Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia
Facultat de Biologia
Universitat de Barcelona
Av. Diagonal, 643
E-08028 Barcelona
España (Spain)
 | gviscor@ub.edu |
Leader of the Adaptive Physiology Group: Exercise and Hypoxia (GenCat 2021 SGR 01110) at the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona (BKC: Barcelona Knowledge Campus). Scientific Head of the Service of Hypobaria and Biomedical Physiology at UB Bellvitge Campus (HUBc: Health Universitat de Barcelona Campus). Current research interest on the adaptive responses against hypoxia conditions, especially intermittent hypobaric hypoxia exposure at central (cardiovascular, hematological and ventilatory responses) and peripheral level (capillarization and morphofunctional changes in skeletal muscle and myocardium).
Teaching experience in General Biology, Animal Physiology and Environmental Physiology. Now involved in teaching several Physiology courses at Environmental Sciences, Biomedicine and Biology BSc. and Integrative Physiology MSc. From 1991 also involved on innovation projects about Physiology Teaching.
Technology transference activities at biomedical and sports medicine fields.
General coordinator of the Network ALTMEDFIS (Red Iberoamericana de Medicina y Fisiología de Altura) from CYTED program (Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo) during 2013-2016. Coordinator of HYPOXSPORT Network endorsed by Spain's Consejo Superior de Deportes (2019-2022).
Teaching experience in General Biology, Animal Physiology and Environmental Physiology. Now involved in teaching several Physiology courses at Environmental Sciences, Biomedicine and Biology BSc. and Integrative Physiology MSc. From 1991 also involved on innovation projects about Physiology Teaching.
Technology transference activities at biomedical and sports medicine fields.
General coordinator of the Network ALTMEDFIS (Red Iberoamericana de Medicina y Fisiología de Altura) from CYTED program (Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo) during 2013-2016. Coordinator of HYPOXSPORT Network endorsed by Spain's Consejo Superior de Deportes (2019-2022).
