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 […]
Musica e Molecole 3
on May 17, 2007 The third Musica e Molecole event was held on the evening of the 15th of May. Antonio Lanzavecchia provided a stimulating look at the history of immunology punctuated by stories of individual scientists and their discoveries.The musical portion of the evening was dedicated to Ennio Morricone played by the chamber orchestra […]
Interleukin-17 Producing T cells Characterized
on May 17, 2007 Federica Sallusto and Giorgio Napolitani Surface phenotype and antigenic specificity of human interleukin 17–producing T helper memory cellsNature Immunology May 2007 Yeast infection can stimulate the development of a unique type of human immune cell,according a study to be published in the June issue of Nature Immunology. Complementing earlier work published […]
2007 Annual Retreat
on May 17, 2007 The annual IRB student retreat was held at the Santa Maria Convent in Bigorio from May 17 to 19. Sebastian Amigorena gave a guest lecture to open the event on Thursday evening.On Friday students gave their talks and led discussions on abstracts and posters, and had the possibility of interacting with […]
The Patrizzi of Bellinzona Visit the IRB
on May 17, 2007 On the 1st of May the association of the 5 Patriziati of the Bellinzona Region held their annual family gathering, including a visit to the IRB.Tom Brooks and Antonio Lanzavecchia offered an inside look at the running of the institute from scientific and administrative point of view.The group then toured the […]
A model for OMENN Syndrome
on May 17, 2007 Fabio Grassi The Journal of Clinical Investigation June 2007 The Journal of Clinical Investigation dedicated its May cover story to a collaborative project between the IRB group of Fabio Grassi and researchers in Italy.The study validates a murine model for the devastating Omenn Syndrome, an autoimune deficiency in newborn children. In […]
Integrase, a new target for HIV Drugs
on April 18, 2007 The work of Jeremy Luban to be published in Virology this year. Scientists at IRB have uncovered important new information about the molecular machinery used by HIV to infect cells.HIV is the cause of AIDS and information about how it infects cells is critical to the development of new ways for […]
