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IRB scientists receive SNSF research grants

Bellinzona, November 4, 2024 – Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB, affiliated with USI), were recently awarded important competitive research grants by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Andrea Cavalli, head of the Laboratory of computational structural biology, was awarded for the Sinergia project “AntibodyGPT: Language Modeling for fast ex novo Monoclonal […]

A new study on the natural trapping mutant TMX5 and the proteostatic factor ERp44

A paper published in Life Science Alliance by the Molinari’s laboratory characterizes TMX5, a member of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family, and reports on the involvement of ERp44, another member of the PDI family, in determining intracellular distribution and clients’ selection of TMX5. Bellinzona – October 17 2024 – The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is […]

IRB awarded grant to improve laboratory animal welfare

Davide Manfredini, of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) Comparative Biology team, was awarded the “Refinement Grant 2023” by the Swiss 3R Competence Centre (3RCC). A grant to further improve laboratory animal welfare. The term Refinement within the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement) refers to methods aimed at reducing or alleviating pain, suffering, and […]

Mechanisms of influenza A virus entry

International PhD Program in Immunology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry 2024 / 2025 Prof. Dr. med. Yohei Yamauchi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich   Thursday, 14 November 2024 at 12 pm Bios+ Seminar Room Contact: Prof. Federica Sallusto

IRB PhD student Marco Fabbro won the best poster award at the Swiss Autophagy Meeting 2024

Marco Fabbro (Molinari Group) won the best poster award at the Swiss Autophagy Meeting 2024, held in Lausanne on September 12-13, 2024, with the poster entitled “Evaluating ER-phagy activity through endogenously tagged ER-phagy receptors.” Marco Fabbro is a second-year doctoral student at IRB Bellinzona studying the mechanisms regulating ER-phagy in the Protein Folding and Quality control […]