Tumor biology and vascular targeting
Angelo Corti
Email: corti.angelo@hsr.it
Location: DIBIT1
Group Leader, Tumor biology and vascular targeting
Full Professor, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Angelo Corti is presently Full Professor of Biochemistry at the San Raffaele University of Milan, Italy. He received his doctorate in Biology in 1979 at the State University of Milan and was trained in the Laboratory of Chemical Biology of the same university. In 1982 he has been Visiting Scientist at the Laboratory of Biochemistry of the National Institute of Health (Bethesda, USA) and in 1983 he joined the Merrel-Dow Research Institute in Milan. In 1988, he joined the Boheringer Mannheim Research Center of Monza, Italy and from 1994 he is the head of the Tumor Biology and Vascular Targeting Unit, of San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan. From 2014-2023 he also served as Director of the Division of Experimental Oncology of the same Institute. During his carrier Angelo Corti has also served as supervisor and mentor of 34 postdoctoral research fellows, 46 medical and graduate students, and 7 PhD students, and as a reviewer for various scientific journal and grant agencies. He has also organized/chaired various international conferences and had a role as principal investigator of >32 research projects, granted from Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Association for International Cancer Research (UK), Cancer Research Institute (USA), Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica, Ministero della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità of Italy, Metadistretti-Regione Lombardia; Italian Institute of Technology, FIRB, Fondo Investimenti Ricerca di Base, Programma Nazionale delle Ricerche, Alleanza Contro il Cancro, Compagnia San Paolo, and Pharmaceutical Companies. His work led to the publication of >240 papers in peer-reviewed international scientific journals (IF >16000, H index 69) and to 37 patent applications in the diagnostic and therapeutic fields of cancer.
1978 Doctor Degree in Biological Sciences, University of Milan (Summa cum laude)
Previous and current employments
1978-1980 Trainee, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Milan, Italy
1980-1982 Research Scientist, Protein Biochemistry and Bioextractive Dept, Lepetit Research Center, Milan, Italy.
1983 Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Biochemistry NIH, Bethesda (Maryland (USA)
1984-1987 Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Group, Microbiology Dept., Merrel Dow Research Institute, Lepetit Research Centre, Milan, Italy
1988-1989 Head of Protein Biochemistry Unit, Boheringer Mannheim Italia Research Center, Monza, Italy.
1989-1994 Head of Molecular Immunology and Biochemistry Unit, Tecnogen Research Lab. ScpA, Milan,
1994-2006 Head of Immunobiotechnology Unit, Department of Biological and Technological Research (DIBIT)-San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
2006-today Head of Tumor Biology and Vascular targeting Unit, Division of Oncology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
2014-2023 Director of the Division of Experimental Oncology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Academic appointments and teaching activity
1989-1992 Lecturer at the Course of Genetic Engineering at Scuola di Specializzazione di Biochimica e Chimica Clinica, University of Milan, Italy
1997 Lecturer at Scuola di Specializzazione in Farmacologia, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
1993-2001 “Professore a contratto” of Genetic Engineering at Scuola di Specializzazione di Biochimica e Chimica Clinica, University of Milan, Italy
1994-2002 Lecturer at PhD courses, supervisor and examiner of various PhD students, Open University of London, Milan, Italy
2002-2015 “Professore a contratto” of Biochemistry, Università Vita e Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2015-present “Full Professor” of Biochemistry, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
2016-present Member of the “Collegio dei Docenti- Corso di Dottorato di Ricerca Internazionale in Medicina Molecolare” Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
2018-present Member of the Consiglio della Scuola di Specializzazione in Patologia Clinica e Biochimica Clinica, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
2018 Lecturer of the Consiglio della Scuola di Specializzazione in Patologia Clinica e Biochimica Clinica, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
2018-present Member of the Consiglio della Scuola di Specializzazione in Anatomia Patologia, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.