Prof. Marco Simoni, President of Human Technopole Foundation at the US-Italy joint commission on Science and Technology Cooperation in Washington DC

1. Human Technopole
The New Research Centre on Life Sciences of Italy
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Prof. Marco Simoni, President
13th US-Italy Joint Commission Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation: Health and Life Sciences
Workshop
Embassy of Italy, Washington DC, December 6th, 2018

2. Context
▪ MIND Milano Innovation District
the 1 million m2 area which hosted the universal exposition
EXPO Milano 2015 will be transformed into the world-leading
Science and Innovation District
▪ The mission is the creation of a new part of the city of Milano:
a smart, sustainable, inclusive, vibrant and safe community
▪ Human Technopole will be one of the mayor anchors of the
project, together with the new Campus of the University of
Milano and the Galeazzi Research Hospital.
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3. Human Technopole
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The new Italian research institute focused on the Life
Sciences
The project was launched in 2015, in the area that
hosted EXPO Milano 2015
The goal of HT is develop personalized medicine and
nutrition to tackle cancer and neurodegenerative
diseases by means of genomics and big data analysis
Research areas will be GENOMICS, NEUROSCIENCE, COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY and DATA ANALYSIS

4. The Human Technopole Project
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The Project was developed by a team led by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) , in concert with the main Italian
Institutions
University of Milan
University of Milan – Bicocca
Polytechnic University of Milan
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri
Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO)
Istituto Nazionale Tumori
Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Istituto Neurologico C. Besta
Maggiore Policlinico Hospital
San Gerardo-Milano Bicocca University Hospital
San Raffaele Hospital
The national supercomputing facility CINECA
(Consorzio Interuniversitario per il Calcolo Automatico
dell’Italia Nord Orientale)
Istituto di Interscambio Scientifico (ISI Foundatione),
Torino
Consiglio Ricerca in Agricoltura e Analisi Economica
Agraria (CREA)
Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), Trento
Parco Tecnologico Padano (PTP), Lodi

5. 5
Masterplan
• 3 available buildings
• 1 new building
• 7 research centre
• 4 research
infrastructures
• 1500 employees
• 15% admin staff
• ~ 100 research groups
• 30.000 m2
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6. Iain Mattaj – Human Technopole Director
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2005-2018: DIRECTOR GENERAL AT EMBL
Research: relevant contribution to the field of ribonucleoprotein
(RNP) particles that function in the processing of messanger RNA
precursors
Honours (among others): in 2018, elected foreign associate of the
National Academy of Sciences USA;
Honorary Professor, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg,
Germany; Honorary Doctorate, University of Edinburgh, UK

7. Current Open positions
Deadline: December 7, 2018
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For details https://www.htechnopole.it/
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8. A Research Centre and a Hub for Science and Industry
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for research - reference center for research institutes and universities across the
country by sharing technologies, methods and data in order to speed up the transfer
of knowledge and guarantee patients’ early access to innovative diagnostics and
therapies
for industry – Technology transfer to pursue industrial development in the fields
of food technology, models and software, diagnostics and therapies
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Human Technopole: a national and international Hub
connecting Universities, Research Institutes and Hospitals

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