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[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Lato||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” header_3_font=”Lato|600|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#83004A” header_3_font_size=”19px” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]She was\u00a0<\/span>the first to show<\/strong>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>dendritic cells<\/strong>\u00a0actively participate to bacterial uptake in the gut, the existence of a\u00a0<\/span>gut vascular barrier<\/strong>\u00a0that resembles the blood brain barrier and the discovery of a new vascular barrier in the choroid plexus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Her major field of interest is\u00a0<\/span>mucosal immunology<\/strong>, the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>microbiota<\/strong>\u00a0and the development of new<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cancer immunotherapy strategies<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n WHO IS MARIA RESCIGNO?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Maria Rescigno is full professor, vice-rector and delegate for research at Humanitas University and group leader at Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan.<\/span> Pezcoller Award Lecture from Maria Rescigno at the EACR Congress, Rotterdam, 10 June 2024<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2024 – Maria RescignoShe was\u00a0the first to show\u00a0that\u00a0dendritic cells\u00a0actively participate to bacterial uptake in the gut, the existence of a\u00a0gut vascular barrier\u00a0that resembles the blood brain barrier and the discovery of a new vascular barrier in the choroid plexus.\u00a0 Her major field of interest is\u00a0mucosal immunology, the\u00a0microbiota\u00a0and the development of new\u00a0cancer immunotherapy strategies. WHO IS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[62],"class_list":["post-1604","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nShe graduated in Biology in 1990 at the University of Milan. From 1991 to 1994, she worked at the University of Cambridge, UK, in the Department of Biochemistry, as a visiting scholar. From 1995 to 1999, she worked at the National Research Council of Milan where she received her PhD in Pharmacology and toxicology in 1999. From 1999 to 2001, she worked at the University of Milano-Bicocca where she specialized in Applied Biotechnology. From 2001 to 2017, she has been the director of the Dendritic cell biology and immunotherapy Unit at the Department of Experimental Oncology at the European Institute of oncology.<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.pezcoller.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rescigno-2_bassa-scaled.jpg” title_text=”rescigno-2_bassa” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”off|36px|36px|36px|36px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ prev_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ custom_margin=”-70px||||false|false” custom_padding=”75px||||false|false” top_divider_style=”slant2″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.pezcoller.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4dcccd1b-32e5-4039-a887-ff550f9f501d.jpeg” title_text=”4dcccd1b-32e5-4039-a887-ff550f9f501d” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”off|36px|36px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Lato||||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”15px” header_3_font=”Lato||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#83004A” custom_margin=”-33px||||false|false” custom_padding=”20px|25px|20px|25px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_radii=”off|||36px|36px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n