"When you think about an ideal person to work with, that would for sure be Antonio! Science is a crazy place, with all of its ups and downs, and having a partner to walk with you side-by-side in that labyrinth every day, picking you up when you fall and helping you find a solution is just priceless!

Antonio is a colleague, an assistant, a great experimentator and a researcher, (sometimes a secretary ;-) too) and above all a friend - all in one, and doing it with so much ease that nobody can understand how! His artistic side always puts a smile on our faces with the most beautiful birthday card poems!

I am nominating Antonio just to let you know that real heroes exist and luckily my lab is blessed to have one on its side."

Nominated by Maja Katalinić, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia