"The study of nervous system
is one of the frontiers of future medicine"

Cesare Montecucco, ISAC

"Stem cells could both heal and feed
humankind: the key is in their genome"

Alessandro Bertero, CDA

"The GAHF sponsors basic scientific
research as the bedrock of knowledge
laying the foundation for future
innovations and breakthroughs across
diverse scientific fields to foster
curiosity-driven research."

Chiara Ambrogio, CDA

"You were not created to live as brutes
but to follow virtue and knowledge
- Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia"

Andrea Lunardi, CDA

"Technologic breakthroughs
very often arise from basic science"

Carlo Sala, CDA

"The Foundation serves as an
important link between top scientists
at Harvard and throughout Italy"

Elisabetta Vitali, Director of Italian Programs

"Science is now a result of teamwork"

Claudia Lodovichi, CDA

"The European scientists should create
new networks to work together"

Eelco Van Anken, CDA

"Structural biology tries to understand
the structure and the shape of molecules"

Federico Forneris, CDA

"My basic research is aimed
at understanding how to get
good stem cells"

Graziano Martello, CDA

"The Giovanni Armenise Foundation is
giving me the unique opportunity to
tackle new fundamental questions about
how information is trafficked in neurons."

Jean-Michel Cioni, CDA

"Our goal is to benefit humankind
by supporting leading basic science research
in Italy and in the U.S."

Lisa Mayer, Executive Director

"We need experimental research
together with theory"

Manuela Baccarini, ISAC

"Thanks to the Armenise-Harvard Foundation,
I could carry on independent research"

Marie-Laure Baudet, CDA

"We are cell biologists passionate about
unraveling the mechanisms that govern
genome homeostasis."

Luca Fava, CDA

"The Mid-Career Award gave me the
opportunity to build-up on acquired
knowledge and skills, inspiring younger
researchers and students and helping
them shaping their future."

Serena Carra, CDA

"The Foundation enables the startup
of cutting-edge basic science laboratories
able to compete internationally"

Marino Zerial, ISAC Chairman

"Seeing is believing
is my research motto"

Matteo Iannacone, CDA

"Curiosity-driven research offers a
window on the marvels of nature;
most importantly, it is the bedrock
of human progress."

Federico Rossi, CDA

"Metabolism orchestrates the dance of
molecules to enable life. Our goal is to
understand how this dance occurs to
unravel innovative approaches to be
exploited in pathologies characterized by
metabolic dysfunctions."

Nico Mitro, CDA

"Cutting-edge scientific discoveries result
from curiosity and the ability to connect
details from different fields; a way of
doing so is by intersecting disciplines
using theoretical approaches to reveal the
most unexpected connections."

Irene Farabella, CDA

"We study how cancer cells exploit
mechanisms of response to stress to
promote tumor adaptation and progression.
Understanding the basic biology of cancer
cells is pivotal to find new cancer vulnerabilities."

Rosa Bernardi, CDA

"We study plants
as a complementary approach
to animal stem cell research"

Sabrina Sabatini, CDA

"Our goal is deciphering the function of
as a sleep in health and disease."

Luisa De Vivo, CDA

"We address basic biology questions
with a highly technological approach"

Tiziana Bonaldi, CDA

"Without DNA repair, life on earth
as we know it would not exist"

Vincenzo Costanzo, CDA

“Through their research, GAHF scientists
are in search of knowledge and truth”

Ellen Levine, Senior Administrative Coordinator

“The Career Development Award gives me the freedom
to ask risky scientific questions and this is the only
known path to the discovery of the unknown”

Giuliano Iurilli, CDA

“Promoting curiosity-driven science
will have a lasting impact”

Wade Harper, SAB

“Thanks to the Armenise-Harvard Foundation,
I came back to Italy in 2016 and I have been studying
Neuro-Oncology using in vivo and human
Organoid-based cancer models”

Luca Tiberi, CDA

“Our lab strives to decipher how cells communicate,
which has implications for understanding embryonic
development and many human diseases”

Adrian Salic, JFG