EBRI
The General Director
PROF. GIUSEPPE NISTICÒ
CURRENT POSITION
Full Professor of Pharmacology, University of Rome Tor Vergata
EDUCATION
1965 Degree in Medicine (110/110 with honours)
1968 Specialized in Neuropsychiatry (70/70 with honours)
1972 Libera Docenza (Ph.D.) in Pharmacology
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
1973 Assistant Professor in Pharmacology, University of Naples
1980 Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Messina
1976-1983 Director of the Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Messina
1980 Full Professor of Pharmacology, University of Messina
1990 Director of the Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Catanzaro
1986 Prorector of Reggio Calabria University
1994 Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy
1991 till now Full Professor of Pharmacology, University of Rome Tor Vergata
1995-1998 President of Calabria Region
1999-2004 Member of the European Parliament and President of a Committee of the Italian Government for a network of excellence in Biomedicine and Biotechnology for the VI FP of research in Europe
From 2006 Director of the Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies Center and of the European School for the Assessment of New Medicines, University of Rome Tor Vergata
From 2008 He was appointed by the Rector of University of Rome Tor Vergata President of the Scientific Committee for the New Degree Course in Pharmacy (in English)
From January 2010 Commissioner of the European Brain Research Institute (EBRI) Fondazione “Rita Levi-Montalcini”
ROLES AT THE EUROPEAN MEDICINE AGENCY (EMA, LONDON)
Member of the Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) from 2004 to 2010
Member of the European Parliament at the EMA Managment Board from 2007 till now
OTHER MEMBERSHIPS
Member of several National and International Societies of Pharmacology and Neurosciences
PUBLICATIONS
Author of approx 300 publications in international journals of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Author or Editor of approx 20 volumes published by Academic Press, Raven press and other international Publishing Companies
Invited speaker to many international Congresses and organizer of several international Meetings
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
Pharmacological modulation of synaptic plasticity (long term potentiation)
Role of neurotransmitters in sleep/arousal mechanisms, in cardiovascular control and in the regulation of hypotalamic-pituitary hormones
Role of nitric oxide in the control of central functions and in the pathophysiology of neurodegeneration
Electrophysiological and pharmacological control of epilepsy