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 […]

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 […]

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, […]