Vincenzo

Biography

Vincenzo Bronte is currently Head of the Immunology Section in the Department of Pathology and Diagnostics of Verona University and Head of the U.O.C of Immunology in the Policlinico G. B. Rossi Hospital.  He is Full Professor of Immunology at the University of Verona. Prof. Bronte was awarded the International Prize "Francesco De Luca" by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome, Italy), and also received the Prize "Guido Venosta" for oncology researchers from the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC). Prof. Bronte’s major achievements has been the definition and characterization of immunoregulatory cells, now called myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), whose negative influence on antitumor immunity represents an obstacle to a successful immunotherapy of cancer. Prof. Bronte is section editor for The Journal of Immunology, associate editor of Frontiers in Tumor Immunity, editorial board member of the Journal of Translational Medicine, Cancer Immunology Research and Frontiers in Oncology.

Research Interest

Immunology