IRB Foundation President, Giorgio Noseda, wins the 2006 SwissAward
on January 17, 2007 The Swiss Awards, handed out for the fifth time since 2002, go to Swiss personalities for their creative, innovative ideas or for their courage.The Swiss of the Year is chosen among 18 candidates by television viewers from across the country.There are six categories: politics, culture, business, society, sport and show business. […]
IRB seeks funding for powerful new microscope
on January 1, 2007 A Confocal Microscope allows high resolution high speed imaging of living cells. Background: in 2003, in a very positive review of the IRB, the Swiss Science and Technology Council identified the lack of powerful imaging as a hindrance to productivity. Unfortunately the high cost of this sophisticated equipment has made it […]
State Funding for Research
on December 17, 2006 The Consiglio di Stato of Canton Ticino has agreed to invest 15 million swiss francs in research over the next 4 four to five years. The organizing principle of the investment is to favor three strategic areas; Biotechnology, Nano-technology and Scientific Calculation. The source of the funding is the one time […]
Rolf Zinckernagle Lectures at IRB
on December 17, 2006 Professor Rolf Martin Zinkernagel is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich.Together with the Australian Peter Doherty he received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.With this he became the 24th Swiss Nobel Laureate. He received his […]
Organization of the ISVR
on December 17, 2006 The founding members of the ISVR are: Le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois CHUV will implement a translational research program aimed at the identification of immunological correlates of protection and the development of a platform to evaluate the immune response induced by vaccines. CHUV will also provide infrastructure for clinical trials. The […]
IRB invites Middle School Teachers
on December 17, 2006 IRB opens a dialogue with the Middle School science teachers of Canton Ticino. In an on-going effort to increase awareness of the IRB in Ticino and to encourage young students to consider a career in Science, an initiative was launched by Federica Sallusto to open a dialogue with Middle School Science […]
High School Students Visit IRB
on December 17, 2006 Jonas Pfaff e Marco Tognetti, two senior students from the Locarno High School, as part of their optional Biology course, visited the lab of Federica Sallusto.The students are doing a research project on T linfocytes and spent the day exploring the topic together with Greta Guarda e Andrea Reboldi. “It was […]
Telethon Ticino
on December 17, 2006 Telethon raises funds to help combat rare genetic disorders. In Switzerland 50 % of the funds raised are distributed for research while the remaining 50 % are dedicated to active support of patients and families. For several years Telethon has funded the research of Maurizio Molinari. This year Fabio Grassi, Giorgio […]
IRB Founding Member of Vaccine Institute
on December 17, 2006 A simple phrase in a press release this summer of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation announcing major funding of HIV research in Switzerland noted: “The Government of Switzerland has pledged to support the establishment of a vaccine institute in Lausanne that will contribute to the implementation of the Enterprise scienti […]
First annual meeting of Sens-it-iv project held in Hannover
on November 18, 2006 Sens-it-iv is a European 6th Framework project whose overall aim is to develop strategies gies to replace animal experimentation by in vitro assays identifying skin and respiratory sensitizers in relation with the use of safe ingredients by the chemical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry. The ultimate deliverables of the project are in […]
