Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio (born in Naples, Italy, 27 January 1957) is an Italian scientist and academic professor. He is founder-director of the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM),
Naples,
Italy; professor of medical genetics at the
University of Naples Federico II,
Naples,
Italy and visiting professor of genetics at
Baylor College of Medicine in
Houston,
Texas, U.S. and at the
University of Oxford, UK. He is also the former director of the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine in
Milan,
Italy. He is the recipient of 2016
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine for his contribution to understanding the molecular mechanisms controlling the function of
lysosomes in health and disease.
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