Highlights
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Human Technopole announces new President and Supervisory Board
Milan, 13 July 2022 – The Presidency of the Council of Ministers by means of a Decree signed on 7 July 2022 has appointed Professor Gianmario Verona, rector of Bocconi University in Milan, as the new President of the Supervisory Board of the Human Technopole Foundation. In its new composition, the Foundation’s Supervisory Board includes […]
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HT at the 23rd International Exhibition of Triennale Milano
The works on display at the 23rd International Exhibition, “Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries”, also include two microscopy images created by Human Technopole researchers. The unknown, the mysterious, what we “know we don’t know”. This is the theme at the heart of the exhibition, curated by Ersilia Vaudo, astrophysicist and Chief Diversity Officer of […]
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HT Course – BrainOmics
Location: Human Technopole, Milan, Italy
Date: Nov 28 – Dec 2, 2022
Target audience: 20 participants selected through application
Registrations closes: 30 September 2022
Registration fee: 650 €
Research at HT
Improving human health and well-being is the ultimate goal of Human Technopole. We need to prevent and cure diseases to allow people of all ages to not only live longer, but also live better.
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Thanks to a global and interdisciplinary study of human biology, our research is aimed at understanding the mechanisms at the basis of various diseases, leveraging the technological advances of the last decade and the enormous amount of biological, clinical and socio-economic data currently available to improve our healthcare systems and our overall quality of life.
Human Technopole’s research is based on five interdisciplinary research centres: Genomics, Neurogenomics, Structural Biology, Computational Biology and Health Data Science. Research activity is supported by six state-of-the-art facilities.
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We offer the opportunity to be part of a new, dynamic research institute promoting a highly collaborative and international working environment.
We aim to attract the best resources in each field with a selection based on merit and transparency as we believe that highly diverse teams produce the best and most innovative results.
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Latest news
Derailing molecular cargo trains in cilia makes them turn around
Researchers at the Human Technopole and Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics show how molecular cargo trains change direction in cellular micro-antennas. Cilia are antenna-like structures that protrude outwards from the surface of eukaryotic cells. Misassembled cilia in humans can cause numerous diseases from infertility to lung malfunction. The assembly and maintenance […]
Cilia in 3D: Miniature train station discovered
Cilia are hair-like organelles that extend from most eukaryotic cells and perform many functions, including motility and signaling. Together with collaborators at the University of Geneva (Hamel-Guichard lab) and Biozentrum, University of Basel (Engel Lab), Dr. Gaia Pigino’s Group at the Human Technopole in Milan has now revealed that cilia have a specialised transport hub […]
New tools for the analysis of CRISPR-Cas9 screens
Supervised classification methods can be used for the analysis of genetic screens obtained through the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology. Nevertheless, these methods require large sets of reference genes to be included among those targeted with CRISPR. Alessandro Vinceti, of the Iorio Group, presents a novel computational method to identify reference gene sets of minimal size […]
A new approach to investigate the impact of retrotransposon recombination on human genome
Recombination of retrotransposons is known to affect genome stability and evolution, yet the significance of this process and its impact on the genome of human somatic cells are poorly understood. Giovanni Pascarella and Piero Carninci set up a new framework enabling comprehensive studies of retrotransposon recombination-driven genomic diversity in healthy and diseased tissues. The DNA […]
Francesca Ieva on Lombardy Region Taskforce
Our Associate Head of the Health Data Science Centre has been appointed to a new task force created by Lombardy Region which aims to reduce waiting lists and verify the proper management in the provision of health services to citizens. The task force includes members from Lombardy Region Welfare General Management, ATS, ASST, Lombardy Health […]
HT at the 23rd International Exhibition of Triennale Milano
The works on display at the 23rd International Exhibition, “Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries”, also include two microscopy images created by Human Technopole researchers. The unknown, the mysterious, what we “know we don’t know”. This is the theme at the heart of the exhibition, curated by Ersilia Vaudo, astrophysicist and Chief Diversity Officer of […]
Mapping spontaneous DNA double-strand breaks in neural cells
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) can cause mutations and genomic rearrangements resulting in genome instability thus contributing to the onset of genetic disorders and cancer. Magda Bienko and Nicola Crosetto provide tools and resources to investigate spontaneous DSBs that arise in an in vitro model of neurodevelopmental disorder pathogenesis. DNA damage can be either induced by […]
Human Technopole announces new President and Supervisory Board
Milan, 13 July 2022 – The Presidency of the Council of Ministers by means of a Decree signed on 7 July 2022 has appointed Professor Gianmario Verona, rector of Bocconi University in Milan, as the new President of the Supervisory Board of the Human Technopole Foundation. In its new composition, the Foundation’s Supervisory Board includes […]
Can computers help estimate the quality of cancer cell lines?
In a study funded by Open Targets, Lucia Trastulla and Francesco Iorio discuss the limitations of immortal cancer cell lines (CCLs) to investigate cancer biology in vitro and review the latest computational methods to evaluate the suitability of each CCL as experimental model on a case-by-case basis. Immortal CCLs are widely adopted models to study […]
Forbes 100 includes our Institutional Relations Manager
Forbes Italia selected 100 female professionals who, in 2022, contributed to the growth of the country and added value to key sectors of society with their commitment and leadership skills. Our Institutional Relations Manager, Marica Nobile, is among them. Congratulations Marica! Institutional Relations Manager might not be the first role that comes to mind when […]