Prof. Mikaël Pittet, holder of the ISREC Foundation’s Immuno-Oncology Chair at the University of Geneva, presented with the Rayonnement Académique Award of the Société Académique Vaudoise
On Tuesday, October 3rd, Prof. Mikaël Pittet was presented with the Rayonnement Académique Award of the Société Académique Vaudoise by its president, Dr. Cyrille Piguet.
This prestigious prize, awarded for the first time in 2014, honors “those who make the university shine”. Thus, this distinction underlines Prof. Pittet’s outstanding scientific contributions in the field of immunotherapy. His research aims to discover how the immune system controls cancer and other diseases, and how it can be exploited for therapeutic purposes. His work has in particular led to the elucidation of how certain types of cancer are regulated by various cell classes, including cytotoxic and regulatory T cells, macrophages, monocytes, neutrophils and dendritic cells, all of which are considered drug targets for cancer immunotherapies.
The ISREC Foundation is very proud to support this eminent immunotherapy specialist’s research.
