{"id":38620,"date":"2025-06-02T10:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/?p=38620"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:18:59","slug":"san-salvatore-prize-2024-to-professor-petr-cejka-and-to-laurence-zitvogel-for-their-contributions-to-oncological-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/news\/san-salvatore-prize-2024-to-professor-petr-cejka-and-to-laurence-zitvogel-for-their-contributions-to-oncological-research\/","title":{"rendered":"San Salvatore Prize 2024 to Professor Petr Cejka and to Professor Laurence Zitvogel for their contributions to oncological research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellinzona &#8211; June 02 2025 \u2013 Professor Petr Cejka and Professor Laurence Zitvogel are the two distinguished academics to receive the 2024 <strong>Prize from the San Salvatore Foundation in Lugano<\/strong>, founded in 1979 by Carlo Pernsch &#8211; an award given to outstanding figures engaged in scientific research against cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Each laureate received <strong>50,000 Swiss francs<\/strong>, testifying to the value and impact of their work in the field of biomedicine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Petr Cejka<\/strong>, professor at the <strong>Universit\u00e0 della Svizzera italiana<\/strong> and Group Leader at the <strong>Institute for Research in Biomedicine<\/strong> in Bellinzona, has focused his scientific work on the analysis of the molecular mechanisms involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks. This process is vital for the preservation of genomic integrity, the understanding of which is crucial for the prevention and treatment of cancer pathologies.<\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony was held on <strong>Saturday, 24 May<\/strong>, at the Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola in Lugano, with the presence of numerous personalities from the scientific and institutional world.<\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of Garbani foto (Locarno)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellinzona &#8211; June 02 2025 \u2013 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 &#8211; an award given to outstanding figures engaged in scientific research against cancer. Each laureate received 50,000 Swiss francs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":38621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>San Salvatore Prize 2024 to Professor Petr Cejka and to Professor Laurence Zitvogel for their contributions to oncological research - IRB USI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/news\/san-salvatore-prize-2024-to-professor-petr-cejka-and-to-laurence-zitvogel-for-their-contributions-to-oncological-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"San Salvatore Prize 2024 to Professor Petr Cejka and to Professor Laurence Zitvogel for their contributions to oncological research - IRB USI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bellinzona &#8211; June 02 2025 \u2013 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 &#8211; an award given to outstanding figures engaged in scientific research against cancer. 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