Francisco Capani
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography
I completed my PhD at the De Robertis Institute, School of Medicine-University of Buenos (UBA). I performed my postdoctoral studies at University of California San Diego, School of Medicine (UCSD-NCMIR) and Karolinska Institute, Department of Neuroscience. for 8 years focusing my research on cell biology of dendritic spines combining electron tomography and 3-D reconstruction techniques. When I returned to Argentina in 2007 I applied my broad experience in electron microscopy to study the mechanisms involved in pathophysiology of the perinatal asphyxia. Since 2015 I am vice director of Institute of Research in Cardiology, and Professor of Histology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine (UBA). I published 85 papers in reputed journals and has been invited in more than 14 international symposiums. I have been serving in the editorial in board of several scientific journal. I addition I am president of Interamerican Committe of Societies for Microscopy (CIASEM)