Maria G. Roncarolo#
| Membership Number: | 2325 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2005 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.neidos.it/index.pl?pos=03.01&ids=467 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 present Scientific Director of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy;
- 2007 present Professor in Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Surgery, “Vita-Salute San Raffaele” University, Milan, Italy;
- 2001 - 2007 Associate Professor in Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Surgery, “Vita-Salute San Raffaele” University, Milan, Italy;
- 2003 present Chief of Clinic, Pediatric Immunology and Hematology and Clinical Research Unit (CRU-P) San Raffaele Institute and San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy;
- 2000 - 2008 Director of San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (HSR-TIGET), Milan, Italy;
- 1998 - 2000 Co-Director of San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (HSR-TIGET), Milan, Italy;
- 1998 - 1998 Director of Cellular Therapy Laboratory, Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Scientific Institute H.S: Raffaele (HSR-TIGET), Milan, Italy;
- 1994 - 2001 Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy;
- 1992 - 1996 Senior Staff Scientist, Human Immunology Department, DNAX Research Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Palo Alto, CA;
- 1989 - 1992 Staff Scientist, Human Immunology Department, DNAX Research Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Palo Alto, CA;
- 1988 - 1989 Assistant pediatrician (Medecin Resident Etranger des Hospices Civils de Lyon), Division of Transplantation and Clinical Immunology , Hospital E. Herriot, Lyon, France;
- 1986 - 1988 Associate Senior Scientist (Chargee de Recherches), Laboratory for Immunological Research, UNICET (Schering-Plough Corporation), Dardilly, France; Assistant Professor (Assistant Etranger), School of Medicine, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France;
- 1985 - 1986 Intern, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immunology , School of Medicine, University of Turin, Italy;
- 1984 Research Associate, Laboratory for Immunological Research, UNICET (Schering-Plough Corporation), Dardilly, France;
- 1983 - 1984 Research Fellow, Division of Transplantation and Clinical mmunology Hospital E. Herriot, Lyon, France;
- 1980 - 1983 Intern, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immunology , School of Medicine, University of Turin, Italy;
- 1982 M.D. Thesis with honors, University of Turin, Italy.
Fields of Scholarship
- Immunotolerance: Mechanisms underlying T-cell tolerance, induction of T-cell anergy and T regulatory cells
- Immunomodulation: Mechanisms underlying T-cell activation and T-cell anergy
- Transplantation: Immune reconstitution and T-cell tolerance after allogenic stem cell transplantation
- Primary immunodeficiencies: Characterization of molecular and immunological defects
- Hematopoiesis: Mechanisms underlying growth and differentiation of hematopoietic precursors
- Cytokines: Role in regulation of immune and inflammatory responses
- Gene therapy: Gene transduction of hematopoietic stem cells for gene therapy in primary immunodeficiencies and metabolic diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2000 the honor of Ufficiale dell’Ordine “Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” for scientific merits.
- 2005 elected member of the Academia Europea of Sciences.
