Julia Neumann received the “Award for the best oral presentation” at the USI BioMed PhD Day 2023
Julia Neumann received the “Award for the best oral presentation” at the USI BioMed PhD Day 2023 day for her presentation entitled: Identification of Novel Targets in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immune Cell Populations by Combined Proteomics and Functional Genomics. During the USI BioMed PhD Day, a selection of doctoral students from the Faculty of Biomedical Science […]
Caroline Junqueira selected as a Rising Star at the IUIS 2023
December 13, 2023: Dr. Caroline Junqueira, Head of the Immunobiology Laboratory at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), affiliated to the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), has been selected as a stellar scientists for the 18th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS) which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 27, 2023. […]
A painkiller cell
Control of localized pain syndrome by autologous fat graft. The abundance of a particular subset of mesenchymal stem cells in the adipose tissue grafted into scars correlates with pain reduction. Research group of Fabio Grassi, IRB. Pain. Bellinzona, December 7 – Every year over 100 million patients in the developed world are affected by remarkable […]
MHC class II as novel entry receptor of influenza A viruses
Infectious Disease Seminar Series Prof. Silke Stertz Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich (CH) Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 4:30 pm Hybrid conference Bios+ Seminar Room
International Workshop on Ankylosing Spondylitis: tales of molecules and patients
International Workshop on Ankylosing Spondylitis: tales of molecules and patients 2nd edition, 2023 Bellinzona (Switzerland), Bios+ Seminar Room October 12-13 , 2023 Speakers: Dennis Mc Gonagle – Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds (UK) Maxime Breban – Inserm, Universitéde Versailles-Paris-Saclay, Montigny-le-Bretonneux (FR) Valentina Cecchinato – IRB, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona (CH) Geraldine Gillespie – Nuffield […]
Next generation CAR T cell therapies: improving efficacy, safety and availability
IRB Special Seminar Prof. Maria Themeli Assistant Prof, dept of Hematology at Amsterdam University Medical Centers Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 3:00 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Prof. Roger Geiger
IRB PhD students awarded the best poster prize at the ITID conference 2023
Filippo Bianchini (Robbiani Group) and Patrizia Locatelli (Cavalli Group) won the two best poster awards at the Immunotherapy for Infectious Diseases Conference (ITID) 2023, which took place on September 26-29, 2023, with their posters entitled “Human monoclonal antibodies to SARS-CoV2 and its variants of concern” and “Insights into NMDA receptor modulation by drugs and antibodies”, […]
Infectious Disease Seminar Series
IRB Special Seminar Series Hybrid conference Bios+ Seminar Room Zoom Meeting ID: 663 0051 9760 Passcode: 556418 Monday, October 16, 2023 Prof. Stylianos Bournazos Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology of the Rockefeller University, New York (US) Thursday, November 16, 2023 Prof. Silke Stertz Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich (CH) Tuesday, January 30, […]
Two is better than one against tick viruses
Ticks can transmit viruses that can cause brain infection requiring hospitalization. New work shows that one such viruses, named TBEV, rapidly develops resistance to treatment, but this can be overcome when two antibodies are combined. Bellinzona, September 25, 2023 – Ticks can transmit a number of viruses that can cause human disease. Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus […]
Role of IL-26 on Skin Inflammation
IRB Special Seminar Prof. Michel Gilliet Service de dermatologie- et vénéréologie, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV) Friday, October 27, 2023 at 12:00 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Prof. Davide Robbiani
