Background
Baralle, Francisco Ernesto was born on October 26, 1943 in Buenos Aires.
Baralle, Francisco Ernesto was born on October 26, 1943 in Buenos Aires.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Buenos Aires, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Buenos Aires, 1969. Doctor of Medicine, University Naples, Italy, 1984.
Demonstrator, department organic chemistry University Buenos Aires, 1964—1966, research fellow, 1966—1970. Head, chemical research division National Institute Pharmacology & Bromatology, 1970—1974. Postdoctoral fellow Medical Research Council Laboratory Molecular Biology, Cambridge, 1974—1976, staff scientist, 1976—1980.
Science director Institute Sieroterapico Milanese S.Belfanti, Milan, 1988—1990. Lecturer, chemical pathology Sir William Dunn School Pathology, University Oxford, Oxford, England, 1980—1988. Fellow Magdalen College, University Oxford, 1980—1988.
Director component ICGEB, Trieste, Italy, 1990—2004, director general, since 2004. Member European Molecular Biology Organization, Heidelberg, Germany, 1980. Member evaluation commission Human Frontier Science Programme Organization, Strasbourg, France, 1994—1996.
Member selection committee Fundacion Bunge y Born, Buenos Aires, 1999. Member science advisory committee UNU, BIOLAC Programme, Caracas, Venezuela, 1998—2000. Member advisory board Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 2001.
Science advisor, international advisory board International Institute Molecular & Cell Biology, Warsaw, 2006.
Member of National Academy of Sciences.
Married Maria Chiara Bolis, January 7, 1968. Children: Diana, Marco, Flavia, Marina.