Education and training
1969: M.D. University of Rome, cum laude
1973 : Clinical residency in Surgical Pathology, University of
Bari
1980-1981 Research fellow, Laboratoire de
Pathologie Cellulaire, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris,
France
Positions and Employment
1973-1983: Assistant Faculty Member, Department of Experimental
Pathology, University of Bologna,
1983-1986: Associated Professor of Clinical Pathology,
University of Bologna,
1986-now: Full Professor of Clinical Pathology, University of
Bologna.
Principal scientific activities and responsibilities
First the proponent focused its research mainly on the study of
the structural-functional organization of mammalian cell
nucleolus. Then he was interested on the relationship between
the nucleolus changes and cancer in tumor pathology. At the present
time, he is studying the relationship between changes of ribosome
biogenesis and tumorigenesis.
