OUR MISSION
Sustaining the intellectual legacy of Alma Dal Co in Science and Music.
OUR MODEL
Inspiring early career scientists to break down disciplinary borders, nurturing networks and collaborations to study complex biological system.
Rewarding outstanding young musicians.
OUR WORK
- Alma Dal Co School
- Alma Dal Co Award
- Alma Dal Co Memorial Lecture
- Alma Dal Co Music Prize
Highlights from the news
ISME-Alma Dal Co Early Career Award
Aukland, 16-21 August, 2026
The 2026 Award is assigned to Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe. The Award aims to honour Alma Dal Co’s significant contributions to the field of microbial ecology, preserve her intellectual heritage, and inspire early career researchers to pursue groundbreaking research in the spirit of Alma Dal Co’s passion for knowledge, innovation, and multidisciplinarity.
Prof. Isabel Laforest Lapointe receives the ISME-Alma Dal Co Award from prof. Nicole Dubilier.
Alma Dal Co Memorial Lecture, Harvard University
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard, October 23rd 2026
The lecture will be held on October 23, 2026, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. It will be delivered by Prof. Michael P. Brenner and Prof. Ned S. Wingreen and is organized in cooperation with and supported by Fondazione Alma Dal Co ETS (Italy), which promotes the memory and scientific legacy of Alma Dal Co.
The Foudation awarded the following 5 reserachers to participate to the Lecture and meet, during the whole week, research groups at Harvard and MIT: Leonardo Agasso is PhD student in Complex Systems for Quantitative Biomedicine in the BioPhys –Computational Biology group at the University of Turin. Niccolò Cirone, is Ph.D. in AI for Life Science and Healthcare, University of Turin; Guy Pelc is a physicist and PhD candidate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Olga Trofimova is PhD in Neuroimagin research at the Computational Biology Group at the University of Lausanne; Kyrell Vann Verano is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva (UniGe) in Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Biological Behavior.
Alma Dal Co School on Pattern Formation in Biological Systems Across Scales
Venice International University (VIU), September 12-17, 2027
The School 2027 will bring together for 5 days scientists across the sciences to explore the principles underlying how biological systems at all scales create and control patterns. The School will feature strong line-up of senior and mid career scientists as speakers, group activities and presentations.
School organisers: Allyson Sgro, Judith Mine-Hattab, Mathieu Coppey, Sven Bergmann, Jacopo Grilli, Samir Suweis, Sara Mitri, Simon Van Vliet.
Progetto Beethoven 2027, Lettura e Concerto in ricordo di Alma Dal Co
Venezia, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Sala Terrena, sabato 31 ottobre 2026 – ore 17.30
“La gioia, sinfonia d’anima”, Don Vito Impellizzeri (Preside della Pontificia Facoltà Teologica)
Concerto di Letizia Michielon, il pianoforte di Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata in mi maggiore op. 109
Sonata in do minore op. 111
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IV Premio Alma Dal Co e Concerto dei Vincitori
Conservatorio “Benedetto Marcello” di Venezia, Sala Concerti, sabato 5 dicembre 2026, 17.30
Il bando 2026 mette a disposizione: 1 borsa per la classe di Pianoforte; 2 borse per la classe di Canto solistico; 1 borsa per la classe di Direzione di Coro; 1 borsa per la migliore Composizione corale originale (riservata agli studenti iscritti ai Bienni di Direzione di coro e composizione corale o Composizione).
