SPECIAL SIV PRIZE “VIROLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY”

1. SPECIAL SIV PRIZE “VIROLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY”

3. Evaluation committee • Prof. Adriano AguzziInstitute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich • Prof. Pier Luigi GambettiInstitute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA • Prof. Volker ter MeulenInstitut fur Virologie und Immunobiologie Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany • Prof. John James SkehelNational Institute for Medical Research Mill Hill, London

5. Candidates • Arianna Calistri • Anna Vittoria Carluccio • Anna Kajaste-Rudnitski • Daniele Lilleri • Beatrice Mercorelli

6. Evaluation results

7. Arianna Calistri EDUCATION: • 1992 Diploma di Maturità Classica, Liceo Ginnasio C Marchesi, Padova, Italy • 1997 Laurea in Scienze Biologiche obtained with best marks and honours (110/110 cum laude), University of Padova, Italy, discussing a thesis: “A new in vitro model of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) persistent infection: interactions between HSV-1 and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)”. • 2002 Ph.D. in Microbiological Sciences, University of Genova, Italy, discussing a thesis: “Molecular interactions between herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in CD4+ human T-lymphocytes” RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS: • 1994-1997 Research fellow, University of Padova, Italy • 1997-2001 Ph.D. student, University of Padova, Italy • 1999-2001 Visiting researcher, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA • 2001-2004 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA • 2004-2005 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Histology Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Italy • 2005- Assistant Professor, Department of Histology Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Italy

8. Arianna Calistri is author of 39 publications, 35 in peer review Journals, with a total IF of 175,419 (JCR, ISI, 2010) and a total Science citation index (SCI) of 753

11. Main research contributions • Identification and functional characterization of retroviral L-domains • Identification of ubiquitin role in viral budding • Identification and characterization of ESCRT proteins involved in viral budding • Characterization of the physiological role of the cellular organelles, MVBs.