Musica e Molecole 5 Planned
on November 15, 2007 Musica e Molecole 5 will be a truly remarkable event hosting the student orchestra of the Accademia Vivaldi in concert with the “Ragazzi Telethon”. This collaboration is the result of an ambitious project funded by the Gustav and Ruth Jacob Foundation under the auspices of the Telethon Foundation of Ticino. Telethon […]
Confocal Up and Running
on November 8, 2007 Based on the remarkable interest in the Leica instruction courses by members of the IRB, the confocal microscope, now up and running, will be a major success. The microscope was purchased through a grant from the Swiss National Fund and a private donation.
Musica e Molecole 4
on November 5, 2007 Following an interesting scientific talk by Fabio Grassi, 50 girls, aged from 15 to 19, filed into the IRB wearing traditional hungarian dresses and lined up along the rails of the first floor. Their Director, Szabó Dénes positioned himself in middle of the ground floor. With a simple gesture from his […]
First meeting of the IRB Executive Committee
on October 23, 2007 The Foundation Board of the IRB is the governing body of the Institute and has instated an Executive Committee to streamline executive decisions. Members of this committee are Giorgio Noseda,Paolo Agustoni, Sandro Rusconi, Carlo Maggini and Alberto Togni. The Executive Committee held its first meeting on the 23rd of October.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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.
