A “Mosca Bianca” (literally, white fly) is, according to a common metaphor in the Italian language, a person or object with particular characteristics compared to its peers, which make it an extremely rare case. The metaphor is used with a specific positive connotation, to indicate that the subject is a rare case for the qualities […]
Applications can be filed directly from the candidate or from a thirdperson. The award can be attributed to a living scientist; it can be alsoattributed to a deceased persons who died within 25 years from the dateof the award ceremony. The application, signed, must contain the following: name of the person suggested for the award, […]
The Mosca bianca award is designed to recognize a person, scientist or physician, who made an important discovery in the broad field of Biomedicine, and whose contribution was not previously realized by the scientific Community by any other award or prize. Three criteria will be used to select the winner: – The person made significant […]
We live in difficult times. It is evident, for those who are in the biomedical research field since 20-30 or more years, that the relative impact of “relational abilities”(who you know, where you come from, how you maintain your social relationships…) became preponderant over merit, originality, creativity. This applies to many aspects of scientific research, […]