Department of Experimental Pathology
Laboratory of Immunology
Coordinator: Prof. Claudio Franceschi
"Scientific progress on a broad front results from the free play of free intellects, working on subjects of their own choice, in the manner dictated by their curiosity for exploration of the unknown."
Vannevar Bush, 1945
The
Laboratory of Immunology
at the Department of Experimental Pathology of the University of
Bologna, Italy, has been established in the year 2000 and it is
directed by Prof. Claudio Franceschi. The activity of the Lab is
pioneering the field of genetics in extreme longevity by
introducing the experimental model of centenarian individuals, the best
living example of "successful aging". The main lines of research
pursued in the lab regard the phenomena of aging and longevity, studied
from different point of view.
