Corrado Tarella—Current positions—Chairman, Hematology Program and Cell Therapy Project, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, Italy. Responsible—Telomere Project, Molecular Biotechnology Center (MBC), Torino, Italy. Education—MD degree, University of Torino, 1975; Hematology Certification, University of Milan, 1979; Oncology Certification, University of Torino, 1998. Main previous positions—Post-doc fellow at the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, N.C.I. Bethesda, 1978-1980. Responsible, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, University Division of Hematology, Molinette H., Torino, 1985-2000. Director, University Hematology Division, Mauriziano H., Torino, 2008-2014. Director, University Onco-hematology Division, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, 2015-2022. Professor of Hematology, University of Torino, 1998-2015 and University of Milan, 2016-2021. Research Interests—proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, mobilization and clinical use of early hematopoietic cells, detection and monitoring of minimal residual disease in lymphoid malignancies, cell ageing and senescence of normal and malignant hematopoietic cells, use of hematopoietic cells for repair and regeneration of non-hematopoietic tissues, in vitro expansion of unmanipulated or genetically modified immune cells (NK, Dendritic and Mesenchymal cells) for cell-therapy-based clinical programs.
