Stefano Piccolo - Curriculum Vitae#
EDUCATION
- 1995 - 1998 HHMI post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Eddy De Robertis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Dept. of Biological Chemistry
- 1995 PhD in Biology and Pathology of the Connective Tissue; Supervisor: Giorgio Bressan, Institute of Histology and Embryology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padua, Italy
- 1991 Master in Biological Sciences, University of Padua, Italy (score: magna cum laude)
POSITIONS
- 1998 - 2006: Assistant and then (from 2004) Associate Professor in Histology and Embryology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padua, Italy.
- 2006 - present: Full Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Padua School of Medicine
- 2017 - present: Principal Investigator at IFOM, The FIRC Institute for Molecular Oncology
AWARDS
- 1999 International BIOTECH Award
- 2003 A. Minich award from Istituto Veneto Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
- 2005 International Swissbridge Award
- 2007 Chiara D’Onofrio Award
- 2011 International Debiopharm Award
- 2012 International Tartufari award from Accademia Nazionale Lincei
- 2012 Presidential Venosta award (main cancer Award in Italy) from Fondazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro
- 2015 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2017 Choh Hao Li Memorial Lectures award
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- 2018 - present: Member of Goverment Board of The Human Technopole Milan
- 2015 - present: Member of AIRC Scientific Advisory Board
- 2012 - present: Director PhD program in Molecular Medicine, University of Padua
- 2004 - 2008: AIRC Grant review panellist
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
- 2013 - present EMBL Scientific Advisory board (SAC, member)
- 2012 - 2014 ERC starting and consolidator award (member)
- 2010 - present Pezcoller Foundation Symposia Scientific Board
- 2012 and 2017 Pezcoller-AACR Award Committee
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- 2007 - EMBO member
- 2014 - Accademia dei Lincei, Rome (Member)
- Member of AACR, SIBBM
PATENTS
- 2017: "Compounds for somatic stem cell fate control U.S. No. 62,484,566
- 2015: “Methods for generating somatic stem cells” PCT/EP2015/070305
- 2011: "Composition for use in treating or preventing cancer”, PCT/EP2010/058495
- 2010: "Prognosis of Breast Cancer Patients by monitoring two genes” PCT/EP2009/050643
- 2007: "TGF-beta modulators and use thereof" PCT/IB2007/000233
