| RefNo | EC/2018/59 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Pozzan, Tullio: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 9 May 2018 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Tullio Pozzan as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, including personal details of the elected Foreign Member and citing the reasons for election and names of proposers. Signed off by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Tullio Pozzan is one of the world's leading cell biologists. Together with the late Roger Tsien, he developed the then revolutionary technique for fluorescence measurements of cytosolic Ca2+ in living cells. Later, he pioneered the genetic approach to measuring Ca2+ fluctuations in the mitochondria of living cells, using the Ca2+ sensitive photoprotein aequorin targeted to the organelle. This lead to a break-through in understanding how mitochondria participate in cellular regulation by acting as Ca2+ sensors in micro-domains of high cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. He was also the first to demonstrate expression of GFP in mammalian cells targeted to intracellular organelles. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |