Dr Christian Delles

Christian studied medicine at the Universities of Freiburg, Germany, and Innsbruck, Austria. He undertook his MD research in Prof. Paul Dietl's lab at the Department of Physiology in Innsbruck, investigating calcium store-dependent calcium entry in epithelial cells. After graduation from the University of Freiburg in 1997 he joined Prof. Roland Schmieder's group at the Department of Nephrology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Here he worked on renal haemodynamics in arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and other diseases; pathophysiology of endothelial dysfunction; and pathophysiology of left ventricular hypertrophy. In parallel he completed his specialist training in internal medicine in 2004. At present, Christian works as a research fellow funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in Prof. Anna Dominiczak's lab in Glasgow. He is currently examining the role of oxidative stress in the development of endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease, with a particular interest in the genetics of oxidative stress-related genes.