DC2010 Welcomes 850 scientists to Lugano for 4 days
on October 4, 2010 More than 850 participants from 40 countries convened in Lugano for the 11th International Symposium on Dendritic Cells in Fundamental and Clinical Immunology – DC2010: Forum on Vaccine Science. The event which was held from the 26th to 30th of September at the Palazzo dei Congressi di Lugano included an impressive […]
Photographic Exhibit in Castelgrande
on July 14, 2010 As part of the celebrations of its tenth anniversary, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) has organized this exhibit and three conferences focused on immunology and vaccines, themes which are central to IRB research programmes. Through his photographs Ivo Saglietti illustrates life in countries where malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS are […]
Riccardo Bernasconi Awarded PhD
on July 2, 2010 Riccardo Bernasconi successfully defended his PhD thesis. Riccardo presented at the ETH-Zurich his work performed in the laboratory of Maurizio Molinari and entitled “Identification and characterization of novel players regulating protein quality control endoplasmic reticulum”. Riccardo’s supervisors at the ETH were Prof. Markus Aebi and Prof. Yves Barral.
Daniel Venetz Awarded MD PhD
on June 23, 2010 Daniel Venetz successfully defended his MD PhD thesis. Daniel presented at the University of Basel his work performed in the laboratory of Mariagrazia Uguccioni and entitled “Chemokine microenvironment in Primary Central nervous System Lymphoma”. To perform this work Daniel obtained an SNF/Cloetta Foundation grant, and was supervised at the University of […]
Gran Consiglio Approves IRB / USI Affiliation
on April 21, 2010 The Ticino state parliament, the Gran Consiglio, overwhelminingly approved the affiliation of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine to the Università della Svizzera Italiana with a 65 to 1 majority last evening. The vote marks the conclusion of process that began two years ago with the signing by the IRB and […]
IRB Scientist named “Young Researcher Honoree”
on March 2, 2010 Davide Corti, PhD Institute for Research in Biomedicine Nominated by Prof. Robin Weiss Dr. Davide Corti is currently Director of the Antibody Discovery Unit at Humabs LLC, a spin-out company of the Institute of Research in Biomedicine. Dr. Corti completed his Ph.D. in Antonio Lanzavecchia’s laboratory in December 2007 where he […]
Swiss Biologists Meet in Lugano 11-12 February 2010
on February 13, 2010 The Institute for Research in Bellinzona and the Società Ticinese delle Scienze Biomediche e Chimiche hosted the annual meeting of the Union of Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology on the 11th and 12th of February at the Palazzo Congressi in Lugano. The meeting is entitled USGEB2010: Frontiers in Human Biology and will […]
10th Anniversary of the IRB
on February 12, 2010 TEN YEARS OF RESEARCH IN TICINO To celebrate the tenth anniversary, the IRB has prepared a calendar of events in three categories that express three distinct ideas: Grandi Voci per la Ricerca shows our gratitude to the supporters of basic research in Ticino. Congresses and Meetings is an expression of our […]
Ursula Schenk Awarded 2010 Pfizerforschungspreis
on February 5, 2010 The 2010 Pfizerforschungspreis was awarded to Ursula Schenk for work carried out by her in the lab of Fabio Grassi of the IRB (Dr. Schenk has since moved to Pharmanalytica SA in Locarno). The prestigious Pfizer Award recognizes excellence in research in several categories. Dr. Schenk was honored for work that […]
Nature 2009 Highlights includes Sallusto MS Research
on January 1, 2010 Breaking into the brain Nature Immunol. 10, 514–523 (2009) was seleceted by Nature as a highlight of 2009. Immune cells can normally penetrate the barrier between the bloodstream and the brain only when the cells along this barrier are inflamed. So how do immune cells enter the brain to initiate the […]
