Education
Migliorini graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo in 1949.
biochemist physician scientist
Migliorini graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo in 1949.
He obtained a doctorate with his animal research work on the role of estrogens in diabetes. In 1953, he was hired as full-time instructor in the recently founded Department of Physiology of the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, where he worked until very shortly before his death at 82 years of age. He did his postdoctoral studies at University of California, Los Angeles on a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation from 1959 to 1960.
As a researcher, Doctor Migliorini had a strong focus on the physiology of the endocrine system and biochemical physiology, and within this framework established a strong and active laboratory, which explored many areas, such as neural regulation of fatty acids and glucose, the effects of fasting and feeding on metabolism of brown adipose tissue and liver functions, the protein metabolism in skeletal muscle, the interactions of dietary protein and glucose in glycolysis in adipose tissue, exposure to cold and drugs, as well as the role and function of gluconeogenesis in strictly carnivorous animals, such as vultures.
He published more than a hundred papers in noted international journals, particularly in the American Journal of Physiology. He was one of the most cited Brazilian biomedical researchers.
Among his many administrative duties in the university, Migliorini was the deputy director of the Medical School and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) of the University of São Paulo.