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To the members
Trieste, December 2005
Dear member,
It is by now an established tradition and one which is a great pleasure for
us to tell you, what the Foundation for the Study of Liver Disease – ONLUS
has accomplished during the course of this year which is now drawing to a close.
Our 2005 started in January with the inauguration of the Liver unit, CCSF
at the Cattinara Hospital. This new milestone completes an aim of the Foundation
with the effective marriage of the clinical with the basic and applied research.
We are very proud of the fact that the foundation is the first institution
to do this. In the month of September, an assessment of the activities of the
CCSF reveals results even better than expectations in terms of number
of patients and medical services dispensed.
For its own part, the Centre for the Study of Liver Disease is growing in
a exponential manner, in terms of scientific production and for the number
of participants. Again in 2006 we will have a new doctoral student (the
fourth since 2003) coming to us from the National University of Rosario (Argentina)
with a scholarship from the Ministry of External Affairs. This year, the first
Argentinian scholarship holder to come to our laboratories in January, 2003
will obtain the title of Doctor of Research.
Still in an educational vein, and thanks to an important contribution, we
are organising a series of seminars of high scientific interest to be delivered
by top level researchers into hepatic disease which will take place at our
laboratories at Basovizza. The seminars will be attended not only by our researchers
but also by others from many other regional laboratories. Also for 2006, the
seminar calendar is very full.
With respect to important collaborations, which the CSF regards among the
most important national and international accademic realities, we have hosted
the following researchers:
- Dr. Joaquín Rodriguez of the National University of Rosario, (Argentina)
- Il Dr. Edgardo Guibert of the National University of Rosario, (Argentina)
- Dr Safarina Malik, of the Eijkmann Institute in Jakarta (Indonesia)
- Silvana Petrocelli, student of the National University of Rosario, (Argentina)
- Prof. Richard Wennberg of the University of Washington, (USA)
- Caecilia Sukowati, researcher at the Eijkmann Institute of Jakarta (Indonesia)
Their contribution has been very important to us.
From the month of October of this year, our web site www.fegato.it is
online with a completely renovated structure and a new look. On visiting the
site, you will find details about all our latest activities as well as general
information about the liver and related subjects. Please let us have your comments
which are important to us and to the foundation.
Having given you all the latest news about the Foundation, as in previous
years, we invite you to confirm your active participation in the life of the
Foundation itself, renewing (if you have not already done so) the association
fee in the manner indicated below. We remind you that the association fees
are 30,00€ for ordinary members and from 100,00€ upwards
for special member.
Thanking you again for your participation, my collaborators and I wish
you a tranquil Christmas and a 2006 full of success, health and peace.
For payment of the membership fee or to make a contribution to the activities of the Foundation for the Study of Liver Desease - ONLUS: Antonveneta Bank – Trieste Branch account n° 23380/T ABI 05040 – CAB 02230
or
Post office current account n. 11988342