Award for the Best Scientific Research to our PhD student Valeria Paoloni

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Valeria Paoloni PhD Student (XXXI cycle) and Giuseppina Laganà (PhD XXIX cycle) won the Best Research Award with a paper demonstrating the usefulness of Orthodontics for patients’ oral and general health. The research title is “3D evaluation of maxillary morphology in Marfan growing subjects: a controlled clinical study” and it has been discussed during the SIDO 49th International Congress in Florence – October 12-13, 2018.
This scientific award was given to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Italian Orthodontic Society. The research was possible as a good scientific collaboration between Dr Giuseppina Laganà Orthodontic Department (Head: Prof. Paola Cozza) and the Centre for Rare Diseases, for Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders (Head: Prof. Giovanni Ruvolo).

Our PhD Student Francesca Corsi awarded the prize for best oral presentation at CSRM

Our Ph D student Francesca Corsi, student of the Ph D program in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy, has been awarded the prize for best oral presentation among young researchers ricercatori (under 35) for her paper  “Contrasting chemotherpay-induced tumor repopulation with cerium oxide nanoparticles” presented at the 2018 CSRM Conferemce, held in Pavia, September 28-29.

Congratulations Francesca, keep up the good work!!!

SIF-SoNS Prize “Neutrons Matter” 2018

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The School of Neutron Scattering “Francesco Paolo Ricci” (SoNS) is glad to announce that Dr. Pierfrancesco Ulpiani is the winner of the first edition of the joint SIF-SoNS “Neutrons Matter” 2018 prize, “For his relevant experimental achievements in the optimization of detection and energy analysis of electronvolt neutrons, and their applications to the measurement of zero point kinetic energy in condensed ice phases”.

The prize was received today, September 17th, from Prof.ssa Luisa Cifarelli,  president of the Italian Physical Society (SIF), and Prof. Roberto Senesi, president of the School of Neutron Scattering “Francesco Paolo Ricci”, during the opening ceremony of the 104th Annual National Congress of the Italian Physical Society (SIF) held at the Università della Calabria.

Dr. Ulpiani, graduated in physics at the Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, is currently a PhD student in “Materials for Health, Environment and Energy” at the Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”.

Further information at:
https://www.sif.it/attivita/altri_premi
https://www.sif.it/attivita/altri_premi/bando_neutrons-matter
https://congresso.sif.it/atticon/vincitori-premi-sif-2018

Department Chair receives award

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Professor Silvia Licoccia, Deputy Rector for research and Department Chair, has been selected as recipient of the 2018 AICIng Award for Distinguished Scientific and Educational achievements.

AICIng (Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering) joins Chemistry Professors in the Engineering degrees of Italian Universities.

The award is attributed every two years and has been presented during the 11th AiCIng Congres, held in Bologna (September 10-12, 2018). Professor Licoccia delivered a lecture “MaDE@UTV: the “she” energy” presenting the most significan results achieved by the group Materials and Devices for Energy at University of Rome Tor Vergata, discussed in the framework of the University Mission and Vision focused on sustainability.

Winning strike for Professor Francesco Ricci, leader of the Laboratory of Biosensors & Nanomachines

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Professor Francesco Ricci has been selected as recipient of  the “Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Award”

The award is jointly assigned by ACS Analytical Chemistry Journals (Analytical Chemistry, ACS Sensors, and Journal of Proteome Research) and by the ACS Analytical Chemistry Division and is intended to honor members of the community who have made a major recent impact in the field of measurement science, with winners selected on the basis of their lecture abstracts and their research output during the past five years.

Francesco Ricci’s DNA-based nanomachines and nanodevices have been considered to push the limits of sensing, drug delivery and measurement science. Ricci’s synthetic nucleic acid probes have great potential in a wide range of point of care diagnostics.

The award has been presented during the conference Pittcon 2018, recently held  in Orlando (Florida, USA).

Bravo Francesco and keep up your excellent work!

Best presentation at ECHOCONTRAST 2018: our young researchers awarded another international recognition

Dr. Yosra Toumia, former PhD student and now postdoc with Professor Paradossi in the Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules group, has been awarded the first prize for her within the framework of ECHOCONTRAST 2018, an international conference on contrast agents held recently in Rotterdam. Yosra’c competitors came from internationally recognized excellent institutions such as Oxford University, Imperial College, Virginia University School of Medicine, NTNU Norway, Dept of Medicine Cincinnati University.

Bravo to Yorsra and the whole group!