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the Milan Polytechnic,
coordinated by Guglielmo Lanzani,
research demonstrates the
potential of creating replacements
for parts of the eye by the use of
material which is biocompatible
and organic, rather than the
inorganic semiconductors that
have been used up to now for
artificial retinas.
IIT, operational since 2005 in
Genoa, where it has its biggest
establishment – in the building in
Morego, which houses over 700
young researchers, extremely
advanced labs are already
functional – is actually a national
network of specialized centers. In
addition to the one cited above in
Milan, other seats operate in
Turin, Trento, Parma, Rome, Pisa,
Naples, and Lecce. All together
more than a thousand people
work here, coming from 50
countries around the world.
Average age is 34, 40% are
women, 60% men. Almost half of
tà di questi giovani scienziati
viene dall’estero, e tra questi -
merita di essere sottolineato in
un contesto sociale e economico
così ostile ai giovani del nostro
paese - il 18% è rappresentato
da italiani che hanno
studiato e lavorato all’estero e
che ora, grazie all’occasione IIT,
hanno potuto rientrare in Italia.
Nato con una decisione del governo
e delle istituzioni locali
genovesi e liguri (la Regione Liguria,
che ha investito notevoli
risorse per permettere all’IIT di
trovare e di acquistare la sede di
Morego) all’inizio l’istituto si è
sviluppato in sordina, conquistandosi
una forte credibilità internazionale,
e non senza polemiche
da parte del mondo
accademico italiano (perché finanziare
generosamente un
nuovo soggetto mentre la ricerca
esistente ha tante difficoltà).
Ma oggi, come dimostra il caso
della retina, cresce la collaborathese
scientists come from abroad,
and among these – this should be
underlined in the socio-economic
context that is so hostile to the
youth of our country – 18% are
Italians who have studied and
worked abroad, but now, thanks
to IIT, are able to return home to
Italy.
A government decision made with
local Genoese and Ligurian
institutions (the Region of Liguria
invested notable resources to
enable IIT to find and purchase its
headquarters in Morego) in the
beginning, the Institute developed
without fanfare, acquiring strong
international credibility, amidst
the usual polemics on the part of
the Italian academic world (why
should something new be so
generously financed when existing
research is in such difficulty).
But today, as demonstrated by the
retina story, the collaboration
between IIT and other centers of
research is increasing. And the
La Fondazione IIT è stata istituita
alla fine del 2003 con
l'approvazione della legge 326. Da
allora lavora per promuovere lo
sviluppo tecnologico e la
formazione avanzata del paese.
A Morego fanno ricerca oltre 500
giovani scienziati, un quarto
stranieri, da circa 37 paesi del
mondo
The foundation, Fondazione IIT,
was founded at the end of 2003
upon the passing of Law 326.
Since then, it has been working
on the promotion of
technological development and
training for Italy. In Morego, over
500 young scientists are doing
research, with one fourth
foreigners from 37 countries
across the world
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