Sebastian Oltean
School of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Bristol, UK
Sebastian Oltean studied clinical medicine at “Iuliu Hatieganu” Medical School in Cluj-Napoca, Romania followed by residency training in Nephrology. He then moved to USA where in 2004 obtained a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, followed by postdoctoral training at Duke University Medical Center, where he studied connections between alternative splicing regulation and disease. In 2008 he moved to University of Bristol (UK) where he is now a University research fellow and principal investigator. One of his main research themes is the understanding of therapeutic potential of targeting alternative splicing in diabetic nephropathy.
Diabetes & Metabolism