Jacopo Meldolesi#
| Membership Number: | 992 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1999 Full Professor of General Pharmacology (from 2001 in the Dept. of Neuroscience), Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- 1990 - 1998 Scientific Director, Dept. Basic Research and Biotechnology (DIBIT), Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- 1980 - 1999 Full Professor of Pharmacology, Dept. Pharmacology, University of Milan, Italy (from 1984 working at the San Raffaele branch)
- 1971 - 1980 Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Dept. Pharmacology, University of Milan, Italy
- 1968 - 1970 Post-doc in Cell Biology, Rockefeller University of New York, U.S.A, in the laboratory of the Nobel Graduate George E. Palade
- 1965 - 1967 Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Dept. Pharmacology, University of Milan, Italy
- 1962 - 1964 resident in Medicine, University of Catania, Italy
Fields of Scholarship
- Cellular neurobiology
- Membrane traffic
- Synaptic function
- Transmitter release
- Gene expression in nurosecretory cells
Honours and Awards
- 1997 - 1999 President, Italian Society of Neuroscience (SINS)
- 2003 - 2007 President, Federation of Italian Biological Societies (FISV)
- Member of EMBO, Academia Europaea and Accademia dei Lincei
- 1988 Camillo Golgi Award (Washington)
- 1994 Feltrinelli Award of the Accademia dei Lincei (1994)
- 1999 Gold Medal of the President of the Italian Republic (Rome)
