SPECIAL SIV PRIZE “VIROLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY”

Evaluation committee

• Prof. Adriano AguzziInstitute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich

• Prof. Pier Luigi GambettiInstitute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA

• Prof. Volker ter MeulenInstitut fur Virologie und Immunobiologie Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany

• Prof. John James SkehelNational Institute for Medical Research Mill Hill, London

Parameters evaluation

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CV

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Candidates

• Arianna Calistri

• Anna Vittoria Carluccio

• Anna Kajaste-Rudnitski

• Daniele Lilleri

• Beatrice Mercorelli

Evaluation resultsCalistri evaluation

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Carluccio evaluation

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Kajaste-Rudnitski

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x x

Lilleri evaluation

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Mercorelli evaluation

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Arianna CalistriEDUCATION: • 1992 Diploma di Maturità Classica, Liceo Ginnasio C Marchesi, Padova, Italy• 1997 Laurea in Scienze Biologiche obtained with best marks and honours (110/110 cum

laude), University of Padova, Italy, discussing a thesis: “A new in vitro model of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) persistent infection: interactions between HSV-1 and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)”.

• 2002 Ph.D. in Microbiological Sciences, University of Genova, Italy, discussing a thesis: “Molecular interactions between herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in CD4+ human T-lymphocytes”

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS:• 1994-1997 Research fellow, University of Padova, Italy • 1997-2001 Ph.D. student, University of Padova, Italy• 1999-2001 Visiting researcher, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School,

Boston, MA• 2001-2004 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School,

Boston, MA • 2004-2005 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Histology Microbiology and Medical

Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Italy• 2005- Assistant Professor, Department of Histology Microbiology and Medical

Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Italy

Arianna Calistri is author of 39 publications, 35 in peer review Journals, with a total IF of 175,419 (JCR, ISI, 2010) and a total Science citation index (SCI) of 753

• Identification and functional characterization of retroviral L-domains

• Identification of ubiquitin role in viral budding

• Identification and characterization of ESCRT proteins involved in viral budding

• Characterization of the physiological role of the cellular organelles, MVBs.

Main research contributions