Human Technopole

Which brain connections coordinate the sense of sight with movement, for example maintaining stable vision while walking or moving our eyes? How is cholesterol formed and what functions does it have in its intermediate steps? These are the topics of the research projects awarded the Early Career Fellowship Programme, a call for proposals launched by […]

The first symposium on “Gender Equality and Diversity at HT” took place today at the Human Technopole Auditorium. The aim of the event was to discuss why there are differences in the career outcomes of men and women and how we can act to promote equality and inclusion at HT. During the event we heard from Gerlind […]

The Supervisory Board of the Human Technopole Foundation has appointed Marino Zerial as the institute’s new Director. Currently Director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, a research institution he helped found over 25 years ago, Marino Zerial is also an honorary professor at the Faculty of Medicine […]

Magda Bienko, Group Leader at the Functional Genomics Centre at Human Technopole has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for her research project “Radialis”. The project, which has earned a funding of 2 million euros, aims to understand the design principles shaping genome architecture. Within our cells, DNA is folded in a three-dimensional structure. The […]

A web-based application developed by the Iorio Group and the IT & digitalisation team at Human Technopole helps non-computational scientists process and analyse CRISPR-Cas9 screens by reducing false-positive hits. CRISPR/Cas9 technology has become the gold standard for genome and epigenome editing, for studying the regulation of gene expression, and for high-throughput screenings aiming at identifying […]

The second edition of our Integrated Report covering the year 2021, is now online.  The Report is an important tool through which Human Technopole communicates its commitment to social responsibility, based on transparent, accurate and complete information. Our hope is that this can help promote trust towards the work carried out by Human Technopole and […]

Today Monday 19 December from 10.00 a.m. in the Human Technopole Auditorium at MIND Milano Innovation District OPEN HT took place. The event represented an opportunity for dialogue between the life sciences Institute and the national scientific community. The initiative was also the occasion to share the developments of Human Technopole as detailed in the […]

Ivano Legnini is an Italian molecular and systems biologist interested in gene regulation. He currently lives in Berlin, working at the Max Delbrück Center – Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, in the lab of Nikolaus Rajewsky. Ivano did his PhD in the lab of Irene Bozzoni at Sapienza University of Rome, where he also […]

The  Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CITT) at Human Technopole and the Swiss diplomatic representation in Italy, in collaboration with YES MILANO, organised a day-long meeting between Swiss and Italian players working in the field of life sciences. The initiative followed a study tour that CITT experienced in Switzerland in June 2022 to get […]

Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is a small protein encoded by the APOE gene regulating lipid homeostasis in mammals.  The e4 variant of the APOE gene (APOE4) is associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in mammals. A Nature study co-authored by Jose Davila-Velderrain reveals cell-type specific effects of APOE4 on cholesterol metabolism and […]