Historian of #fascism, #eugenics, #racism, Cold War science, #PrimoLevi. Full Professor of Contemporary History at UNIGE. Director of CENTRA. Born at 331 ppm
Turin (Italy)
Joined March 2014
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My article "Between CERN and Cold Spring Harbor: Shaping the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (1967–1978)" is now out in issue 59.2 of the Journal of the History of Biology. It is Open Access, so you can download it for free! link.springer.com/article/10…
My latest article has just been published with @SpringerNature in the Journal of the History of Biology. I know, it's a long one - but it's open access! Read here: rdcu.be/fzu14
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I am proud of my collaboration with former director Green and archivist Z. Utz ( mentioned in this piece). In 3021, together with another colleague from NHGRI, C. Donohue, we organised an amazing event on the history of eugenics.
statnews.com/2025/12/18/trum… via @statnews
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50 anni fa la conferenza di Asilomar ha dimostrato che la scienza sa essere responsabile. Anzi no, ha diffuso l'idea che la genetica è pericolosa seminando diffidenza. Le opposte letture di quel memorabile evento sono diventate un gioco delle parti? Su @7Corriere con @chiaralalli
Invoking Asilomar | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
My article 'Atomic Spaghetti' is in Adam Tooze's Chartbook Top Links! Thank you very much!
Top Links 628 Will IPOs recover? Worrying about France. The chances of a new pandemic & atomic spaghetti. , by @adam_tooze open.substack.com/pub/adamto…
I've always wanted to publish an article titled 'Atomic Spaghetti'. And now, I finally have! Here's the free-access author link (available for the next three months). Enjoy! read.dukeupress.edu/agricult…
#histsci #histtech #envhist @DukePress
The special issue I edited on Atomic Agriculture in the Cold War Era for "Agricultural History" is now available online: read.dukeupress.edu/agricult…. The Introduction is free to access #histsci #histtech #envhist #histstm @DukePress @coldwarhistoryj
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The long anticipated new book on the history of British eugenics by my former colleague and collaborator David Redvaldsen is now out with @Palgrave!
My review of 'Curating Fascism: Exhibitions and Memory from the Fall of Mussolini to Today' - Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History quest-cdecjournal.it/curatin…
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"A creative moment to rethink the past and redefine the organization's identity." Keynote by Francesco Cassata @f_cassata at the meeting of the EMBO communities. Watch the historian's commentary on the EMBO history in the EMBO movie:
embo.org/about-embo/history/…
#emboat60
CRISPR vines make their field debut in Italy mycrispr.blog/2024/09/30/cri…
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#EMBOat60 in #Italy - new strategies for research #funding in Europe and Italy. An event hosted by Accademia dei Lincei in Rome @f_cassata
#lifesciences
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The conference 'From EMBO to ERC: New Strategies for Research Funding in Europe and Italy' is happening next week (September 17)! Join us in Rome or follow the live stream. Program and info: lincei.it/it/manifestazioni/… @EMBO
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From EMBO to ERC: an interview with historian Francesco Cassata @f_cassata @UniGenova on establishing molecular biology as a field and #science diplomacy in Europe
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📣 Publication day! Congrats @f_cassata on the release of 'Racism and Antisemitism in Fascist Italy' (pub. @routledgebooks)
Learn more about it here:
routledge.com/9781032422596
& then get yourself a copy with the help of your local bookstore/library!
#fascism #racism #antisemitism
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Keen to hear and discuss the history and future of research funding in Europe and Italy? Register for a special event at Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei that I’m organizing with @f_cassata for the @EMBO 60th anniversary. Rome, 17 September lincei.it/it/manifestazioni/…
#sciencefunding
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The first field trial with a #CRISPR crop in Italy was vandalized but enough plants were saved to continue with reduced goals. Next year a new authorization will be needed and there are more NGT plants to test. Your signature would help! @ass_coscioni mycrispr.blog/2024/07/03/a-p…
