Dr. Cristina Leoni awarded the Best PhD Thesis for the year 2017 from the University of Bern
on February 9, 2018 On occasion of the «GCB Symposium 2018», held on February 01, 2018, at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of Physiology, University of Bern, the GCB Award for Best PhD Thesis for the year 2017 was conferred on Cristina Leoni, PhD of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, […]
2018 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine to Prof. Antonio Lanzavecchia
on January 23, 2018 The 2018 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine is awarded to the immunologist ANTONIO LANZAVECCHIA, Director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Switzerland and to CHRISTER BETSHOLTZ, Director of the Integrated Cardio Metabolic Centre based at Karolinska Institute, and Professor at Uppsala University […]
A new paper from the Cejka lab published in Genes & Development
on January 9, 2018 A paper published today in the journal of Genes & Development describes how cells repair broken DNA. DNA of all living organisms is prone to breakage, and a failure to faithfully repair broken DNA may lead to cell death, mutagenesis and cancer in high eukaryotes. Cells use either the homologous recombination […]
2017 Special Award from the City of Bellinzona to Prof. Giorgio Noseda
on December 22, 2017 The 2017 special award from the City of Bellinzona was given to Prof. Giorgio Noseda for the many years dedicated to Ticino, its population and the City of Bellinzona in science and culture, in particular with the creation of the Institute for Research in biomedicine which, in addition to giving prestige […]
Antonio Lanzavecchia receives the 2017 Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Award
on December 13, 2017 Antonio Lanzavecchia, Director of the IRB and Professor at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), immunologist known for his work on antigen presentation, T cell activation, immunological memory and human monoclonal antibodies, has been honored with the 2017 Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Award. The award recognizes investigators […]
Eric Armantani awarded PhD
on December 8, 2017 Eric Armentani successfully defended his PhD thesis, which was presented at the University of Genova (IT) on December 7th, 2017. His thesis title was “Deciphering new aspects of CNS autoimmunity: innate and adaptive immune response in the brain” which summarizes the results of two different projects carried out in two different […]
2017 Robert Koch Prize to Prof. Antonio Lanzavecchia
on November 21, 2017 As previously announced, the 2017 Robert Koch Award was jointly attributed with prize money of 120,000 euros, to Professors Antonio Lanzavecchia, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona, and Rafi Ahmed, Emory University and Emory Vaccine Center, Atlanta, USA. Dr. Erlen (Chairman of the Robert Koch Foundation), Prof. […]
Former IRB Group Leader, Prof. Markus Manz, receives the 2017 Cloëtta Prize
on November 21, 2017 The 2017 Cloëtta Prize was jointly awarded to Professors Markus G. Manz (University Hospital Zurich) and Denis Jabaudon (Neurocenter Geneva). The Professor Dr. Max Cloëtta Foundation (http://www.cloetta-foundation.ch/en/) aims at supporting and promoting medical research as well as related disciplines of natural sciences in Switzerland. The Foundation annually awards a Prize to […]
9th EADV Dermatological Meeting in Ticino – From the Bench to the Clinic
on October 26, 2017 On Thursday, 26 October 2017, from 8:30 am until 5 pm, at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) – Bellinzona, it will take place the 9th Dermatological meeting, promoted by the scientific committee of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV). The close and fruitful collaboration of the EADV […]
Introductory Lecture by Prof. Federica Sallusto at ETH Zurich
on October 12, 2017 Prof. Federica Sallusto, Director of the Center of Medical Immunology and Head of the Cellular Immunology Laboratory at IRB Institute for Research in Biomedicine (USI Faculty of Biomedical Sciences at Bellinzona) has been appointed Full Professor of Medical Immunology at the Department of Biology at ETH Zurich, starting from February 1, […]
