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
He published 316 articles [5] in international scientific journals and contributed to 19 chapters of prestigious international books such as "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine" [6] and "Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease". [7] Over the last 10 years he has been invited as speaker to more than 100 international and national conferences.[citation needed] He has mentored many undergraduate and doctoral students. He is inventor of 7 international patents. He is a counselor at many committees of international bodies for evaluating research projects including the European Commission and the Canadian Genome Project. He is also a member of the editorial committees of numerous international scientific journals and major international scientific societies such as the European Molecular Biology Organization, the European Society of Human Genetics, the American Society of Human Genetics and many others.[citation needed]
Some important awards:
In 1998 he was President of the European Society of Human Genetics.[8]
In 2007 he was awarded the title of Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana by President Giorgio Napolitano who also awarded him the silver medal for merit.
In 2010 and 2016 he was the winner of the European Research Council (ERC)'s Advanced Grant, which recognized the best European scientists. [9]
In 2016 he was the first in Italy to win the prestigious Louis-Jeantet Award for Medicine for his contribution to understanding the molecular mechanisms controlling the function of lysosomes in health and disease.[10]
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.
- ^ Publications https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Andrea+Ballabio.
- ^ Beaudet, A.L. & Ballabio, A. (1994) Molecular genetics and medicine. In: Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. Isselbacher, K.J., Barunwald, E., Wilson, J.D. (editors). . 13 th Ed., 340-65.
- ^ https://ommbid.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookID=971
- ^ https://www.eshg.org/home.0.html
- ^ https://erc.europa.eu/
- ^ https://beyondbatten.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-LOUIS-JEANTET-PRIZE-FOR-MEDICINE.pdf