Riccardo Cortese#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1339 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Riccardo Cortese passed away April 27, 2017.
Positions Held
- Professor of Molecular Biology at the Medical School of the University of Naples
- Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, Okairos
- Founder of the Gene Expression Unit at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg
- Founder and head of the Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare (IRBM) in Rome
Fields of Scholarship
- Immunology
- Molecular medicine
- Drug discovery
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Académie Française
- Member of the Academia Europea
- Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
- Member of the Board of Directors of MolMed S.p.A.
