Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Petronel Tuluc
Associate Professor
Email: petronel.tuluc@uibk.ac.at
Phone: +43-(0)512-507 - 58805
Fax: +43-(0)512-507 - 58899
CavX PhD Program 'Calcium channels in excitable cells'
Short CV
Education |
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2018 |
“Venia docendi” (Habilitation) in Pharmacology |
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2004 - 2008 |
University of Innsbruck, doctoral studies (PhD) in the laboratory of Dr. Bernhard E. Flucher studying the role of Voltage Gated Calcium Channels in health and dissease |
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2001 - 2003 |
Alexandru I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania. Master of Science in Medical physics - Biophysics |
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2001 - 2002 |
Erasmus scholarship at Institute Européen des Membrane, Montpellier, France studying Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition |
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1997 - 2001 |
Alexandru I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania; Bachlor in Physics/Biophysics |
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Academic career history |
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2018-presently |
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Innsbruck |
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2013 - 2018 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Innsbruck |
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2010 - 2013 |
Univ. Assistant, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Innsbruck |
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2008 - 2010 |
Principal investigator in MUI research grant MFI 2007-417 (Selbstantrag/Fellowship), Medical University Innsbruck |
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Main research area |
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Structure and function of voltage gated calcium channel complex; calcium channel voltage sensing mechanism; role of calcium channel subunits in endocrine cells’ hormone release, skeletal and cardiac muscle excitation-contraction coupling. |
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Awards/Prizes |
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2010
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Early investigator award, The American Biophysical Society and the Biophysical Society of China |
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2007 |
Molecular Cell Biology and Oncology doctoral program award (1 year fellowship) Medical University Innsbruck, Austria |
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2001 |
Erasmus scholarship, Physics Department, University of Iași, Romania |
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Past research funding |
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2019-2022 (EUR 405.025) |
FWF: Mechanisms responsible for sex difference in insulin release |
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2018-2022 (EUR 170.670) |
FWF: CavX PhD programm – Calcium channels in excitable cells |
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2014-2016 (EUR 19.804) |
Forschungsförderungsmitteln der Nachwuchsförderung 2014 der Universität Innsbruck “ Role of Cav1.3 calcium channel modulation in pancreatic hormones release ” |
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2012-2014 |
Jubiläumsfonds der Universität Innsbruck “ Role of Cav1.3 calcium channel in pancreatic β-vell survival and insulin release” |
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2011-2015 (EUR 399.913) |
FWF: “Expression and function of the skeletal muscle calcium channel splice variant CaV1.1-DE29” (co-applicant with B.E. Flucher) |
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2008-2010 (EUR 125.923) |
Medical University Innsbruck research grant MFI 2007-417, “The role of calcium channel α2δ subunit in native cardiac myocytes” |