title: Encomium: Giovanni Neri--polyhedral and down-to-earth mentor.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Genuardi
authors.forename: Fiorella
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gurrieri
authors.forename: Marcella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zollino
mesh_terms: D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007558:Italy
keywords: clinical genetics; fragile X; inherited cancer; intellectual disability; rasopathies; teaching