New paper from Cejka’s Lab
CtIP has emerged as one of the main factors that drives the processing of broken DNA into the homologous recombination pathway. CtIP achieves that by stimulating the activity of two nucleases (MRE11 and DNA2), which resect DNA end creating single-strand DNA overhangs required for the downstream steps in the recombination pathway. Cell lacking CtIP consequently […]
Fellowship IBSA Foundation 2019, accolades to Tommaso Virgilio
The IBSA Foundation Fellowships awards five scholarships each year to young researchers from universities and research institutes around the world who have distinguished themselves for their skills and have ongoing projects of particular relevance in specific areas of research in the medical discipline. Tommaso Virgilio, PhD student in the group of Santiago González at the […]
Prof. Giorgio Noseda, Honorary President of the IRB Foundation, appointed honorary senator of the University of Zurich
On April 25, 2020, at the annual Dies academicus of the University of Zurich (UZH), Prof. Giorgio Noseda has been appointed honorary senator of the University in recognition of his tireless charitable work, which has shaped and will continue to shape cancer research in Switzerland. At UZH, each Faculty presents a distinguished researcher or professor […]
Differentiation of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells during infection
From: Director, Center for Immunology, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, US Host contact: Federica Sallusto Date: 24.02.2020 12:00 Speakers: Marc K. Jenkins
Selective autophagy in homeostasis and cancer
From: Principal Investigator, CRUK Career Development, Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Speaker: Simon Wilkinson Date: 30.01.2020 12:00
Inflammasome signalling in host defence and disease
From: Group Leader, Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine Division, Deputy Director, Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research Institute for Molecular Biosciences (IMB), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUS Host contact: Greta Guarda Speaker : Kate Schroder Date: 28.11.2019 12:00
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The epigenetics of aging and inflamm-aging in the Geroscience perspective
Seminar: The epigenetics of aging and inflamm-aging in the Geroscience perspective From: IRCCS, Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy Host contact: Fabio Grassi Date: 22.11.2019 12:00 Speaker Maria Giulia Bacalini
New paper from Cejka’s Lab : CtIP promotes DNA break repair
on April 3, 2020 When DNA breaks, cells need to join the broken DNA pieces in an accurate way to prevent mutations. Cells utilize the so-called homologous recombination pathway to achieve this goal. In the first step of this repair process, several nucleases remove one strand of double-stranded DNA near the break. This activity reveals […]
A molecular network to balance inflammatory programs in immune cells
on Monday, March 16, 2020 A research team led by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) in Bellinzona, affiliated to the Università della Svizzera italiana, has identified a molecular network required to balance the responses of human lymphocytes. The activities of these immune cells must be carefully regulated in order to ensure an effective defense […]
