SPECIAL SIV PRIZE
“VIROLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY”
Evaluation committee
• Prof. Adriano Aguzzi
Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich
• Prof. Pier Luigi Gambetti
Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA
• Prof. Volker ter Meulen
Institut fur Virologie und Immunobiologie Universitaet
Wuerzburg, Germany
• Prof. John James Skehel
National Institute for Medical Research Mill Hill, London
Parameters
evaluation
Excellent
High
Medium
Low
CV
Relevance of
publications
Comments
evaluation
High
Recommendation
for the prize
assignment
Comments
Medium
Low
Insufficient
Candidates
• Arianna Calistri
• Anna Vittoria Carluccio
• Anna Kajaste-Rudnitski
• Daniele Lilleri
• Beatrice Mercorelli
Evaluation results
evaluation
Calistri
evaluation
Carluccio
Low
High
Recommen
dation for
the prize
assignment
Low
Medium
High
xxx
x
evaluation
KajasteRudnitski
Medium
Recommen
dation for
the prize
assignment
xx
Lilleri
evaluation
Low
Low
High
Recommend
ation for the
prize
assignment
High
Medium
Recommend
ation for the
prize
assignment
xx
xx
xx
High
Low
Medium
xx
Medium
x
evaluation
Mercorelli
Recommen
dation for
the prize
assignment
x
x
Arianna Calistri
EDUCATION:
• 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
Main research contributions
• 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.