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Year:
Winner
Hongjie Li
Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine
Award Committee
Dr. Selvarangan Ponnazhagan
Chairman
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Paolo Cinelli
University Hospital Zurich
Dr. Claudia Ricci
University of Siena
Prof. Dr. Zissis Mamuris
Winner
Giovanni Nigita
The Ohio State University, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics
Award Committee
Dr. Selvarangan Ponnazhagan
Chairman
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Olaf Bodamer
Boston Children's Hospital
Prof. Italia Di Liegro
Dr. Robert Philibert
U of Iowa
Dr. Laura Crisponi
Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Dr. Shisong Rong
Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham
Winner
Riccardo Pecori
German Cancer Research Center
Vanessa Silva
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro/LAQV-REQUIMTE
Award Committee
Prof. J. Peter W. Young
Chairman
University of York
Prof. Valeria D'Argenio
Department of Human Sciences and Quality of Life Promotion San Raffaele Open University Rome, and CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate
Prof. Paola Bellosta
CIBIO-University of Trento
Dr. Paolo Cinelli
University Hospital Zurich
Winner
Flavia Angela Maria Maggiolini
Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
Federico Ariel
IAL, CONICET (Argentina)
Award Committee
Prof. J. Peter W. Young
Chairman
University of York
Prof. Silvia Turroni
Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna
Dr. Robert M. Brosh
Prof. Donato Gemmati
University of Ferrara
Prof. Dr. Thierry Wirth
Museum d'histoire naturelle
Winner
Renato Polimanti
Yale University School of Medicine
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