Carlos Palmeira

Carlos Palmeira participates in the Mitofood project; a research community for nutritional optimization of mitochondrial function for health promotion and disease resistance.

Prof. dr. Carlos Palmeira

University of Coimbra
IMAR - Mito Research Group
Department of Zoology
3004-517 Coimbra
PORTUGAL
Tel +351 239 855760
Fax + 351 239 855789

E-mail: palmeira@ci.uc.pt

Expertise

Disturbance of mitochondrial bioenergetics and cell function: implications in metabolic disease. Mitochondrial biogenesis. Interference with the regulation of expression of the mitochondrial genome and with the coordinated expression of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes.

Relevant projects and functions

  • Head of the IMAR - Mito Research Group
  • PI of individual grants from FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of ECVAM (European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods, Ispra, Italy)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology and of Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Group structure

2 Professors (M); 1 senior post-doc (F); 1 PhD student (M); 1 Master student (M); 3 bachelor students (2M, 1F)

Selected publications

  1. Joao Teodoro, Anabela P. Rolo, Paulo, J. Oliveira and Carlos M. Palmeira (2006); "Decreased ANT content in Zucker fatty rats: relevance for altered hepatic mitochondrial bioenergetics in steatosis", FEBS Letters 580: 2153-2157
  2. Anabela P. Rolo and Carlos M. Palmeira (2006); "Diabetes and mitochondrial function: Role of hyperglycemia and oxidative stress", Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 212: 167-178.