As of September 1st, Claudio Bordignon becomes the new scientific director of the Instituto Scientifico San Raffaele in Milan—the largest research institute in Italy. In a move aimed at consolidating basic and clinical research, Bordignon will replace both Guido Pozza as the head of clinical research at the San Raffaele hospital and Jacopo Meldolesi as director of DIBIT, a basic research institute attached to the hospital.
"It is my goal to make San Raffaele the leading biomedical research institute in Europe through the translation of basic research in genetics, tumor and transplantation immunology, gene therapy, cell and tissue engineering into medical practice," says Bordignon.
He has a yearly research budget of L60 billion (US$35 million) in government funds at his disposal, in addition to 235 staff, 272 research fellows and a 1000 bed hospital.
Meldolesi will become the chairman of the neuroscience department, and Pozza has been appointed to the board of the medical school.
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Birmingham, K. New director for Italy's largest research institute. Nat Med 4, 993 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/1980
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