Galveston. Claudia and Michela Marino Comerota, two international doctoral students in “Biomedicine and Neuroscience” have respectively won the “Excellence in Translational Science Award” and the “Aging Research Award”. The recognition was awarded on the occasion of the 57th National Student Research Forum, a symposium with the participation of doctoral students from across the United States held in Galveston from the 27th to the 29th of April. Both doctoral students are working on plans to clarify the involvement of molecular chaperones and tau protein in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, under the supervision of tutors of the University of Palermo and Texas.
