Giulio Superti-Furga

Giulio Superti- Furga ( born May 17, 1962 in Milan ) is an Italian molecular and systems biologist, based in Vienna, Austria.

Giulio Superti- Furga is the scientific director of the Research Center for Molecular Medicine ( CeMM ) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Among his most important scientific achievements include the study of fundamental regulatory mechanisms of tyrosine kinases in human cancers of importance, and the discovery of critical organizational principles of the proteome of higher organisms. His work has directly contributed to a systematic understanding of infections caused by pathogens and the mechanisms of action of certain drugs. He is an advocate of systems biology approaches to medicine and pharmaceutical research and has set itself the aim of linking basic and clinical research.

Giulio Superti- Furga has published approximately 125 manuscripts that have been cited a total of over 11,000 times. His current research focuses on protein complexes, molecular networks and drug substances in relation to leukemia and on mechanisms of immune response to pathogens.

Life

Giulio Superti- Furga attended the German School of Milan ( DSM) in Italy. He studied Molecular Biology at the University of Zurich, at Genentech Inc. in San Francisco and at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP ) in Vienna. After receiving his doctorate Giulio Superti- Furga research associate at the European Laboratory for Molecular Biology was (EMBL ) in Heidelberg, where he became in 1995 a team leader. From 1997 to 2000, he held a Visiting Professorship in Molecular Biology at the University of Bologna in Italy. In 2000 he was co-founder and Scientific Director of the biotech company Cellzome Inc. Since 2005 he has been Scientific Director of the CeMM; the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Giulio Superti- Furga holds a Visiting Professorship in Molecular Pharmacology at the Medical University of Vienna, he is a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council ( " Scientific Advisory Board" ) of several national and international research institutions. Furthermore, Giulio Superti- Furga leads the presidency of the EMBL Alumni Association, which has about 1,500 members. In 2009, he was honored for his scientific merits of the Grand Decoration of Honour of the Order for Services to the Republic of Italy. In the same year he an Advanced Investigator Grant from the European Research Council was awarded. Giulio Superti- Furga 2011 was awarded the Prize of the City of Vienna for the natural sciences. In February 2013, the eight appointed or elected members of the University Council of the University of Vienna Giulio Superti- Furga selected for the ninth member for a term of five years. He is married and has two children.

Prices

  • 2004-2009: Faculty of 1000 Biology, Member, section " Genomics "
  • 2005: European Molecular Biology Organization ( EMBO), Member
  • 2007: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member
  • 2008: German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina, Member
  • 2009: Grand Decoration of Honour ( Officer ) of the Order for Services to the Italian Republic
  • 2009: Karl Landsteiner Award of the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology
  • 2010: Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences
  • 2010: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Real Member
  • 2011: City of Vienna Prize for Natural Sciences
  • 2011: Austrian of the Year 2011 in the category Science
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