The IRB celebrates its 25th anniversary
Today, September 6, 2025, the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) took place. Among the many attendees were federal and cantonal political authorities: the Deputy Director of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation and Head of the National Division for Research and Innovation, the President of […]
Greta Guarda nominated President of the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology
Professor Greta Guarda, Director of the Laboratory of Immune System Mechanisms at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine affiliated with USI, and Full Professor at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, has been elected President of the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology (SSAI) until 2027. The handover of the presidency took place in Lausanne on […]
The hidden signal that allows cells to remove damaged organelles
A new study by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), affiliated with Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), reveals how our cells recognise and selectively dispose of their damaged organelles. Published in the prestigious journal Nature Cell Biology, the study titled “The intrinsically disordered regions of organellophagy receptors are interchangeable and control organelle fragmentation, ER-phagy and mitophagy […]
A new Research Group at the IRB led by Dr. Samuel Nobs
Samuel Philip Nobs, PhD, will join the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) as Group Leader in August 2025, to study the interplay between microbiome and lung immune system. His research program will further strengthen the biomedical cluster that is developing at the Bellinzona Institutes of Science (Bios+). Bellinzona, July 31, 2025 – The Foundation […]
Trogocytosis: A New Paradigm for Immune Cell Interactions and Receptor Sharing
Dr. Manuel Albanese National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM), Milan, Italy Friday, 04 July 2025 at 02 pm Bios+ Seminar Room
Type 2 Cytokines: a story of macrophages, matrix & metazoan parasites
Prof. Judith Allen University of Manchester, UK. Tuesday, 24 June 2025 at 12 pm Bios+ Seminar Room
Premio San Salvatore 2024 al professor Petr Cejka e alla professoressa Laurence Zitvogel per i loro contributi alla ricerca oncologica
Bellinzona – 2 giugno 2025 – Il professor Petr Cejka e la professoressa Laurence Zitvogel sono i due illustri accademici insigniti del Premio 2024 della Fondazione San Salvatore di Lugano, fondata nel 1979 da Carlo Pernsch, un riconoscimento che viene assegnato a figure di spicco impegnate nella ricerca scientifica contro il cancro. Ciascun premiato ha […]
San Salvatore Prize 2024 to Professor Petr Cejka and to Professor Laurence Zitvogel for their contributions to oncological research
Bellinzona – June 02 2025 – Professor Petr Cejka and Professor Laurence Zitvogel are the two distinguished academics to receive the 2024 Prize from the San Salvatore Foundation in Lugano, founded in 1979 by Carlo Pernsch – an award given to outstanding figures engaged in scientific research against cancer. Each laureate received 50,000 Swiss francs, […]
Antibody Diversity: A Symphony of Protection and Pathogenesis
Prof. Qiao Wang Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University Monday, 2 June 2025 at 4 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Prof. Davide Robbiani This event is supported by the IRB-Rockefeller University partnership for infectious disease research.
Pharmacologic Rescue of Mutant GCase Folding enhances Lysosomal Function in Gaucher and Related Disorders
A paper published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences by the Prof. Molinari Laboratory reports on pharmacologic intervention to promote folding of variants of the lysosomal protein glucosylceramidase beta 1 (GCase) linked to Gaucher disease (GD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Bellinzona – May 16 2025 – Lysosomes maintain cell’s and […]
