Bio-Engineering

Methodologies for Quantitative Physiology of the Endocrine and Metabolic System
	Description Physiological processes regulating glucose tolerance can be described and quantified through a class of mathematical models called “compartmental models”. The compartmental models defined as “minimal models” provides indexes that allow an indirect quantification of glucose-tolerance processes. Besides “minimal models”, more complex integrated simulation models can be designed for a more detailed description of glucose-tolerance processes. Moreover, indexes for a simple characterization of glucose tolerance in the general population can be designed by using statistical and machine learning models.
	Laboratory: BioEngineering Lab
	Contact Person: Prof. Laura Burattini and Dott. Micaela Morettini
	Collaborations: Dott. Giovanni Pacini e Dott. Andrea Tura, CNR, Istituto di Neuroscienze, Unità Metabolica Prof. Alexandra Kautzky-Willer e Dott. Christian Gobl, Medical University of Vienna.
	Projects: Metodi e modelli matematici e statistici in ambito metabolico, research agreement con l'Istituto di Neuroscienze del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa PRA2020: Studio delle complicanze metaboliche a seguito di diabete gestazionale PRA2019: Valutazione del rischio cardio-metabolico attraverso metodi e modelli matematici.