Person

TULIPANO GIOVANNI

Positions:

Ricercatori

Academic Department:

Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine

Course Catalogue:

https://unibs.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/docente-ma...

GSD

Gruppo 05/BIOS-11 - FARMACOLOGIA

Academic field (2024 version)

Settore BIOS-11/A - Farmacologia

Scientific profile

Basic research in endocrine sciences. Study of the neuropeptide somatostatin and of somatostatin receptors. Cell biology-, biochemical- and pharmacological studies in the field of pituitary function (in detail, somatotroph cell function), drug therapy of pituitary adenomas, somatotroph axis function and its interactions with metabolism, mechanisms underlying plasma glucose homeostasis. Basic research in the field of food-derived bioactive molecules which interact with plasma glucose homeostasis.

Curriculum Vitae

GIOVANNI TULIPANO was born in Milano (Italy) in 1969;
- education: graduated in Biological Sciences at the University of Milano; PhD in Endocrinological Sciences at the University of Ferrara (Italy)
- Position held: since 1996, he has been working in basic science research, at the Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia (Italy); now, he is research fellow of Pharmacology. In 2003, he was guest researcher at Dr. Stefan Schulz’s laboratory (Department of Pharmacology, University of Magdeburg, Germany); in 2004, Dr Schulz and Dr Tulipano won Ernst-und Berta Scharrer prize gifted by Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Endokrinologie Verleiht, due to their research about somatostatin receptor molecular physiology
Since 2008, he has been member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and faculty Member in the "Neuro-Endocrinology & Pituitary" section within the Diabetes & Endocrinology speciality, Faculty of 1000 Medicine (F1000). Since 2009, he has been a member of the Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF). In 2011, he was Associate Editor of the journal ENDOCRINE (Editor-in-chief: Prof. Andrea Giustina).

- Main research interest:
- the somatotropic axis in animal models of obesity and glucocorticoid excess
- neuroendocrine control of food intake and body weight gain
- novel pharmacological therapies for GH-secreting pituitary adenomas (preclinical in vitro studies)
- somatostatin agonists and antagonists; somatostatin receptor physiology (desensitization, agonist-induced internalization and endosomal sorting of the different subtypes)
- endocrine and metabolic effects of atypical antipsychotics
- endocrine and metabolic effects of xenobiotic compounds (polychlorobiphenyls) in mammals
- characterization of bioactive peptides from milk protein which have an impact on endocrine and metabolic functions (bone metabolism and glycemic