14 September 2020 – An opportunity for dialogue and discussion today at MIND and Palazzo Italia between a selection of Members of Parliament, part of the Innovation Intergroup led by Hon. Nicolò Invidia and MIND partners.
The first part of the meeting was attended by Igor De Biasio, Arexpo CEO, Andrea Ruckstuhl, EMEA Lendlease Director, Stefano Minnini MIND Project Coordinator Lendlease, Massimo Minelli, President of the Triulza Foundation and Elena Bottinelli, CEO, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi to present evolution of the project from EXPO Milano 2015 to today.
The visit continued at Palazzo Italia where MPs had the opportunity to meet Human Technopole director Iain Mattaj who stressed the importance of the research project to attract back to Italy the best scientific talents and help strengthen the national ecosystem.
The meeting was attended by Prof. Alessandro Vannini, Dr. Gaia Pigino, Dr. Paolo Swuec, Prof. Giuseppe Testa, dr. Florian Jug and Dr. Francesco Iorio.
Scientists from some of the world’s leading genomics research centres launch a call to action to build the “Cancer Dependency Map”, a map to chart genes linked to tumour survival and identify drug targets. The call the action is published today in Nature and has among its supporters Francesco Iorio, bioinformatician, group leader of the […]
In January 2019, the arrival of Director Iain Mattaj marked the beginning of the Human Technopole Foundation. Since then, we have made great progress, structuring our administrative offices, refurbishing existing buildings and creating new spaces for our first experimental laboratories. The global pandemic which hit the world in 2020 caused unimaginable difficulties and loss to people all over the world, forcing us […]
Human Technopole and Associazione Civita kick off the new year by signing a memorandum of understanding to carry out joint activities to promote scientific culture and dissemination of knowledge. HT is the new Italian research institute for life sciences. As part of its mission, HT aims to contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge and […]
One essential component of each eukaryotic cell is the cytoskeleton. Microtubules, tiny tubes consisting of a protein called tubulin, are part of this skeleton of cells. Cilia and flagella, which are antenna-like structures that protrude from most of the cells in our body, contain many microtubules. An example of flagell is the sperm tail, which is essential […]
We have reached the end of a year which has been intense and complicated for Italy and the entire world. Despite the difficulties that hit, including the city of Milan, for Human Technopole 2020 was a year of great growth and development: we are on the verge of one hundred employees and over forty recruitment […]