Giulio Cossu - Curriculum vitae#

Education:
Maturità Classica, 1971
MD Degree, University of Rome, 1977

Current Position:

• 2013-: Constance Thornley Professor of Regenerative Medicine, University of Manchester

Previous appointments:

• 2012-2013: Professor of Human Stem Cell Biology, University College London
• 2008-2011: Director, Division of Regenerative Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
• 2005-2011: Professor of Histology and Embryology, Department of Biology, University of Milan
• 2000- 2008: Director of the “Stem Cell Research Institute”, San Raffaele, Milan.
• 2003- 2006: Scientific Director of the San Raffaele Biomedical Science Park of Rome.
• 1999-2005: Professor of Histology and Embryology, II° Medical School, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
• 1994-1999: Professor of Histology and Medical Embryology, II° Medical School, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
• 1993-1994: Visiting Professor. Dept. of Molecular Biology, Istitut Pasteur, Paris
• 1986-1993: Associate Professor, Dept. of Histology and Medical Embryology, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
• 1983-1986: Researcher, Institute Histology, University of Rome "La Sapienza"

Post-doctoral training:

• 1980-1983: USPHS Fogarty Fellow Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania
• 1978-1980: CNR Fellow, Institute Histology, University of Rome "La Sapienza"

Areas of interest:

Myogenic cell lineages; Myogenic determination; Muscle gene and cell therapy, Pluripotent stem cells.

Scientific Societies and Committees:

• 2013-: Fellow of the Accademia dei Lincei
• 2013-: Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
• 2011-2014: Member of the Cell Advanced Therapy (CAT) committee of EMA
• 2011- 2014: Member, Panel LS7, European Research Council
• 2011-: Member of the European Academy of Sciences
• 2008-2011: Directory Board of the International Society of Differentiation.
• 2008-: Senior Editor, EMBO Molecular Medicine
• 2008: ISSCR Task Force for “Clinical Translation of Stem Cell Research”
• 2007- 2010: Chair, Panel LS7, European Research Council
• 2006-: Associate Editor, International Journal of Developmental Biology
• 2004-2014: Editorial Board, Cell Death & Differentiation
• 2004-: Editorial Board, Journal of Cell Science
• 2005-2008: Directory Board of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
• 2003-2011: Member of the TIGEM External Scientific Advisory Board.
• 2002- 2005: Directory Board of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
• 2003- 2006: Chairperson, Stem Cell Committee, European Society of Gene Therapy
• 2003-2006: Member of the Advisory Committee of the Armenise-Harvard Foundation
• 1998-2001: President, ABCD (Italian Society for Cell Biology and Differentiation)
• 1998-2001: Secretary , FISV (Italian Federation of Life Sciences)
• 1997- : EMBO Member
• 1990-1993: Member, ABCD Directory Board