Melania Osto elected as a new member of the ECNH
Dr. Melania Osto, Animal welfare officer and designated veterinarian at the Research Insitute in Biomedicine (Istituto di Ricerca in Biomedicina) in Bellinzona, affiliated to the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and at the University of Zurich has been elected new member of the Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology (ECNH) for the period 2024-2027. The […]
SPINCO L ultracentrifuge
Background Theodor Svedberg (1884 –1971), a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate, developed in the 1920ies analytical ultracentrifugation to separate molecules (proteins). In 1942 the physicist Edward Pickels refined the design of the ultracentrifuge. He developed the paradigm that ultracentrifuges must run under high vacuum to reduce the friction at the rotor surface, hence diminishing the […]
Data science for precision oncology
International PhD Program in Immunology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry 2023/2024 Prof. Olivier Michielin Head of Department of Oncology and Precision Oncology Service, Geneva University Hospital (CH) Co-Director, Swiss Cancer Centre Leman (SCCL), Agora, Lausanne (CH) Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 12 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Dr. Andrea Cavalli
Pyroptosis – a lytic cell death coordinating host defense and inflammation
International PhD Program in Immunology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry 2023/2024 Prof. Petr Broz Department of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne (CH) Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 12 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Prof. Greta Guarda
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
