University of Verona
Verona, Italy
Aldo Scarpa is professor of Pathology, Director of the ARC-NET Research Centre for the Applied Research on Cancer at the University of Verona and Director of Pathology at the Hospital Trust of Verona, Italy. Dr. Scarpa received his MD from the University of Padova, and his PhD in Molecular Pathology from the University of Verona. Early in his medical career he served as a family practitioner and thereafter as deputy director of the Clinical Pathology Laboratory of the Military Hospital of Verona before completing his Residency in Pathology at the University of Parma. His career includes extended periods in renowned Institutions in Italy, Europe, United States of America, and Japan where has spent one year and a half at the National Cancer Center of Tokyo. Dr. Scarpa has been a pioneer since the early ’80s in the application of molecular biology to the study of cancer. He founded Molecular Diagnostic Laboratories at Verona University-Italy (1990) and at the Cancer Centre in Cuenca-Ecuador (2001). He is a proponent of biobanking, having begun tissue collections and cancer modelling in early 80’s. His research interests include cancer pathology and genetics and molecular marker discovery and molecular diagnosis. His work has been published in over 600 publications. Dr. Scarpa has also participated in the creation of facilities addressing cancer research needs such as cancer biobanks, cancer models (primary cancer xenografting and organoid facility) and molecular diagnostics (development, standardization and automation). He is the Leader of the Italian project within International Cancer Genome Consortium.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
19:20 – 19:35
Thursday, June 30, 2022
19:35 – 19:50