PLID researcher appointed CRTD Director

PLID / CRTD research group leader Prof. Ezio Bonifacio was appointed CRTD Director by the Rector of TU Dresden, Prof. Dr. Hans Müller-Steinhagen on June 13, 2016. Prof. Bonifacio will now hold this position for the next two years. Before working in Dresden, Ezio Bonifacio worked at scientific institutes in Milan (Italy), London (England), Munich (Germany), City of Nedlands (Australia) and Crawley (Australia). Within his latest study Freder1k, which is jointly conducted by the CRTD, Technische Universität Dresden, Universität Leipzig, Helmholtz Zentrum München and maternity and paediatric clinics in Saxony, he is aiming to provide early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children who have elevated genetic risk for developing type 1 diabetes. The study is a model project that will provide the foundation for an European investment into early diabetes diagnosis and childhood diabetes prevention and starts in Leipzig and Dresden (Saxony, Germany). http://crtd.de