IRB, associate member of the NCCR ‘RNA & Disease’
on November 25, 2016 Silvia Monticelli was awarded a grant from the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) ‘RNA & Disease’. The NCCR ‘RNA & Disease’ is a research instrument of the Swiss National Science Foundation, and is a coordinated, interdisciplinary research program aiming at identifying disease mechanisms resulting from aberrant RNA functions. Silvia […]
New paper by the Molinari Lab on maintenance of organellar size and function published in Nature Cell Biology
on November 11, 2016 A work published in the November issue of Nature Cell Biology by Fiorenza Fumagalli, Julia Noack, Timothy J. Bergmann et al. in the group of Maurizio Molinari identifies the translocon protein Sec62 as the autophagy receptor that regulates destruction of excess or damaged portions of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), an intracellular […]
8th EADV Dermatological Meeting in Ticino – From the Bench to the Clinic
on November 9, 2016 On Thursday, 1 December 2016 from 8:30 am until 5:00 pm, is taking place the 8th edition of the Scientific Meeting in Ticino promoted by the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV). The close and fruitful collaboration of the EADV organising committee with the Ticinese Dermatology Society, the Dermatology Department […]
IRB collaborates with EU-funded global research alliance to combat Zika
on October 24, 2016 ZIKAlliance, a multinational and multi-disciplinary research consortium coordinated by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), was today awarded €11,9M by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, to conduct a 36-month cutting-edge research project during the ongoing outbreak of Zika virus infection (ZIKV) in Latin […]
Joshua Tan awarded PhD and received the NDM Graduate Research Prize
on October 18, 2016 Joshua Tan successfully defended his PhD thesis, which was presented at the University of Oxford on October 7th, 2016. His thesis title was “Investigation of cross-reactive antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes” and the work was done at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya, under the supervision of Prof. Peter […]
New paper by the Lanzavecchia Lab on the Dietary intake of arginine
on October 13, 2016 A study led by researchers from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) affiliated to the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), shows that L-arginine, an amino acid that is consumed through diet, can boost the activity of a particular type of immune cells, so called T cells. When the levels of […]
Federica Sallusto appointed Full Professor of Medical Immunology at the ETHZ
on September 30, 2016 Dr. Federica Sallusto, currently Director of the Center of Medical Immunology and Head of the Cellular Immunology Laboratory at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona, has been appointed Full Professor of Medical Immunology at the ETHZ. Federica Sallusto is a globally renowned scientist. Her work and […]
Andrea Romagnani awarded PhD
on September 1, 2016 Andrea Romagnani successfully defended his PhD thesis, which was presented at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine on June 21th, 2016. His thesis title was “Role of ATP-gated ionotropic P2X7 receptor in T effector memory cell physiology” and the work has been done in the T Cell Development laboratory of Fabio […]
New paper by the Cavalli Lab published in Structure
on August 11, 2016 The dynamic basis for signal propagation in human Pin1-WW. Understanding how information transfers through large molecular assemblies is an important topic in modern structural biology. These allosteric events are thought to be connected to intrinsic concerted conformational changes happening in the solution. In particular, understanding these conformational fluctuations may shed light on the […]
Lisa Perruzza awarded PhD
on August 11, 2016 Lisa Perruzza successfully defended her PhD thesis, which was presented at the University of Bern on June 17th, 2016. Her thesis title was “The purinergic P2X7 receptor at the interface between adaptive immune system and bacterial commensals in the intestine” and the work has been done in the T Cell Development […]
