Tullio Pozzan

Tullio Pozzan (22 February 1949 – 15 October 2022) was an Italian biochemist who was professor at the University of Padua and head of the department of biomedical sciences of the Italian National Research Council.

Early life Pozzan was born in Venice on 22 February 1949. He was born into a family associated with the medical profession, including a grandfather whom he was named after.

Career and research Pozzan was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge. he participated in the development of the intracellular trappable fluorescent Ca2+ indicators. and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC). He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2018.

Retirement and death Pozzan retired from academia in 2019. He died on the afternoon of 15 October 2022, following a brief illness during which he was nursed by his wife Carla.