Elissi : Biotech meeting organized by Biopolo
on September 17, 2006 Elissi is a Biotechnology meeting organized by Biopolo.The theme of this the third event is ‘Biotech and Medtech: where biology meets engineering’.The goal of the meeting is two-fold: To create and offer a marketplace to life sciences experts to foster networking activities and business opportunities To promote the life sciences sector […]
Changing of the guard at Biopolo Ticino
on September 17, 2006 Biopolo Ticino has a new Director, Joerg Staeheli, former Head of External Affairs at Novartis. He replaces Luca Bolliger, who has been the Director of Biopolo since its beginning, and has joined Actelion AG in Allschwil. Under the direction of Bolliger the Biopolo began its activities as a lean and virtual […]
Local representatives to the Federal Government visit IRB
on September 17, 2006 The Ticino delegation to the Federal Government visited the IRB on the 1st of September as part of an ongoing effort to support Ticino research at the federal level. Ticino has two representatives in the Council of States (two per canton) and 8 in the National Council (based on population). Led […]
Post Doc from Down Under
on August 17, 2006 Janine Stubbs has joined the lab of Antonio Lanzavecchia. Janine Stubbs graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Tasmania and received a scholarship to the Australian National University where she completed her Honours degree on the molecular mechanisms of nervous system development of the wallaby, Macropus eugenii. Janine […]
Swiss Science and Technology Office visits the IRB
on August 17, 2006 The IRB receives funding from the Swiss Confederation based on article 16 of the Law on Research that regulates granting public funds to private institutes. As part of the request for increased support for the next funding period (2008-2011), the IRB welcomed the Swiss Science and Technology Office for an inspection […]
Agroscope Changins-Wädenswi Visits IRB
on August 17, 2006 The IRB was pleased to host a meeting of Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil research centres Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW is one of three public agricultural research institutes, which are gathered under the name Agroscope. Part of the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) ACW prepares the technical and scientific bases for an efficient, sustainable […]
INNOCHEM: targeting chemokine / receptor interactions
on July 17, 2006 Dr. Mariagrazia Uguccioni, at the IRB, is the scientific coordinator of the European project INNOCHEM that aims to develop innovative chemokine-based therapeutic strategies for autommunity and chronic inflammation. The five year project involves 22 participants from 11 countries who have made major contributions to chemokine discovery, and to the construction of […]
Student Exchange Program with Japan
on July 17, 2006 As part of the scientific and professional exchanges between the IRB and the University of Kyoto, the Protein Folding and Quality Control group of Dr. Maurizio Molinari has hosted student Masatoshi Hagiwara for thepastthree months.The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) made Hagiwara’s stay in Switzerland possible.The purpose of the visit […]
Breaking Ground at IRB “BIS”
on July 17, 2006 Work has begun on the transformation of an abandoned gardening store into a state-of-the-art research facility and P3 laboratory. The need for specialized laboratory space has been critical for some time, and expansion was identified by the Scientific Advisory Board as “of strategic importance” during their review of the IRB in […]
IRB PhD student receives Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Scholarship
on July 13, 2006 Dirk Baumjohann, PhD student in the group of Dr. Federica Sallusto, has been awarded a prestigious PhD Scholarship by the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF), Germany. Dirk Baumjohann The BIF pays particular attention to the promotion of junior scientists: through travel allowances it assists PhD students and post-doctoral scientists spending short-term practicals […]
