Paula L Diaz-Sylvester

• Research Associate

  Department of Pharmacology - SIU School of Medicine

• Research Associate

  Loyola University

• Instructor

  Universidad Nacional de General San Martín

• Graduate Student Fellow

  Institute for Cardiovascular Research

• Undergraduate Student Fellow

  National Atomic Energy Comission

• Early Career Member

  Biophysical Society

No certification information is available.

• PhD, Physiology and Biophysics

  University of Buenos Aires - School of Science

• M.S., Biology

  University of Buenos Aires - School of Science

COMPETITIVE FELLOWSHIPS

1) Undergraduate Student fellowship of the National Agency of Atomic Energy of Argentina (CNEA) (1994 1996).

2) Graduate Student fellowship of the National Agency of Atomic Energy of Argentina (1996 1998).

3) Predoctoral fellowship of the National Research Council of Science and Technology of Argentina (CONICET) (1998-2003).

AWARDS

1) Prize "Dr. Alfredo Lanari" to the best scientific communication in basic research presented at the XII Meeting of the National Council of Nephrology. Buenos Aires, Argentina. October 2000.

2) Prize "Dr. Alfredo Lanari" to the best scientific communication in basic research presented at the XIII Meeting of the National Council of Nephrology. San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina. April, 2003.

- Prize “Luis Moledo" to the best scientific communication in basic research presented at the XXIV Annual Meeting of the Argentinean Council of Hypertension (Argentienean Society of Cardiology). Colón, Argentina. November, 2003.

PUBLICATIONS

1) Porta M, Diaz-Sylvester PL, Nani A, Ramos-Franco J, Copello JA. Ryanoids and imperatoxin affect the modulation of cardiac ryanodine receptors by dihydropyridine receptor peptide A. BBA Biomembranes 1778: 2469-2479, 2008.

2) Said M, Becerra R, Palomeque J, Rinaldi G, Kaetzel MA, Diaz-Sylvester PL, Copello JA, Dedman JR, Mundiña-Weilenmann C, Vittone L, Mattiazzi A. Increased intracellular Ca2+ and SR Ca2+ load contribute to arrhythmias after acidosis in rat heart. Role of Ca2+–calmodulin dependent protein kinase II. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295: H1669–H1683, 2008.

3) Diaz-Sylvester PL, Fiori MC, Dieguez SM, Müller AC, Lopardo ML, Amorena CE. Effect of chronic inhibition of converting enzyme on proximal tubule acidification. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 294: R2014-R2020, 2008.

4) Diaz-Sylvester PL, Porta M, Copello JA. Halothane modulation of skeletal muscle ryanodine receptors: dependence on Ca2+, Mg2+ and ATP. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 294: C1103-C1112, 2008.

5) Copello JA, Zima AV, Diaz-Sylvester PL, Fill M, Blatter LA. Ca2+ entry-independent effects of L-type Ca2+ channel modulators on Ca2+ sparks in ventricular myocytes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 292: C2129-C2140, 2007.

6) Lopardo ML, Diaz-Sylvester P, Amorena C. The effect of shear stress on the basolateral membrane potential of proximal convoluted tubule of the rat kidney. Pflugers Arch. 454: 289-295, 2007.

7) Fiori M, Radrizzani M, Díaz-Sylvester P, Müller A, Corti T, Monserrat A, Amorena C. Relative contribution of V-H+ATPase and NA+/H+ exchanger to bicarbonate reabsorption in proximal convoluted tubules of old rats. Aging Cell. 5: 367-372, 2006.

8) Zoghbi ME, Copello JA, Villalba-Galea CA, Vélez P, Diaz Sylvester PL, Bolaños P, Marcano A, Fill M, Escobar AL. Differential Ca2+ and Sr2+ regulation of intracellular divalent cations release in ventricular myocytes. Cell Calcium. 36(2): 119-134, 2004.

9) Díaz Sylvester PL, López R, Ubios AM, Cabrini RL. Exposure to subcutaneously implanted uranium dioxide impairs bone formation. Arch Environ Health. 57: 320-325, 2002.

10) Copello JA, Barg S, Sonnleitner A, Porta M, Diaz-Sylvester P, Fill M, Schindler H, Fleischer S. Differential activation by Ca2+, ATP and caffeine of cardiac and skeletal muscle ryanodine receptors after block by Mg2+. J Membr Biol. 187: 51-64, 2002.

11) Díaz-Sylvester P, Mac Laughlin M, Amorena C. Peritubular fluid viscosity modulates H+ flux in proximal tubules through NO release. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 280: F239-F243, 2001.

12) López R, Díaz Sylvester PL, Ubios AM, Cabrini RL. Percutaneous toxicity of uranyl nitrate: its effect in terms of exposure area and time. Health Phys. 78: 434-437, 2000.