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”.
On World Cancer Day, the ISREC Foundation, in collaboration with the CHUV and the HUG, will take action against this disease, which remains a major health issue throughout the world. A public conference, presented by Isabelle Moncada, will take place at the headquarters of the ISREC Foundation, in the AGORA – Pôle de recherche sur le cancer, on February 7th, starting at 6 pm. New discoveries for the treatment of cancer are the focus of this event.
For more information and registration
Watch the interview with Prof. Francis-Luc Perret on CNN Money – Switzerland.
Statement published by the A. G. F. A. academic foundations of the French-speaking region.
Congratulations to Prof. Ping-Chih Ho, stipendiary of the ISREC Foundation: he is this year’s winner of the Swiss Bridge Award for his research on indicators in immune therapies.
More information (in French)
A beautiful inauguration ceremony for the AGORA cancer research cluster, in the presence of the partner institutions and political representatives of the Lake of Geneva area.
Link to the articles published in 24 Heures and AGEFI (in French)
Once again, the SUR-SRP “Summer Research” program (July 4 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.