Serafino Zappacosta: An Enlightened Mentor and Educator

Overview

Journal Front Immunol

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2020 Mar 3

PMID 32117323

Authors

Ennio Carbone

Mario De Felice

Francesca Di Rosa

Ugo DOro

Silvia Fontana

Antonio La Cava

Michele Maio

Giuseppe Matarese

Luigi Racioppi

Giuseppina Ruggiero

Giuseppe Terrazzano

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Abstract

With this article, the authors aim to honor the memory of Serafino Zappacosta, who had been their mentor during the early years of their career in science. The authors discuss how the combination of Serafino Zappacosta's extraordinary commitment to teaching and passion for science created a fostering educational environment that led to the creation of the "." The review also illustrates how the research on the MHC and the inspirational scientific context in the Zappacosta's laboratory influenced the authors' early scientific interests, and subsequent professional work as immunologists.

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