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the Milan Polytechnic,<br />

coordinated by Guglielmo Lanzani,<br />

research demonstrates the<br />

potential of creating replacements<br />

for parts of the eye by the use of<br />

material which is biocompatible<br />

and organic, rather than the<br />

inorganic semiconductors that<br />

have been used up to now for<br />

artificial retinas.<br />

IIT, operational since 2005 in<br />

Genoa, where it has its biggest<br />

establishment – in the building in<br />

Morego, which houses over 700<br />

young researchers, extremely<br />

advanced labs are already<br />

functional – is actually a national<br />

network of specialized centers. In<br />

addition to the one cited above in<br />

Milan, other seats operate in<br />

Turin, Trento, Parma, Rome, Pisa,<br />

Naples, and Lecce. All together<br />

more than a thousand people<br />

work here, coming from 50<br />

countries around the world.<br />

Average age is 34, 40% are<br />

women, 60% men. Almost half of<br />

tà di questi giovani scienziati<br />

viene dall’estero, e tra questi -<br />

merita di essere sottolineato in<br />

un contesto sociale e economico<br />

così ostile ai giovani del nostro<br />

paese - il 18% è rappresentato<br />

da italiani che hanno<br />

studiato e lavorato all’estero e<br />

che ora, grazie all’occasione IIT,<br />

hanno potuto rientrare in Italia.<br />

Nato con una decisione del governo<br />

e delle istituzioni locali<br />

genovesi e liguri (la Regione <strong>Liguria</strong>,<br />

che ha investito notevoli<br />

risorse per permettere all’IIT di<br />

trovare e di acquistare la sede di<br />

Morego) all’inizio l’istituto si è<br />

sviluppato in sordina, conquistandosi<br />

una forte credibilità internazionale,<br />

e non senza polemiche<br />

da parte del mondo<br />

accademico italiano (perché finanziare<br />

generosamente un<br />

nuovo soggetto mentre la ricerca<br />

esistente ha tante difficoltà).<br />

Ma oggi, come dimostra il caso<br />

della retina, cresce la collaborathese<br />

scientists come from abroad,<br />

and among these – this should be<br />

underlined in the socio-economic<br />

context that is so hostile to the<br />

youth of our country – 18% are<br />

Italians who have studied and<br />

worked abroad, but now, thanks<br />

to IIT, are able to return home to<br />

Italy.<br />

A government decision made with<br />

local Genoese and <strong>Liguria</strong>n<br />

institutions (the Region of <strong>Liguria</strong><br />

invested notable resources to<br />

enable IIT to find and purchase its<br />

headquarters in Morego) in the<br />

beginning, the Institute developed<br />

without fanfare, acquiring strong<br />

international credibility, amidst<br />

the usual polemics on the part of<br />

the Italian academic world (why<br />

should something new be so<br />

generously financed when existing<br />

research is in such difficulty).<br />

But today, as demonstrated by the<br />

retina story, the collaboration<br />

between IIT and other centers of<br />

research is increasing. And the<br />

La Fondazione IIT è stata istituita<br />

alla fine del 2003 con<br />

l'approvazione della legge 326. Da<br />

allora lavora per promuovere lo<br />

sviluppo tecnologico e la<br />

formazione avanzata del paese.<br />

A Morego fanno ricerca oltre 500<br />

giovani scienziati, un quarto<br />

stranieri, da circa 37 paesi del<br />

mondo<br />

The foundation, Fondazione IIT,<br />

was founded at the end of 2003<br />

upon the passing of Law 326.<br />

Since then, it has been working<br />

on the promotion of<br />

technological development and<br />

training for Italy. In Morego, over<br />

500 young scientists are doing<br />

research, with one fourth<br />

foreigners from 37 countries<br />

across the world<br />

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