{"id":24972,"date":"2021-06-28T16:52:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/?p=24972"},"modified":"2021-06-28T16:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:58:48","slug":"antonino-cassotta-awarded-the-sais-prize-for-best-phd-thesis-in-life-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/irb-community\/antonino-cassotta-awarded-the-sais-prize-for-best-phd-thesis-in-life-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonino Cassotta awarded the SAIS prize for best PhD thesis in life science"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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June 28, 2021: The Societ\u00e0 degli Accademici italiani in Svizzera<\/em><\/a> (SAIS) awards Italian students that pursued their PhD in Switzerland by offering three prizes for the best doctoral theses, one for each of these fields: 1) STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), 2) life sciences, and 3) human sciences (social, political and legal sciences). On June 24, 2021, Antonino Cassotta has been awarded the SAIS prize for the best PhD thesis in the field of life sciences.<\/p>

Antonino received the title of \u201cDoctor of Sciences\u201d from the Eidgen\u00f6ssische Technische Hochschule (ETH) on 6th<\/sup> February 2020. His thesis title was \u201cClonal selection and immunodominance in the human T cell response to microbial antigens and biologicals,<\/em>\u201d and the study was conducted in the Cellular Immunology lab headed by Prof. Federica Sallusto at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) in Bellinzona. During his PhD, Antonino studied various CD4 T cell responses: to therapeutics, viruses, commensals, and pathogenic bacteria.<\/p>

The SAIS prize consists of 1000 CHF, a diploma, and a medal. It has been awarded at a ceremony<\/a> during the giornata della ricerca italiana at the University of Lausanne on June 24, 2021.<\/p>

The jury for this prize was composed of the SAIS members: Prof. Antonio Ereditato (President), Prof. Lucia Mazzolai (member), Prof. Cesare Alippi (member), Dr. Umberto Dosselli (member), Dr. Domenico Campi (member), Amb. Silvio Mignano (member) and Dr. Elena Di Vito (secretary).<\/p>

Antonino is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the laboratory of Prof. Sallusto at the IRB.<\/p>

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Dr. Antonino Cassotta and Prof. Federica Sallusto.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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