Leaders of Genomics Research Centre announced
Milan, 11 November 2020 – Human Technopole, Italy’s new research centre for life sciences, has announced the leadership of the Genomics Research Centre with the appointment of Nicole Soranzo and Piero Carninci as Heads of the Centre. The joint appointment represents the strategic approach of the Institute to develop dual research programmes in Population and […]
Project Score database: a resource that will help designing the next generation of anti-cancer drugs
A new paper published by Nuclear Acids Research and co-authored by Francesco Iorio, Group Leader at the Centre for Computational Biology, describes the creation of Project Score: a web portal enabling users to estimate the potential of each gene as a therapeutic target of future anti-cancer drugs. Project Score, created and maintained by the group of Mathew Garnett at […]
From HT five million euro for young researchers
A programme to make Human Technopole resources and infrastructure available to young researchers at the start of their career, to support them in the development of their scientific activity in Italy. This is the aim of the ECF Programme published today by Human Technopole, the Italian institute for life sciences, organised in collaboration with the […]
Paolo Swuec wins Italian Society of Biochemistry (SIB) Medal 2020
Paolo Swuec Head of Human Technopole’s Cryo-EM Facility was awarded yesterday the Italian Society of Biochemistry Medal 2020 for having played an “important role in the development at national level of the analysis of complex macromolecular structures using Cryo-EM “. Paolo is a biochemist interested in the architectural characterization of cellular and molecular targets using […]
Director Mattaj comments on the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020
Director Iain Mattaj commented the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry: “The Nobel prize awarded to Charpentier and Doudna is very well deserved. CRISPR is a typical example of a discovery which initially seemed interesting to a limited, niche group of scientists studying bacterial evolution. It has since become a fundamental tool for […]
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