Cossu Giulio

Giulio Cossu is the Constance Thornley Professor of Regenerative Medicine at the University of Manchester since 2013. He has held significant roles including Professor of Human Stem Cell Biology at University College London (2012-2013), Director of the Division of Regenerative Medicine at San Raffaele Scientific Institute (2008-2011), and Professor of Histology and Embryology at the University of Milan (2005-2011) and University of Rome 'La Sapienza' (1994-2005). His research focuses on myogenic cell lineages, muscle gene therapy, and pluripotent stem cells.

• MD Degree, University of Rome (1977)
• Maturità Classica (1971)

His work spans muscle regeneration, stem cell therapy, and developmental biology, with recent publications on artificial skeletal muscle generation and iPSC applications in muscular dystrophy. He has contributed to understanding pericyte biology and genetic hierarchies in myogenesis.

• Feltrinelli Prize (2011)
• Jean Brachet Memorial Lecture (2008)
• Prize for Excellence in Research (2007)
• Stella d’oro per la Medicina (2005)
• Galileo Prize (2003)

Cossu has served on editorial boards of EMBO Molecular Medicine, International Journal of Developmental Biology, and Cell Death & Differentiation. He is a Fellow of the Accademia dei Lincei and the Academy of Medical Sciences.