Roger Geiger honored with the Dr. Ernst Th. Jucker Award 2021
May 30, 2022 – Prof. Roger Geiger has been awarded for his research on immuno-oncology using systems biology methods, in particular for his work on “Metabolic modulation of tumors with engineered bacteria for immunotherapy”. The prize, which serves the memory of Dr. Ernst Th. Jucker, a physician who died in 1972 in the Zurich rural […]
Humoral human memory repertoire: the good, the bad and the unknown
From: Novartis Biologics Center-Mechanistic Immunology, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel (CH) Contact: Dr. Silvia Monticelli, PhD Program Coordinator Date: 30.06.2022, 12:00 pm Speakers: Dr. Elisabetta Traggiai Hybrid Conference
T regulatory cell plasticity in cancer
Responsible for the Molecular Oncology and Immunology lab at the IFOM – Istituto Fondazione di Oncologia Molecolare ETS and Full Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Milan (I) Contact: Dr. Silvia Monticelli, PhD Program Coordinator Date: 14.06.2022, 12:00 pm Speakers: Prof. Massimiliano Pagani Hybrid Conference
Phosphorylation of Runx proteins controls thymocyte fate
From: Team Leader of the Laboratory for Transcriptional Regulation at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (JPN) Contact: Dr. Silvia Monticelli, PhD Program Coordinator Date: 09.06.2022, 12:00 pm Speakers: Prof. Ichiro Taniuchi Hybrid Conference
Diversified responses of dendritic cells to inflammatory stimuli
From: Full Professor of General Pathology at the Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences of the University of Milano-Bicocca (I) Contact: Prof. Greta Guarda Date: 02.06.2022, 12:00 pm Speakers: Prof. Francesca Granucci Hybrid Conference
Giordano Reginato awarded the ETH Zurich Silver Medal
May 28, 2022: The ETH Silver Medal is awarded to PhD students for outstanding doctoral thesis. It is a prestigious award given to no more than 8% of doctoral thesis within the ETH Zurich. The prize consists of 2’000 CHF. Giordano Reginato is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the laboratory “Recombination Mechanism” of Prof. Petr […]
Workshop on Artificial Intelligence methods applied to intravital microscopy of the immune system
This workshop, organized by Ddr. Santiago F. Gonzalez and Dr. Diego U. Pizzagalli on May 16-18, 2022 at the IRB Bellinzona, covered theoretical and practical aspects regarding the analysis of immune cell migration and interaction, using intravital microscopy and new A.I.-based methods. In total, there were 22 participants, 7 from USI/IOR/EOC, and 15 external from: […]
Press Review (2021)
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Bios+: Nearly 1’000 visitors to the Bellinzona Research Institutes’ Open day
It was an opportunity for the public to visit laboratories and talk with researchers from IRB, IOR and the laboratories of the EOC. On Saturday, May 14, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), the Institute of Oncology Research (IOR) and the Laboratories for Translational Research of the EOC opened the doors of the new […]
Prof. Federica Sallusto elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
On May 3, 2022, Federica Sallusto has been elected, member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the most significant and highest honors given to academic researchers. The NAS announced on May 3, 2022 the election of its members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. The […]
