The yearly report of the Conseil d’État to the Grand Council regarding the external affairs of the Canton of Vaud provides a review of the year 2016. While not exhaustive, it describes the main actions undertaken by the Conseil d’État to defend the interests of the canton in federal politics. The AGORA – Cancer Center is referred to on page 23.
The ISREC Foundation has the honor to present its AGORA – Cancer Center project during the Lausanne Tourism «Lausanne, international academic and scientific hive» event at the Royal Institution in London on March 2nd, 2017.
Congratulations to Prof. Laurence Zitvogel, whose work is supported by the ISREC Foundation, and to Guido Kroemer who have won the Brupbacher Cancer Research award.
Congratulations to Bojan Bujisic, one of our UNIL « PhD Programm » grant recipients, for his publication in Blood Journal.
Congratulations to Prof. Oliver Hantschel, supported by the ISREC Foundation. He works on an extensive study in the cause of leukemia that could greatly improve the way we treat the disease.
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The Lausanne Montreux Congress Forum will take place on February 8, 2017 in the EPFL Rolex Learning Center. The ISREC Foundation is proud to present its AGORA – Cancer Center project during a non-professional congress, bringing together personalities active in the Lausanne area.
World Cancer Day takes place every year on February 4 to unite the world in the fight against cancer. This day aims to avoid millions of deaths each year by raising awareness and spreading information concerning the disease, and by pressing governments and individuals across the world to take action.
As a partner of the Salon Planète Santé, the ISREC Foundation is pleased to present this event which will be held at the Swisstech Convention Center and the Rolex Learning Center Forum of the EPFL from November 24-27, 2016.
In view of the numerous innovations generating important changes in the health sector, the exhibitors participating in the second edition of this health fair will offer many interactive information opportunities: talks, debates, tests, recreational experiments and workshops.
This event is suitable for children, teenagers, adults and senior citizens. The aim is to place these individuals at the center of the healthcare system and to enable them to take matters pertaining to their personal medical issues into their own hands.
Topics addressed during the fair include
· nutrition
· mental health
· first aid
· addictions
· vision and hearing problems
· ethical issues
· medical research and related innovations.
Congratulations to Prof. Susan Gasser who is being awarded an honorary degree (Doctor honoris causa) from the Charles University in Prague. Susan Gasser is the director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel and was a group leader at the ISREC Institute between 1986 and 2001.
© photograph Karls-Universität
The laying of the foundation stone for the AGORA – Cancer Center took place this morning on the hospital premises. Three representatives of the cantonal government, Pierre Yves Maillard, Anne-Catherine Lyon and Pascal Broulis, as well as Prof. Pierre-François Leyvraz, director of the CHUV and Prof. George Coukos, head of the oncology department, were present at the ceremony.