Paolo Plevani (Italy)

Country:  Milan, Italy

E-mail:  cusmibio@unimi.it

Name of the Institute:  Cus-Mi-Bio

Web:  www.cusmibio.unimi.it

Professor of Molecular Biology at the Department of Biomolecular Sciences of the University of Milano, and Coordinator of the Ph.D. School in Genetics and Biomolecular Sciences at the same University. His major research interests are the molecular mechanisms of DNA replication and repair and their connections with the checkpoints controlling cell cycle progression. He is author of several publications on well recognized peer-reviewed international journals. Paolo Plevani has been the coordinator of Italian and European scientific and training networks and in 1996 was nominated Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).