The 7th Graziella Persico Lecture will be held on May 19th 2016 at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medecine, Auditorium "Vesuvius", Via Campi Flegrei 34 - 80078 Pozzuoli (NA).

Prof. Han Bruner

(Radboud  UMC  Maastricht University Medical Center - The Netherlands)

Genetics changes Medecine

On this occasion there will be a Phd student Travel Award Assignment (deadline April 15th 2016, online applications at http://bit.ly/gpaward2016) 

The "Graziella Persico" Lecture series in Human Genetics is mainly addressed to young scientists to promote their learning about the most recent progress of the research in the genetic field. It will also serve to all of Graziella’s many friends and colleagues to have a chance, once a year, to think of her and to underscore the values that she believed in.

The initiative includes the awarding to a PhD student of a travel grant for the participation to a European scientific meeting.

This project is supported by the Institute of Genetics and Biophysics "ABT", CNR and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM).

Graziella Persico (1950-2007) was an extraordinary woman and a superb scientist. She was also included in the “Top Italian Scientist” list. She has made outstanding contributions to science, ranging from human genetics to cancer biology. Such are the cloning of G6PD, the first gene identified on the human X chromosome, and the discoveries of Cripto and PlGF, extracellular factors active in normal body development as well as in disease.

She was also an impressive manager and organizer, being capable of initiating one of the largest projects on isolated populations in Italy.

Graziella Persico trained many scientists. She was unforgiving in the adherence to rigorous scientific criteria but, at the same time, she was capable of transmitting a profound sense of human empathy.

Website: http://www.igb.cnr.it/gplecture/