Lelio Orci
Lelio Orci (22 March 1937 – 22 October 2019) [1] was an Italian scientist in the field of endocrinology and diabetes and emeritus professor in the Department of Morphology at the .[2]
Orci was born in 1937 in San Giovanni Incarico. He received his BA in 1958. He studied medicine at the University of Rome, graduating in 1964. In 1966, he moved to the University of Geneva where he worked ever since.[3] He was chair of the Department of Morphology from 1976 to 2002, and retired in 2004.
Orci is known for his work in electron microscopy. In 1984, he began collaborating with James Rothman on the work in vesicle trafficking that eventually earned Rothman, Randy Schekman, and Thomas C. Südhof the Nobel Prize.[4]
Awards[]
- 1973 : Minkowski Prize (European Association for the Study of Diabetes)
- 1977 : Nessim Habif Prize
- 1979 : Fernand Tissot Prize
- 1978 : Mack-Foster Award (European Society for Clinical Investigation)
- 1978 : David Rumbough Award ()
- 1981 : Banting Medal (American Diabetes Association)
- 1983 : Dale Medal (Society for Endocrinology)
- 1985 : King Faisal International Prize for Medicine
- 1986 : Otto Naegeli Prize for Medicine
- 1986 : Special Golgi Award (European Association for the Study of Diabetes)
- 1987 : Morgagni Medal (G.B. Morgagni International Prizes)
- 1991 : Elliot P. Joslin Award (Massachusetts Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association)
- 1998 : Member of the Senate of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1998 : Foreign Member of National Academy of Sciences
- 1999 : Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2000 : Lucien Dautrebande Triennial Prize (The Physiopathology Foundation)[5]
- 2007 : Leon Lombarti Prize
- Order of Commander of Honor by the Italian Government[6]
The Lelio Orci Award for advances in cell biology was established in 2015.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Morto lo scienziato ciociaro Lelio Orci, famoso per le scoperte sul diabete".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Title not available" (PDF). Journal of Endocrinology. 102 (1): NP–1. July 1984. doi:10.1677/joe.0.10200NP.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2016-12-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Hoffmann, Ilire Hasani, Robert. "Academy of Europe: CV". www.ae-info.org.
- ^ "King Faisal Prize – Professor Lelio Orci". kfip.org.
- ^ "The first Lelio Orci Award will be presented to Gisou van der Goot". 16 February 2016. Cite journal requires
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