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The Nobili-Franceschi Award
In 1993, the SIP initiated an award for the best Italian Degree Thesis on a protozoological subject discussed in the academic year 1992/1993 in memory of Prof. Tina Crippa Franceschi. At the XVth Congress of the SIP, held in Parma in 1994, this prize was awarded to Dr Sandra Raoli, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ for her Thesis: ‘Molecular Diagnosis of the Leshmaniasis in Italy: Isolation of DNA Sequences Specific for Leishmania infantum (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae)’, tutor Dr Maria Cristina Angelici, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome. Later, the protozoologists of the University of Pisa established an award in favour of young researchers in Protozoology, in memory of Prof. Renzo Nobili. This prize was won in 1996 by Dr Filippo Barbanera, a collaborator of Prof. Nicola Ricci, University of Pisa, for his scientific work: ‘Temperature Effects on the Behavior of Ciliate Protozoa’, and in 1997 by Dr Romina Camilli, a collaborator of Dr Marina Gramiccia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, for her scientific work: ‘A Study of the Caryotype of Leishmania infantum by Means of Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis and Clinical Applications’. During the XIXth Congress of the SIP, held in Rome in 1998, the assembly of the members decided to award a biennial prize entitled ‘Nobili-Franceschi’ to the best Italian Degree Thesis on a protozoological subject.
Maria Umberta Corrado
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