Name:
Edoardo Boncinelli
Place
& date of birth :
Rhodos, Greece, 18 May 1941
Nationality
:
Italian
Home
Address :
Via G Pascoli 60, 20133 Milan, Italy
Position : Full professor of Biology and Genetics, University Vita-Salute, Via Olgettina 60, 20135 Milan, Italy
Studies
:
Graduated in Physics, University of Florence.
Academic
and scientific career
1968-1991:
CNR research position, International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics,
Naples.
1991-2000:
CNR senior scientist, Center for Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology,
Milan.
1974-1975:
Associate Professor of Population Genetics, Faculty of Science,
University of Naples.
1976-1986:
Associate Professor of Human Genetics, First Medical School, University
of Naples.
1996-2001: Professor of Genetics & Biology, University Vita-Salute, Milan.
2000-: Full Professor Genetics and Biology.
2001-2004: Director, SISSA-ISA, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste
2005: EMBO Award for Communication in the Life Sciences
Memberships:
EMBO (1988), Academia Europaea (1995), HUGO (1997), EMBO Council
(1997-2002).
Editorial Board: Mechanisms of Development (1990-), EMBO Journal (1993-1995), Experimental Cell Research (1994-2000), Human Molecular Reproduction (1995-2000), Gene (1996-2005), NeuroPsychoanalysis (2000-), BMC Neuroscience (2000-), Lingue e Linguaggio (2002-)
Scientific
interests
1966-1967:
Postgraduate work on two-quanta radiation processes.
1968-1974:
Genetic analysis of rDNA at the bobbed locus of D. melanogaster.
1975-1977:
Genetics and Biochemistry of position effect in D. melanogaster.
1978-1981:
Molecular investigation of the internal repeats of the fruit fly rDNA
non-transcribed spacer.
1982-1984:
Organization of human rDNA. Non canonical Class I HLA genes in normal and
neoplastic tissues.
1985-1991:
The human HOX homeobox gene family. Structural and temporal colinearity.
Sequential activation of HOX genes.
1992-1996:
Isolation and characterization of Evx, Dlx, Otx and Emx homeobox genes.
Role of Otx genes in early mouse, frog, chick and zebrafish embryos and in
planaria regeneration.
1997-2001: Emx genes in the developing cerebral cortex. Emx2 mutations in the human
congenital cortical defect schizencephaly. Emx2 in proliferation, migration and
regionalisation of the cerebral cortex.
2001-: Cognitive Neuroscience and Public Understanding of Science.