The assignment last December, this morning the delivery in the elegant setting of Caffè Benvenuti in via Belenzani in Trento.
Anna Calliari25 years of age, with a master’s degree in Biotechnology and medical biology at the Vita – Salute San Raffaele University of Milan, had been awarded one of the three scholarships from the Cassa Rurale di Trento Foundation for the year 2023.
Considering that the winner was in the United States at the end of last year and her return could only be planned based on the research developments expected in this period, the award ceremony was held today instead of the traditional location.
The award was presented by Rossana Gramegna, president of the Cassa Rurale di Trento Foundation. “It is a bit of the flagship of our activities – she observed – because we believe that the study is important. Ours is a recognition that is awarded to those who are engaged in a path of absolute excellence.”
The entire board of directors of the Foundation attended the ceremony. Also among those present Ermanno Villotti And Gabriele Delmonterespectively deputy vice-president and general director of the Bank for Trentino Alto Adige.
The scholarship “has great value both from a symbolic point of view as a recognition of merit – added Anna Calliari – but also from an economic point of view to give me the opportunity to carry on my research project in the scientific field”.
The Evaluation Committee formed by the president Sandro Bolognesigeneral manager of Cassa Centrale Banca, Lucia Martinelli, research biologist at Muse, e Antonio Carlini (present this morning) musicologist and artistic director of the Trento Philharmonic Society, had considered the project presented by the young researcher from Volano to correspond to the aims of the announcement which rewards projects of “high level of study or improvement or research”.
The project of the graduate from Trentino is “The role of TMEM106B in Frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative processes” and is underway at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville (Florida – United States United States of America).
The objective is the study and understanding of the role of a lysosomal protein in increasing the risk of neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s, investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying the clinical-neuropathological picture.
“The Committee – it was explained by the Cassa Rurale di Trento Foundation – decided not to propose the assignment of scholarships in the economic-legal and humanistic-artistic fields as there were no elements of significant importance in the applications presented that were congruent with the purposes of the notice”.
The scholarships, each worth 12 thousand euros, established by the Cassa Rurale di Trento Foundation are aimed at the “young brains” of the areas where Cassa di Trento operates with its headquarters and network of branches. They are intended for graduates who intend to start or continue a high-level study or improvement or research project at Italian or foreign universities or institutions, public or private.
