Washington. Six young researchers between the ages of thirty and forty have proudly represented Italy in North America. Ilaria Iacobucci was awarded the Paola Campese Award for research in Leukemias. Gaetano Santulli and Silvia Balbo, ex aequo, were awarded the Hogan Lovells Award in Medicine, Biosciences and Cognitive Science. Umberto Berardi, however, is the winner of the Franco Strazzabosco Award for Engineers while Patrizio Antici was awarded with the Annamaria Molteni Award in Mathematics and Physics. Finally, Andrea Isella was awarded with the Young Investigators Award in Environmental Sciences, Astrophysics and Chemistry. These are the names of the six Italian researchers who have made their way into universities and research centers in the US and Canada, that were awarded on Tuesday, October 18th at the Italian Embassy in Washington by ISSNAF, the foundation of Italian scientists in North America that brings together 4,000 men and women in the world of research. (9colonne)