CAPUCCI LORENZO - IZS della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna

Europasscurriculum vitaePersonal informationFirst name(s) / Surname(s)Lorenzo CapucciAddress(es) Via M. Cesaresco 25, 25100 BresciaTelephone(s) 030 2290 217 Mobile:Fax(es) 030 2290 559E-mail lorenzo.capucci@izsler.itNationalityItalianDate of birth 23 December 1954GenderMaleWork experienceDates 1982-1986Occupation or position held Research fellow at the National Reference Laboratory of Food-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV).Main activities and responsibilitiesName and address of employer Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna (IZSLER), Brescia,ItalyType of business or sector Research and development in diagnostic methods and antigenic characterisation of FMDV.Dates 1987-1992Occupation or position held Research assistant (permanent staff) at the Immunobiochemistry laboratoryMain activities and responsibilitiesName and address of employer Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna (IZSLER), Brescia,ItalyType of business or sector End of the work with FMDV. Begging of the work on Rabbit Haemorrhagic disease virus andEuropean Brown Hare Syndrome, also in order to develop a panel of diagnostic methods.Occupation or position heldMain activities and responsibilitiesDates 1993 - 2000Head of the Immunobiochemistry laboratory and expert for International Office of Epizootics(OIE) Reference Laboratory for Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus.Name and address of employerType of business or sectorIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna (IZSLER), Brescia,ItalyContinue the activity in the field of calicivirus of lagomorphs. The tasks are enlarged to the studyof the Myxoma virus of rabbits. In addition, starting from 1999, a new task is related to thelaboratory diagnosis of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).Dates 2001 - 2004

Organisational skills andcompetencesTechnical skills and competencesComputer skills and competencesAt the end of 2000 I have coordinated the organisation and the start off of the “BSE test rapid”laboratories at IZSLER.I have managed several research projects.My main knowledge and professional competences are in the field of proteins purification andcharacterization applied to virology research and diagnostic methods based on the use ofantibodies (immunobiochemistry).Competent with most Microsoft Office programmes.AnnexesPUBLICATIONS38 scientific articles published on International Scientific JournalMore than 70 communication to congress or article published on Italian Journal.DATE Brescia 19.01.2010