Pezcoller-Maria Begnudelli Awards

Established in 2003 in memory of Maria Begnudelli, these awards, offered by the Pezcoller Foundation, are assigned annually to the authors of the best abstracts working in Italian institutions, who attend the Pezcoller Symposium.

Today there are more than 50 young researchers who have received this recognition.

PEZCOLLER-BEGNUDELLI AWARD 2026 WINNER

Virginia Grassi, IGCEB, University of Trieste

With the abstract titled: “DEP domain containing 1 (DEPDC1) promotes Fatty Acids desaturation and beta oxidation downstream of a mutant-p53/c-Myc transcriptional axis to support Breast Cancer Cell survival”