Dr Riccardo Dalla-Favera obtained his MD degree in 1976 from the University of Milan, Italy and following his residency in Hematology, joined the National Cancer Institute of USA as a visiting fellow. In 1983, he joined the New York University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor and moved to Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1991 as a Professor, where he is currently the Director of the Institute of Genetics. Dr Dalla-Favera has been a leader in the field of molecular oncology and has made fundamental contributions to the field of cancer, especially in the study of the molecular genetics of B cell malignancies. His major contributions include the identification of myc and myb oncogene amplification and translocations in human leukemias, identification of myc target genes, characterization of BCL-6 associated translocations in human cancers and the delineation of molecular mechanisms associated with BCL-6 function in normal and malignant cell growth and differentiation.

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