Position: Consultant
Role: Sector Head

Alessandro Bulfone completed a medical degree (1987) and residency training in Neurology at the University of Turin (1991). 1984 - 1989     Medical Student, Resident in Neurology, Laboratory of Neuropathology, University of  Turin, Italy;   Advisors:  Prof. D. Schiffer and Prof. A. Mauro. 1990 - 1991     Visiting Scholar, Nancy Pritzker Laboratory of Developmental and Molecular Neurobiology, Dept. of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA;  Advisor: John L.R. Rubenstein, MD/PhD. 1991 - 1993     Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Dept. of Psychiatry LPPI  University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;  Advisor; John L.R. Rubenstein, MD/PhD. 1994 - 1995     Postgraduate Fellow, Nina Ireland Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Dept. of Psychiatry LPPI-University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Advisor: John L.R. Rubenstein, 1996 - 2000     Researcher, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Milan, Italy; Director:  Prof. A. Ballabio. 2000 - 2006     Group Leader, Stem Cell Research Institute (SCRI), HSR Biomedical Science Park, Milan. Italy 2006 - 2010     Scientific Director, bioflag Srl start-up with a strong specialization in bio-informatics applied to the genetic studies for the development of innovative diagnostic solutions. Present         Consultant of the Biomedicine Sector at CRS4, Pula (CA), Italy