Visit from the Balerna Middle School
on October 17, 2007 More than 50 middle school students visited the IRB recently. The group, comprised of four classes, learned about the function of Chemokines from Mariagrazia Uguccioni and visited the institute.
IRB Scientific Advisory Board Meets
on October 8, 2007 The Scientific Advisory Board of the IRB is charged with making recommendations to the Foundation regarding the scientific strategy of the institute and to help define the structure best suited to achieving that strategy and verifies the scientific quality of the research at the IRB. The current members of the Scientific Advisory Board are: […]
Confocal Arrives!
on October 8, 2007 Three large wooden boxes with the famous Leica logo were parked in the entrance to the IRB waiting for the technicians to come and assemble them into the cutting edge Confocal Microscope made possible through the generosity of an individual donor and a grant from the Swiss National Fund. In the […]
Nature Immunology Article: Markus Manz
on October 8, 2007 The October issue of Nature Immunology includes an article from the lab of Markus Manz on the Identification of clonogenic common Flt3+M-CSFR+ plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cell progenitors in mouse bone marrow. Abstract: Lymphoid tissue plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cells (DCs) are continuously regenerated from hematopoietic stem cells. The cytokine dependence and biology of […]
New Members in Fabio Grassi Lab
on October 1, 2007 Michela Frascoli joined the lab as PhD student Stefano Volpi, M.D. joined the lab as visiting scientist from the Department of Pediatrics, University of Genoa. He is performing experiments in the lab from October 2007 to March 2008.
Luca Varani Joins IRB as Group Leader
on October 1, 2007 Luca Varani graduated in chemistry at the University of Milan (Italy) with a thesis in structural biology. He then moved to the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, obtaining a PhD degree at the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2000. His PhD research focused on the role of RNA and protein interactions in […]
President of the Confederation visits IRB
on September 19, 2007 Michelin Calmy Rey, President of the Confederation visited the IRB on the 19th of September. The IRB was proud to host the President of the Confederation, Michelin Calmy Rey during her official visit to Ticino. Recognizing the important contribution that the IRB had made to Swiss biomedical research and in her […]
Governor of China Visits IRB
on September 14, 2007 Lu Zushan, governor of Zhejiang Provence of China, visited the IRB on the 14th of September. Accompanied by delegation of business executives, government officials, scientists and two interpretors, Mr. Zushan expressed his desire that scientific exchange between the University of Hangzhou and the IRB could be initiated. The visit was organized […]
IRB Present at MUBA Basilea
on September 11, 2007 The IRB will be present together with the University of Southern Switzerland (USI) and the Professional University of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) in the stand of the Canton Ticino at the MUBA fair in Basel. Duration: 15 February 2008 – 24 February 2008 Event venue: Exhibitions Center Basel Type of […]
New Student in the lab of Silvia Monticelli
on September 1, 2007 Ramon Jesus Jove Mayoral joined the IRB September 1st as a new PhD student. Ramon did his undergraduate work in biochemistry at the Institut Quimic de Sarria, in Barcelona, Spain. He went on working as a Research Technician at the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine in Leeds (UK), where he decided […]
