Human inherited neuropathies
Alessandra Bolino
Email: bolino.alessandra@hsr.it
Location: DIBIT2, Floor 6, A4
Group leader, Human inherited neuropathies Unit
Alessandra Bolino is the Head of the Human inherited neuropathies Unit at Ospedale San Raffaele. Graduated in biology, worked several years abroad, in France and in England. In 2001 she returned to Italy thanks to the opportunity offered by Fondazione Telethon. Alessandra Bolino studies the physiology of the peripheral nervous system and why defects in the nerves lead to inherited neuropathies.
2007 – to date Head of Research Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
2006 - 2012 Associate Telethon Scientist
2001-2006 Assistant Telethon Scientist
1998-2001 Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. Post-doctoral training
1996, March-July Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Milan, Visiting scientist
1995-1996 International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France – PhD student
1993 Hôpital Henry Mondor, Paris, France. Biologist
1993-1997 PhD student in Human Genetics, University of Torino
1989-1992 Genova, Italy - G. Gaslini Institute – Undergraduate Student
2017-2026 National Academic Qualification as Full Professor in Experimental Biology 05/F1
2013-2023 National Academic Qualification as Professor in: Medical Genetics 06/A1; Genetics 05/I1, Experimental Biology 05/F1
2016-today Adjunct Professor in Experimental Biology, University of Bergamo
2016-today Board member of the Italian Peripheral Nerve Association
2015-2019 Board Member of the Peripheral Nerve Society, USA
2006-2012 Associate Telethon Scientist, Career award
2001-2006 Assistant Telethon Scientist, Career award
2000 Awarded by Regione Liguria as Scientific Researcher, Genova-Italy
1991 Degree in Biological Sciences: 110/110 cum laude - University of Genova, Italy
1983-1987 Classical studies, Genova, Italy