISSN: 1422-0067
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Cerbai, Elisabetta; Sartiani, Laura; Alessandro, Mugelli (2017). Medications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. In: F. Rossi, V. Cuomo, C. Riccardi. Pharmacology - Basic principles and therapeutic applications, pp. 456-471, Turin: Minerva medica, ISBN: 978-88-7711-881-3.
