Neurologists at Sin: "Boncinelli's work is essential for understanding the brain."

This is how neurologists remember the geneticist and intellectual who passed away yesterday in Milan at the age of 84.

The Italian Neurological Society (SIN) "joins with deep sorrow in mourning the passing of Professor Edoardo Boncinelli, a "prominent figure in Italian science, whose thought and work have profoundly influenced the field of neuroscience." This is how neurologists remember the geneticist and intellectual who passed away yesterday in Milan at the age of 84.

"A geneticist and biologist of exceptional value," says Alessandro Padovani, President of the Italian Society of Neuroscience (SIN), "Boncinelli dedicated his life to studying the fundamental mechanisms of development, making essential contributions to our understanding of the human brain and mind. His pioneering work on the activation of specific genes involved in body organization during early embryonic stages opened new avenues in understanding the processes that guide the formation of the central nervous system, having a lasting impact on neurological research."

In addition to his "intense research," the neurologists recall, "he was a tireless popularizer, contributing with rigor and clarity to the Italian cultural and scientific debate, making complex topics in genetics, neuroscience, and the philosophy of science accessible to all." In celebrating "with gratitude the memory and intellectual legacy" of Boncinelli, the SIN expresses "its closeness to his family, collaborators, and the entire scientific community that honors him today."