Human Technopole

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Human Technopole has opened a new Call for Access to its National Facilities on 1 February 2026, offering researchers from Italy the opportunity to access cutting-edge technologies and expertise across the institute’s advanced research platforms.

Human Technopole is a place where early‑career researchers think big. You work alongside world‑recognized faculty, access cutting‑edge facilities and technology platforms, and contribute to interdisciplinary projects that connect groups across the institute and with external partners. It’s an international environment built for scientific ambition: curiosity‑driven research, a strong collaborative culture, and a clear commitment to innovation and translation.

Human Technopole researchers have identified the molecular mechanisms by which the membrane receptor sortilin binds thyroglobulin along its pathway to the release of thyroid hormones within the thyroid gland. The results of the research were published in Nature Communications and highlight that sortilin senses thyroglobulin via a short flexible “tag” which appears to be a common motif for the recognition of other partner proteins throughout our body.

Human Technopole’s National Facilities are inviting Expressions of Interest (EoI) to access Whole Genome Sequencing and Analysis services for large-scale population genomics studies in the biomedical field.

The AI4Life project, co-led by Florian Jug (Computational Biology Research Centre at Human Technopole) and Anna Kreshuk (EMBL), received the highest possible score in the European Commission’s final review, recognising its scientific impact and the quality of its achievements in applying artificial intelligence to biological image analysis.