Towards machine-learning of immune control of tissue dynamics in human from multi-omics data
Prof. Jean Hausser Karolinska Institutet– SE Thursday, 16 October 2025 at 11:00 am Bios+ Seminar Room
Prediction in adaptive immune response
Prof. Victor Greiff University of Oslo– NO Tuesday, 14 October 2025 at 11:00 am Bios+ Seminar Room
Immunity and Tolerance in Persistent Viral Infection
Prof. Daniel Pinschewer University of Basel– CH Thursday, 20 Novembre 2025 at 4:00 pm Bios+ Seminar Room
Castelgrande Lecture 2025 press-release

The sixth edition of the Calstelgrande Lecture, a scientific outreach event that brings distinguished figures in the field closer to the general public, was a great success. This year’s theme was “How microbes can help tackle climate change”, Prof. Rino Rappuoli. Bellinzona, 30 September 2025. As is now tradition, the sixth edition of the Castelgrande […]
Come i microbi possono aiutare ad affrontare i cambiamenti climatici
Prof. Rino Rappuoli Biotecnopolo Foundation, Siena, IT Tuesday, 30 September 2025 at 5:00 pm Bios+ Seminar Room
Development, maintenance, and function of alveolar macrophages
Prof. Manfred Kopf ETH Zürich– CH Friday, 26 September 2025 at 4:00 pm Bios+ Seminar Room
Decoding flavivirus biology using human brain organoids
Prof. Marco Alves University of Bern – CH Thursday, 11 September 2025 at 4:00 pm Bios+ Seminar Room
Artificial Intelligence designs miniproteins to control brain inflammation

Researcher from the Computational Structural Biology group at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB, Università della Svizzera italiana), have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can design a potent novel miniprotein for lipocalin-2 (LCN2), a protein linked to neuroinflammation. Their study, published in Frontiers in Immunology and titled “AI-assisted design of ligands for lipocalin-2” by […]
Tissue Macrophage Heterogeneity
Prof. Florent Ginhoux Gustave Roussy Foundation – France Thursday, 23 September 2025 at 2:30 pm Bios+ Seminar Room
The IRB celebrates its 25th anniversary

Today, September 6, 2025, the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) took place. Among the many attendees were federal and cantonal political authorities: the Deputy Director of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation and Head of the National Division for Research and Innovation Dr. Laetitia Philippe, […]
