!!Giulio Cossu - Curriculum vitae
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__Education: __
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Maturità Classica,  1971\\
MD Degree, University of  Rome, 1977\\
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__Current Position:__
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*2013-: Constance Thornley Professor of Regenerative Medicine, University of Manchester
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__Previous appointments:__
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*2012-2013: Professor of Human Stem Cell Biology, University College London
*2008-2011: Director, Division of Regenerative Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
*2005-2011: Professor of Histology and Embryology,  Department of Biology, University  of Milan
*2000- 2008: Director of the “Stem Cell Research Institute”, San Raffaele, Milan.
*2003- 2006: Scientific Director of the San Raffaele Biomedical Science Park of Rome.
*1999-2005: Professor of Histology and  Embryology,  II° Medical School, University  of Rome "La Sapienza"
*1994-1999: Professor of Histology and Medical Embryology, II° Medical School, University  of Rome "La Sapienza"
*1993-1994: Visiting Professor. Dept. of Molecular  Biology, Istitut Pasteur, Paris
*1986-1993: Associate Professor, Dept. of Histology and Medical Embryology, University  of Rome "La Sapienza"
*1983-1986: Researcher, Institute Histology, University  of Rome "La Sapienza"
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__Post-doctoral training:__
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*1980-1983:  USPHS  Fogarty Fellow Wistar Institute,  University of Pennsylvania
*1978-1980:  CNR Fellow,  Institute Histology, University  of Rome "La Sapienza"
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__Areas of interest:__
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Myogenic cell lineages; Myogenic determination; Muscle gene and cell therapy, Pluripotent stem cells.  
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__Scientific Societies and Committees:__
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*2013-: Fellow of the Accademia dei Lincei	
*2013-: Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
*2011-2014: Member of the Cell Advanced Therapy (CAT) committee of EMA
*2011- 2014: Member, Panel LS7, European Research Council
*2011-: Member of the European Academy of Sciences	
*2008-2011: Directory Board of the International Society of Differentiation.
*2008-:  Senior Editor, EMBO Molecular Medicine 
*2008: ISSCR Task Force for “Clinical Translation of Stem Cell Research”	
*2007- 2010: Chair, Panel LS7, European Research Council
*2006-:	Associate Editor, International Journal of Developmental Biology
*2004-2014: Editorial Board, Cell Death & Differentiation
*2004-: Editorial Board, Journal of Cell Science
*2005-2008: Directory Board of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
*2003-2011:	Member of the TIGEM External Scientific Advisory Board.
*2002- 2005:	Directory Board of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
*2003- 2006:	Chairperson, Stem Cell Committee, European Society of Gene Therapy
*2003-2006:	Member of the Advisory Committee of the Armenise-Harvard Foundation
*1998-2001:	President, ABCD  (Italian Society for Cell Biology and Differentiation)  
*1998-2001:	Secretary ,  FISV (Italian Federation of Life Sciences)
*1997- : 	EMBO  Member 
*1990-1993:  	Member, ABCD Directory Board