Scientist from Bari awarded in Vienna with Wilhelm Exner Medal – Puglia


Recognition to Luisa Torsi professor of Chemistry at UniBa


(ANSA) – BARI, MAY 19 – A bioelectronic system that in a very short time is able to detect a single protein marker or virus in a blood or saliva sample. It is called “Single Molecule digital assay” and is the revolutionary scientific discovery thanks to which Professor Luisa Torsi, professor of Chemistry at the University of Bari and vice president of the Scientific Council of the CNR, received the Wilhelm last night in Vienna. Exner Medal. This is the recognition conferred by the Austrian Trade Association a. The medal has also been awarded to 23 Nobel laureates over the years.

Professor Luisa Torsi was awarded at the Palais Eschenbach in Vienna by Leonore Gewessler, Federal Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of the Republic of Austria.

Accompanying her, among others, the president of the Puglia Region, Michele Emiliano.

“The Wilhelm Exner prize for Luisa Torsi is a great pride for Puglia – has the president of the Region – Imagine that this award in the past was awarded to another Italian, to Guglielmo Marconi, it is one of those awards that could bring I wanted accompany Luisa here in Vienna to encourage her, to ensure that this news does not go unnoticed and above all because this discovery has potential repercussions on the health of people of great importance “. (HANDLE).

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