Congratulations to Prof. Etienne Meylan’s team at isrec@epfl on their publication in the renowned “CELL Reports” journal. They are performing research on the theme “Neutrophils and snail orchestrate the establishment of a pro-tumor microenvironment in lung cancer”. Special congratulations go to Svenja Groeneveld, co-author of this article and holder of an ISREC Foundation grant.

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The ISREC Foundation will be the fortunate beneficiary of a charity banquet organized by Estelle Ducret and Andrea Orlando to support cancer research. If you wish to support this event and in so doing to contribute to new developments in research, you can register using the following link or by e-mail (gyrecinfo@gmail.com).

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Congratulations to Prof. Michael N. Hall, a member of our scientific board, who has won the prestigious Albert-Lasker Award for his fundamental discoveries in the area of cell growth regulation.

Article published in CELL

Once again, the SUR-SRP “Summer Research” program (July 3 to August 25), 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.

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Life Sciences Symposium 2017 “Frontiers in metabolism – from systems physiology to precision medicine”, EPFL, Lausanne

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20th edition of this race, organized by Team Girard.

Since 1998, the Club Team Girard, including owners, riders and fans of vintage motorcycles, organizes a yearly hill climb event for old-timers and donates part of the profits to the ISREC Foundation.

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Congratulations to Dr. Nathalie Rufer and her research groups in the oncology department of the CHUV, the UNIL and the LICR on the publication of their work in the renowned “JCI Insight” journal. This research on the optimization of T-lymphocytes for cancer immunotherapy was performed with the support of the ISREC Foundation.

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Prof. Elisa Oricchio’s lab, supported by the ISREC Foundation, is paving the way for new treatment options in the area of follicular lymphoma, a cancer for which there is currently no cure.

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7th 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.

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THANKS to Mrs Ruth Mahoney-Rota, Anna Marchini et Beth Mahoney who will take part in the Summer Edition 2017 of the challenging obstacle run Fisherman’s Friend StrongmanRun, in Engelberg, on June 3rd. Their run will be sponsored for the benefit of the ISREC Foundation.