TANDEM
Collaborative projects
at the intersection between basic and clinical research

TANDEM projects are collaborative cancer research programs at the intersection between basic and clinical research. 

Scientists and clinicians work together to translate findings from basic research into novel cancer therapies, or to develop biomarkers.

TANDEM – Ongoing projects

Real-time Minimally Invasive Multi-modal Endoscopy (REAL-MIME): using digital light shaping and AI-algorithms to guide Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) diagnostics and surgery

Project of Prof. Christian Simon, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, and Prof. Christophe Moser, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne,…

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A novel cellular therapy for lung cancer

Project of Prof. Michele de Palma, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, and Dr. Nahal Mansouri, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois.

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Super-resolution expansion microscopy for precision and safety of engineered T cell therapy

Project of Dr. Virginie Hamel, University of Geneva, and Dr. Benita Wolf, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in Lausanne.

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Molecular and spatial characterization of cancer cell plasticity to empower detection and prediction of lung adenocarcinoma progression

Project of Prof. Giovanni Ciriello, University of Lausanne, and Dr. Igor Letovanec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois.

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NEtwork-based drug REsponse and repUrposing at Single cell resolution NEREUS

Project of Prof. Marianna Kruithof-de Julio, University of Bern, and Dr. Bernhard Kiss, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern.

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The microbiota-eosinophil axis as a critical regulator of disease course, metastasis and therapy response in patients with colorectal cancer

Project of Prof. Dr. Michael Scharl, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, and Prof. Dr. Isabelle Arnold Wallén,…

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TCR-engineered CD4 T cell transfer for optimized cancer immunotherapy in adult and pediatric patients

Project of Prof. Camilla Jandus, University of Geneva, and Dr. Francesco Ceppi and Prof. George Coukos, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois.

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News & Events

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Congratulations to Dr. Grégory Verdeil and his team on the publication of an article in the prestigious journal Nature Immunology, in which they were…

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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…

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This year, six research groups working in Lausanne, Geneva, Bern and Bellinzona were awarded a TANDEM grant.

Each team, consisting of a clinician and…

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Congratulations to Prof. Mikaël Pittet, holder of the ISREC Foundation’s Immuno-Oncology Chair at the University of Geneva: in an article published in…

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