User:Lucio Iannone

Dr. Lucio Iannone is an Italian Scientist working on vascular diseases at Imperial College of London. Dr. Iannone is currently working in the field of oligonucleotides and startups.

Study: Born on 14 April 1983 at Naples he graduated at University Federico II di Napoli with 110/110 in Biotechnology. Subsequently he decided to attend a master in Medical Biotechnology where he obtained his Master in Biotechnology with summa cum laude.

IN UK: After graduation he left Naples to work as research assistant at Imperial College of London where he conducted a research on Rab proteins and breast cancer in Miguel Seabra's Lab. Currently he is working at the department of experimental medicine at Imperial College of London http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/people/l.iannone/ working on cardiovascular diseases. Iannone has been awarded by the Italian Embassy with the Italian excellence award for PhD student for his research and activity during his study. Lucio is now working at Silence Therapeutics as research officer and biotech analyst. His contribution is toward new drugs and delivery systems.

While in the UK, Dr. Lucio Iannone, together with other four scientists, started the Association of Italian Scientist in UK AISUK, a not-for-profit organisation (company no. 8302387) aimed to create a network of Italian scientists active in UK, and to promote scientific and technological collaborations with the world of reaserch in Italy AIS-UK was established under the auspices of the Italian Embassy in London and the objectives are:

Establishing a professional and social network of Italian scientists in UK Promoting share of knowledge and professional collaborations between Italian scientists in UK. Providing career advices to young Italian scientists already active in UK or which intend to relocate to UK Promoting contact and professional collaborations among Universities and similar institutions based in Italy and UK. Promoting contacts between members of the Society and the Italian and British (scientific) Media.

Category:Scientists