Fund Raising Projects
on January 17, 2007 The Foundation for the Institute for Research in Biomedicine covers the running costs of the institute through public and private donations. Every month we will list some of the projects for which we are seeking financial support. Help us realize our vision of world class research in Ticino by making a […]
Patronage Committee to be founded to help support the IRB
on January 17, 2007 The success of IRB scientists to obtain competitive grants has put the IRB under pressure to raise matching funds for infrastructure, teaching, and other costs not covered by grants. Recognizing the importance of maintaining a healthy equilibrium between dedicated research funding and institutional funding the Founders Board of the IRB will […]
Silvia Monticelli Joins the IRB as a Junior Group Leader
on January 17, 2007 Silvia completed her Masters degree at the University of Milan and went on to defend her thesis at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute with Donata Vercelli. Her work there concentrated on isotype switching to IgE in human B lymphocytes. For the past 7 years Silvia has been working with Anjana Rao […]
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 […]
