Dr Fiona Bartoli

Profile

I have a MSc in Physiology and Neurosciences from the University of Poitiers, France (2014) and a PhD in Cardiac pathophysiology from the University of Paris-Saclay, France (2018) where I studied the role of Orai1 calcium channels in cardiac diseases. I moved to Leeds University as a BHF postdoctoral research fellow in Prof. Beech’s group to study the role of endothelial Piezo1 channels in whole body physical activity and skeletal muscle biology. I was awarded a BHF Mautner Career Development Fellowship in 2021 to investigate calcium signalling pathways in fibrotic progression in failing human heart. I recently moved to LIMR at St James Hospital to start a postdoctoral research project on calcium signalling in Malignant Hyperthermia. 

 

 

Research interests

My research is centered around calcium signalling in pathology. I focused on understanding the role of calcium channels in the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. 

 

 

 

Qualifications

  • PhD Cardiac pathophysiology
  • MSc Physiology and Neurosciences
  • BSc Physiology and Neurosciences

Research groups and institutes

  • Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine
  • Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre