Rino Rappuoli
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Born | [2] , Italy | 4 August 1952
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Rino Rappuoli
Education
Rappuoli earned his doctoral and bachelor's degrees in biological sciences at the University of Siena.[6]
Career and research
He is known globally for his work in
Rappuoli led
Rappuoli joined Chiron as head of European vaccines research in 1992 with the acquisition of Italian vaccines company Sclavo SpA, where he served as head of research and development. Rappuoli, was previously the global head of vaccines research for Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics (Siena, Italy)[6] Since 2015, Dr. Rappuoli serves as the chief scientist and head of external R&D at the vaccines division of GlaxoSmithKline and is based in Siena, Italy.[7]
Major achievements include development of
During his career, he has introduced several novel scientific concepts: genetic detoxification in 1987;[13] cellular microbiology in 1996;[14] reverse vaccinology in 2000;[15] pan-genome in 2005.[3][16]
Honors and awards
Rappuoli is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in 1991. He is a member of numerous international associations, including the European Molecular Biology Organization and the American Society for Microbiology. He also serves as a member of the research directors group of the European Commission and was elected to National Academy of Sciences of the United States.[when?] He was also awarded the Italian President Gold Medal in 2005 and the Albert Sabin Gold Medal in 2009.[3] In 2013 he was nominated third most influential person worldwide in the field of vaccines by Terrapin. In 2015 he was awarded Fellowship of Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine and the Maurice Hilleman Award.[3]
In 2016 he was elected a
In 2017 he received the
References
- ^ a b Rino Rappuoli publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ "Curriculum vitae Rino Rappuoli" (PDF). toscanalifesciences.info. 2014-06-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b c d e f Anon (2016). "Dr Rino Rappuoli ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2016-04-29. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
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- ^ "European Patent Office. European Inventor Award 2017, Venice, june 15 2017". Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- ^ Robert Koch Prize 2019