News & outreach

On November 4–5, the Human Technopole’s Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CITT) organised a study tour to Belgium led by Fabio Terragni, member of the HT Management Committee delegate for technology transfer.

An international collaborative study led by Human Technopole, Candiolo Cancer Institute IRCCS in Turin, the University of Turin, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge (UK) has identified new factors associated with therapeutic response in colorectal cancer. The research has led to the development of a machine-learning model capable of accurately predicting the effects of cetuximab, a drug in clinical use, on different colorectal tumour subtypes. Funded by the AIRC Foundation, the study paves the way to identifying molecular features that could serve as biomarkers for predicting treatment response in patients with this type of cancer.

The Human Technopole Foundation’s Supplier Register is now online.

A Long Non-Coding RNA Identified as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Multiple Myeloma: Collaborative AIRC Study by University of Magna Graecia and Human Technopole Published in Blood.

A multidisciplinary team led out of the ADAPT Centre at Trinity College Dublin has published cutting-edge research on a new tool designed to enable efficient data linkages between rare diseases and environmental datasets. Published recently in Nature Digital Medicine, the researchers present SERDIF (Semantic Environmental and Rare Disease data Integration Framework), an innovative framework that enables health data researchers to efficiently link environmental and health data sources through location and time information.

The Human Technopole Director, Marino Zerial, has been awarded the 2024 Mercurio Prize in the “Research and Development” category, in recognition of the excellence of his research in the field of cell biology. Zerial, renowned for his studies on the mechanisms of endocytosis and cellular transport, has made significant contributions to the understanding of cellular dynamics, with potential therapeutic applications for diseases such as liver conditions.

Human Technopole takes part in the European Researchers Night in Milan on 27 September. Through interactive workshops, experiments, and scientific demonstrations, especially aimed at younger audiences, the event seeks to bring citizens closer to science in a fun and engaging way.

How can we build a more sustainable and inclusive future for all? Gianmario Verona, HT President, and Marino Zerial, HT Director, discussed the topic at Pact4Future, the international forum organised by Università Bocconi and Corriere della Sera on 25-28 March 2024 in Milan.

Fernanda Pinheiro, Group Leader at Human Technopole’s Computational Biology Research Centre, talks about superbacteria at the TEDxLakeComo.

Human Technopole and Treccani Futura present “A Proposito di Futuro”, a festival organized jointly in Milan on Tuesday 15 November 2022. The initiative aims to be an opportunity to discuss the futures that are opening up before us, with an interdisciplinary approach that systematically brings together voices from science, technology and humanities, on issues that […]

MIND Milano Innovation District is Milan’s new city district dedicated to science, research and innovation. A real city within a city that looks to the future with a vision that combines scientific, academic and environmental aspects. Alongside Research hospital Galeazzi and Milan University, Human Technopole is one of the leading actors of MIND. We work […]

What is the role of life sciences when facing global challenges? Discoveries in the field of genetics, molecular biology or evolution can improve but also pose a threat to our quality of life. Since 2021 Human Technopole is among the scientific partners of the Festival delle Scienze in Rome, to explore and reflect on the […]