Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio, M.D., (born Naples, Italy, January 27, 1957) is an Italian scientist and academic professor. He is director of the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) of Pozzuoli; Professor of Medical Genetics at the Federico II University of Naples and Visiting Professor of Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, USA and at the [University of Oxford]-UK.
Early life and education
Ballabio was born in Naples, Italy on January 27, 1957.[1] As a child, he acted in the miniseries "Melissa".[2] He studied medicine at the University of Naples and took did his residency in pediatrics. He did a postdoc at Guy's Hospital in London, UK, and then at the International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics in Naples, Italy.
Career
Ballabio was an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Baylor Human Genome Center. He moved back to Italy in 1994 to become the founding director of TIGEM. He is also a professor of genetics at University of Naples.[3] He is a visiting professor at Baylor and Texas Children's Hospital.[4]
His major areas of research are genetic diseases and lysosomes. His laboratory discovered TFEB, a gene controlling lysosomes.[3]
Awards
- 1998-1999 – President of the European Society of Human Genetics
- 2007 – Knight of the Order of Merit, appointed by the President of the Italian Republic
- 2007 – European Society of Human Genetics International Award
- 2010 – Advanced Investigator Award of the European Research Council
- 2016 – Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine[5]
References
- ^ "Andrea Ballabio" (PDF). Ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ "Andrea Ballabio". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ a b "2016 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine | EurekAlert! Science News". Eurekalert.org. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ "Andrea Ballabio, M.D. | Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital". Nri.texaschildrens.org. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ "2016 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine".
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