Denise Ferrera Awarded PhD
on July 17, 2007 PhD Program “Molecular Medicine – Basic and Applied Immunology” S.Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy Thesis defense: July 17 th, 2007 Title: “Subcellular microdomains in T cell development” Denise has been accepted a 4 year position as Staff Scientist at the Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa. The work of her thesis will […]
IRB Fund raising goal reached for new-microscope!
on July 17, 2007 The Swiss National Fund agreed recently to fund half of the cost of the purchase of a highly sophisticated microscope.The generosity of a local foundation has agreed to cover the other half of the 850’000.- cost of the instrument.This latest step in improving the infrastructure of the IRB underlines the strategic […]
Automatic Imaging System Installed at IRB
on June 29, 2007 The BD Pathway Bioimager is an automated, confocal, real-time, single cell kinetic and endpoint imaging system that has been integrated into a single, compact unit. The BD Pathway was designed to provide high-resolution, automated confocal imaging with sophisticated imaging software to assist in developing better cell-based assays. The system allows the user […]
Bird Flu antibodies shown to protect and cure
on June 27, 2007 Avian influenza survivors’ antibodies effective at neutralizing H5N1 strain Adults who have recovered from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza may hold the key to future treatments for the virus, according to an international team of researchers. In a study published today in the open access journal PLoS Medicine, […]
Seminar Held above Monte Carasso
on June 25, 2007 A Signal Transduction Course Held in Monte Carasso June 4th and 5th, 2007 The Curzùtt retreat above Monte Carasso was an ideal setting for an intense seminar on Signal Transduction. The two day course was offered by the IRB and was attended by students from Uni Bern and the IRB. Rolf […]
World Cup underlines the international character of the IRB
on June 19, 2007 Flags were proudly draped over the atrium railings the other day to mark the beginning of the Soccer World Cup. From a quick count of flags there must be at least 12 nationalities in the IRB.
Nature Immunology Cover June 2007
on June 12, 2007 L-selectin-negative CCR7– effector and memory CD8+ T cells enter reactive lymph nodes and kill dendritic cells Nature Immunology June 2007.Armed ‘killer’ cells can reenter lymph nodes to destroy dendritic cells – a specialized type of immune cell – according to a report published this week online in Nature Immunology. Such killing […]
Gates Foundation Grand Challenge meeting held in Lugano
on June 4, 2007 From June 4 to 6 the participants of the Gates Grand Challenge 4 met in Lugano for a Scientific Progress Meeting. IRB researcher Markus Manz and his team are part of the distinguished international team dedicated to meeting Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Number 4 to:“Devise Reliable Testing Systems for New Vaccines”. […]
Moving In
on May 18, 2007 In July of last year the IRB announced the beginning of an ambitious project of converting an existing building nearby into a state of the art research facility.The inauguration of the building was held on the 15th of May, and the process of moving in has begun. More machine than building, […]
IRB Report card on Equality
on May 18, 2007 According to a recent report by the Swiss Federal Department of Statistics, the percentage of female students in Switzerand is close to parity (47%).This number diminishes however with each step of the scientific career; 44% of those receiveing their degree are women and only 38% receiving the doctorate degree. Once started […]
