Pier P. Di Fiore#
| Membership Number: | 2898 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Present and Previous Positions
- sine 2013 Provost to interdisciplinary programs, University of Milan, Italy
- since 2004 Founder and Professor: European School of Molecular Medicine
- since 2000 Full Professor of General Pathology, University of Milan, Medical School, Milan, Italy
- 1992 - 2000 Associate Professor of Immunopathology, University of Bari Medical School, Italy
- 1991 - 1992 ‘Contract Professor’ of General Physiology, University of Urbino, Faculty of Pharmacology, Urbino, Italy
- 1991 - 1992 'Contract Professor' of Experimental Oncology, University of Naples, Research Doctorate Program, II Medical School, Naples, Italy
- 1990 - 1991 ‘Contract Professor’ of General Physiology, University of Genova, Italy, Faculty of Biological, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Genova, Italy
- 1983 Lecturer in Experimental Oncology, University of Naples, 2nd Medical School, Naples, Italy
Fields of Scholarship
- Cancer research in the fields of endocytosis, stem cells and functional genomics
- Molecular oncology
- Cell biology
- Molecular mechanisms of cellular transformation
- Translating the knowledge in basic molecular oncology into clinical tools for the amelioration of cancer patient management
Honours and Awards
- 1984 - 1987 Fogarty Fellowship, NIH.
- 1993 Technology Transfer Award, National Cancer Institute, NIH
- 1994 Technology Transfer Award, National Cancer Institute, NIH
- 1997 Armenise-‐Harvard Foundation award
- 1998 Ferrero Foundation award
- 1998 EMBO elective membership
- 2000 “Chiara D’Onofrio” Prize from the Italian Federation of Life Sciences
- 2001 “Golfo d’Oro” prize
- 2001 Swiss Bridge award
- 2002 “Guido Venosta” prize for Cancer Research of the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research
- 2003 ”Guglia prize
- 2003 Sisal prize
- 2004 Prize from the “League of human rights”
- 2005 Prize from the “Italian League against Cancer”
- 2007 President Associazione Biologia Cellulare e Differenziamento
- 2010 Elected Fellow European Academy of Cancer Sciences.
- 2010 Elected Fellow Academia Europaea.
- 2012 Colin Thomson Memorial Medal
- 2013 Elected Fellow Accademia dei Lincei
