FOIANI MARCO

Curriculum Vitae

Marco Foiani, Ph.D
Prof. in Molecular Biology, University of Milan and
Head of the Genome Integrity Laboratory and Scientific Director at
F.I.R.C. Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation
Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy
Born in Milan, Italy on 29.10.1961

Education and Training

1985 Degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Milan.
Supervisor: prof. Paolo Plevani.
1985-1986 Military service in the Italian Army.
1985-1988 PhD school in Molecular Biology at the University of Milan.
Supervisors: prof. Giovanna Lucchini and prof. Paolo Plevani.
1988-1989 “Adriano Buzzati Traverso” postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Milan in the lab. of prof. Paolo Plevani.
1989-1991 “Fogarty” postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development (NIH), Bethesda, (U.S.A.) in the lab. of Dr. A. Hinnebush.

Professional Experience

1990-1993 Assistant professor at the University of Milan.
1994-1995 Adjunct professor in Molecular Genetics at the University of Varese.
1995-2001 Associate professor in Molecular Biology at the University of Milan.
2000-present Head of the “Genome Integrity Laboratory”, at the F.I.R.C. Institute of Molecular Oncology. F.I.R.C. is the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research; since 2005 Co-Scientific Director of the same Institute.
2002-present Full professor in Molecular Biology at the University of Milan.
2008-present Scientific Director of IFOM foundation

Awards

1985 Award from the Italian Society for Biophysics and Molecular Biology (SIBBM) for the best Italian thesis.

2001 Biotech Award 2001

2004 EMBO Member

2004 Chiara D’Onofrio Award

He is also member of the Italian Society of Genetics (AGI), of the Italian Society of Biophisics and Molecular Biology (SIBBM) and of the European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM). Since 2009 he is a member of the editorial board of Cell.

Scientific Activities

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