The cooperation of human oncogenic gamma-herpesviruses
IRB Special Seminar Prof. Christian Münz Professor of Viral Immunobiology, Co-Director of the Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich (CH) Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 12 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Greta Guarda
‘Good autoantibodies’ could help against long Covid
In Covid-19 disease, antibodies against the coronavirus protect, while those that attack ourselves (autoantibodies, precisely) are harmful. Unexpectedly, a new class of ‘good autoantibodies’ has now been discovered, which is associated with a favorable course and lower risk of long-Covid. Bellinzona, March 8, 2023 – Sometimes in the laboratory there are unexpected results. “Previously it […]
“Eppur si muove!”: Allosteric activation of TCR-CD3
IRB Special Seminar Prof. Dr. Oreste Acuto Emeritus Professor, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford (UK) Thursday, February 28, 2023 at 12 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Silvia Monticelli
HEIA-FR on a visit to the Bellinzona Institutes of Science
Bellinzona, Feb. 2, 2023 – Last Feb. 2, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) and the Institute of Oncology Research (IOR) had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation of professors from the Electrical Engineering Department of the Haute Ecole d’Ingegnerie et d’Architecture of the Canton of Fribourg (HEIA-FR) who were in Ticino for an […]
Microenvironmental cues regulating NK cell reactivity in cancer and inflammation
International PhD Program in Immunology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry 2022/2023 Prof. Dr. Adelheid Cerwenka Director Mannheim Institute for Innate Immunoscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University (D) Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 12 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Greta Guarda
Identification of a new PLK1-mediated pathway to limit homologous recombination
Homologous recombination (HR) could be deleterious when cells are about to undergo division. The Cejka laboratory at the IRB identified a new PLK1-mediated mechanism, which down-regulates DNA end resection late in the cell cycle and hence prevents undesirable HR initiation. Bellinzona, February 8, 2023 – DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair is initiated by DNA end […]
The smallest unit: Deciphering immune responses to infection and malignancy by fate mapping of single lymphocytes
IRB Special Seminar Dr. Veit Buchholz Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich (TUM) (D) Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 10 – 12 am Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Prof. Davide Robbiani
Dissecting bidirectional interactions between host and microbes
IRB Special Seminar Dr. Simone Becattini Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva (CH) Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 10 – 12 am Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Prof. Davide Robbiani
Valentina Cecchinato and Jonathan Muri honored with the Biotest Award 2022
Bellinzona, January 28, 2023: 25th Allergy and Immunology Update (AIU), Grindelwald, Switzerland. Jonathan Muri, Valentina Cecchinato, Mariagrazia Uguccioni and Davide Robbiani won the Biotest Award 2022 for their outstanding study titled «Anti-chemokine antibodies after SARS-CoV-2 infection correlate with favorable disease course». This award recognizes scientific or clinical studies that enhance our knowledge of disease mechanisms […]
Gut microbes and microbiota-specific T cells in lupus
IRB Special Seminar Dr. Daniel F. Zegarra Ruiz Postdoctoral Research Associate, Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US) Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 2 – 5 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Prof. Davide Robbiani
