Arturo Falaschi#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1776 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1997 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Arturo Falaschi passed away June 1, 2010.
Positions Held
- 2004-2010 Distinguished Scientist, ICGEB, Trieste
- 2004-2010 Director, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Scuola Normale Superiore SNS, Pisa
- 1989-2004 Director General of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
- 1987-1989 Head of the Trieste Component of the ICGEB
- 1982-1989 Director of the Progetto Finalizzato "Ingegneria Genetica" of the Italian National Research Council (CNR)
- since 1971 Director of Research of the CNR
- 1970-1987 Director of the Istituto di Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica, CNR., Pavia
- 1966 "Libera Docenza" in Molecular Biology
- 1965-1969 CNR Researcher, Institute of Genetics, University of Pavia
- 1962-1965 Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, CA, USA, with Prof. A. Kornberg
- 1961-1962 Fellowin the Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, USA, with Prof. J. Adler and Prof. H.G. Khorana
- 1959-1961 Fellow, University of Ferrara, Italy, with Prof. E. Boeri
Fields of Scholarship
- Regulation of human DNA replication at the molecular level
- Human DNA helicases
- Methodologies for gene therapy
Honours and Awards
- 1982 and 1992 Premio Scanno
- 1994 Member of the European science and technology assembly of European Union
- 1997 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1997 Member of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
- 1999 Member of the board of CNR
- 1999 President of the Council of scientists of Human Frontier Science Programme
- 1998 Gold Medal (Medaglia d'oro) and first class diploma (diploma di prima classe) of the Benemeriti della scienza e della cultura of the Italian Republic President
