Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR.

Via P. Castellino, 111 - 80131 Napoli

2014 IBP Seminar Series

CNR Conference Room

Monday, April 14th, 2014 at 14:30

Prof. Charles A. Dinarello

University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, CO

"Blocking IL-1β and also IL-1α in a broad spectrum of disease"

Host: Dr Diana Boraschi

Tel. 081-6132273; e-mail: d.boraschi@ibp.cnr.it

Charles A. Dinarello is a professor of medicine currently at the University of Colorado at Denver. He is an expert on inflammatory cytokines, specifically Interleukin 1. Dinarello received his Doctor of Medicine in 1969 at Yale University and since 1996, he is Professor of Medicine at University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is also Professor of Experimental Medicine at the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Dinarello is considered one of the founding fathers of cytokines having purified and cloned interleukin 1. This important step established the validation of cytokines as mediators of disease, particularly of inflammation. Current studies blocking IL-1 in humans supports Dinarello's and his co-workers pivotal contributions to cytokine biology and the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases.

Please see the attached flyer.

Seminar Coordinators:
Drr Maria Rosaria Coscia, Stefania Mariggiò
Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR
Via P. Castellino, 111
80131 Naples Italy
Tel 0039 081 6132556/545