At just 35 years old, Giacomo Gorini is a biomedical researcher who evolved between Cambridge, Harvard and Oxford. He collaborated in the development of anti-Covid vaccines. And he published with Antony Fauci. Before that he was a student of Roberto Burioni in San Raffaele. He took the famous pre-test and failed. But he says the teacher isn't bad: “He's a tough teacher who teaches complicated subjects that require study, but I wouldn't define him as bad.” Indeed: for me, he is a mentor, the passion he transmits when he teaches has changed the course of my life”, declares al Corriere della Sera.
Virology
Burioni was his virology professor during the 2011-2012 academic year: “I took the classes and he was so magnetic and passionate that I decided to do my thesis with him. He accepted me as a doctoral student and I chose his laboratory for a year of work on which to base my thesis. It was a difficult, but beautiful year. And when the big graduation day arrived, the professor grilled me with a thousand questions. He wanted me to demonstrate the quality of the work I did and that I deserve my vote. This prepared me for all the discussions that followed.” But he did not pass the test: “It is an examination method that I discovered throughout my studies, widespread both in Italy than abroad. This serves to “overlook” a little, to prevent students who take the exam from trying it. I admit: I was among them. The first time, I went I tried a bit randomly and Professor Burioni failed me. It was a pre-test of basic questions and I got some of them wrong that I needed to know…”.
I am studying
Then, he said: “I studied, I worked hard and I succeeded. Now I am a virologist myself. As I said, his subject and the way he taught it changed my life and my career. For me, it is a model to follow.” Finally, a comment on the latest controversies: “I do not know the precise case because it was another course in another faculty and I recognize that it is not It's not always entirely the students' fault, but when I look back and think of the teachers who I thought were tough, I understand that they were tough because their discipline required preparation. In San Raffaele , I discovered a reality in which I had to study and work. If I didn't study, I didn't succeed. Just like in life.”
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