Once again, the SUR-SRP “Summer Research” program (July 8 to August 29), organized by the UNIL and the EPFL and supported by the ISREC Foundation, was a huge success. The students returned home with many new impressions and ideas, grateful for this exciting opportunity.

The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research was established 55 years ago in Lausanne. A dream formulated in those days has now come true: the AGORA – Pôle de recherche sur le cancer is a platform that brings research to the patient’s bedside.

See our Annual Report 2018!

The ISREC Foundation supports 6 students within the scope of the “Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Students” – EPFL School of Life Sciences, and 1 student in the “Summer Undergraduate Research Program” – Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne.
During these eight weeks of hands-on training, the selected young biologists or physicians are given the chance to discover the world of research for the very first time; a rewarding experience and the opportunity to establish new contacts on an international level. At the end of the program, the students will present their work during a mini symposium held at the EPFL campus.

Congratulations to Professors Ho and Girault for their discovery, a breakthrough that opens up new possibilities for the use of the cancer immunotherapy technique co-developed by these two scientific teams. Prof. Ho is supported by the ISREC Foundation.

9th edition of this fund-raising event organized by volunteers in memory of their friend Agostino who died of cancer.
Each year, approximately fifty volunteers contribute to the success of various tournaments and activities, enabling the organizers to make a significant donation to our foundation’s projects.

Such were the words spoken by Prof. Franco Cavalli, President of the Scientific Council of the ISREC Foundation, at the inauguration of the AGORA cancer research cluster last October; an excellent summary of the Foundation’s doings brought about by the creation of this research centre (excerpt from the In Vivo magazine).

Congratulations to Professors Pierre Gönczy and Douglas Hanahan from the ISREC@epfl who have just been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC).

World Cancer Day takes place every year on February 4 to unite the world in the fight against cancer. This day aims to raise awareness by spreading information concerning the disease.

Congratulations to Elisa Oricchio at isrec@epfl who is supported by the ISREC Foundation on his publication in the renowned “Nature Genetics” journal. She is performing research on the theme “Cancer – a mutation that breaks gene interplay in 3D”.