Cellular Physiology and Metabolism of Physical Exercise

Livio Luzi, M.D., is Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Milan and is the Director of the Department of Endocrinology, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases at the IRCCS MultiMedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy. After receiving his medical degrees from the University of Milan, Prof. Luzi completed his research fellowships in Endocrinology at Yale University and in Diabetes at the University of Texas Health Science Center. From 1993-1996 he was on the faculty of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School as an Assistant Professor, before returning to Italy. Prof. Luzi was also Adjunct Professor of Surgery at the University of Miami from 2005 until 2012. The clinical activity of Prof. Livio Luzi takes place in the Endocrinology Department and under the Ambulatory activities at the IRCCS MultiMedica. The clinical scientific activities conducted by Endocrinology Department concern the pathophysiology, the research for innovative therapies and the evaluation of current diagnostic procedures for type 1 and type 2 diabetes, obesity and metabolic diseases. Furthermore, special attention is also paid to the study of cardiovascular, metabolic and bone complications in patients with these diseases. Prof. Luzi has a wide experience in research and teaching in the area of sport physiology: a. He was the Dean of the faculty of Exercise Physiology of the University of Milan from 2006 up to 2010; b. he founded and was the Editor-in-Chief for 2 terms of the scientific Journal Sports Sciences for Health

1. Human Evolution and Physical Exercise: The Concept of Being "Born to Run".- 2. Cell Morphology and Function: The Specificities of Muscle Cells.- 3. The Cell Membrane of the Contractile Unit.- 4. Gene Polymorphisms and Athletic Performance.- 5. Mitochondrial and Non-mitochondrial Studies of ATP Synthesis.- 6. Excessive Nutrients and Regional Energy Metabolism.- 7. Muscle Biopsy To Investigate Mitochondrial Turnover.- 8. Introduction to the Tracer-Based Study of Metabolism In Vivo.- 9. Physical Activity and Inflammation.- 10. The HPA Axis and the Regulation of Energy Balance.- 11. Physical Exercise in Obesity and Anorexia Nervosa.- 12. Physical Exercise and Transplantation.- 13. The Baboon as a Primate Model To Study the Physiology and Metabolic Effects of Exercise.- 14. Specific physical exercises adapt to immune-modulate the non-diabetic and the diabetic individual and reduce the likelihood of contagion by respiratory viruses like SARS-2 coronavirus.- 15. Physical Exercise and Sexual Dysfunction.- 16. Specific physical exercises adapt to patients with obesity or with diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type2).- 17. Hypnosis and Sport.- 18. Physical activity and diabetic retinopathy.