Excited to share that our paper is now out in Nature Communications! We explore how CAR affinity influences CAR-T cell sensitivity to PD1/PD-L1 inhibition. Huge congrats to Irene Andreu and Alba Rodríguez for their exceptional work! IDIBAPS Hospital Clínic
doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Happy 10th anniversary InnoPACTT!! Thanks for a fantastic day of presentations and discussions and for all of your support. ⁦Faculté de biologie et de médecine (inactif)⁩ ⁦CHUV / Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois⁩ ⁦Innosuisse⁩

💡NEW study by Pierpaolo Ginefra, Vannini Lab and colleagues, Cancer Research Communications AACR
🌰Read this fascinating study on the promising potential of #Urolithin -A in boosting cancer immunosurveillance!
➡️shorturl.at/gCX26
Ludwig Cancer CHUV / Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois Université de Lausanne NestléHealthScience

Fabulous concert by NNAVY at Cully Jazz Festival!!!!

👩‍🔬🧪 CTI seminar🧫

Today we have a distinguished guest The ICR, Dr Melita Irving (@IrvingMelita) from Oncology UNIL CHUV Ludwig Cancer. A fantastic talk about novel technologies used in T-cell engineering 🧬.

Congrats to Ludwig Institute Scientific Director Chi Van Dang on his receipt of the 2024 AACR-Margaret Foti Award for his pioneering studies on the metabolic and circadian dysfunctions of cancer cells and his notable contributions as a scientific leader. bit.ly/3STtL6i

Anti-competitive practices of 10X genomics have forced Nanostring into chapter 11 restructuring. 10x has initiated litigation against not only Nanostring but also Vizgen, Curio Biosciences and Parse Biosciences. See below for more information:
(genengnews.com/topics/biopers…)…

Terry Fox was a cancer patient who ran 5,373 km across Canada in just 143 days before he died.

Terry thrilled the entire country. His goal was to receive one Canadian dollar for every Canadian in the population (then 24 million people), and he achieved his goal by raising 24.17…

IOTECH aspires to provide a forum for today's leaders in the field of #ImmunoOncology .

We welcome:
➡️pre-clinical/clinical studies
➡️solid/haematological cancers
➡️technological advances that decipher & improve clinical outcomes

Get in touch today!

Wishing Kate and Van all the best in the Krummel lab at UCSF!!! We will miss them so much.

In our new #AskAScientist campaign, we asked Ludwig scientists what we can do to build public support for scientific research. Ludwig Oncology UNIL CHUV’s Melita Irving Melita Irving a emphasizes the importance of reminding people of the fruits of scientific discovery.

The one & only Dr Pedro Romero being honored as the heart & soul of Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer #SITC23 An unwavering commitment to excellence as the founding Editor & one of the best people in our field. Thanks Pedro for your service, drive, mentorship & more!

🎉Congratulations to 2 remarkable women from our department, Johanna Joyce & Solange Peters for being recognized as key opinion leaders in the #oncology field! 🌟 Your dedication and expertise are truly inspiring. 🙌 #LeadersInScience #WomenEmpowerment
CHUV / Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois Université de Lausanne

BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

«Il faut sortir de l’engrenage du par cœur»
𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶, professeure associée à la Faculté de biologie et de médecine (inactif), est devenue la nouvelle vice-directrice académique de l’École de médecine.
Interview ➡️news.unil.ch/display/169441…

DSB UNIL Université de Lausanne CHUV / Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois

📸© Vera Markus

Thoroughly enjoyed the ICLE conference in Munich! Feeling very proud of the posters presented by my group and the fantastic invited short talk by Van Stefanidis (far right) on his PhD work (in revision and at doi: doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…).

🔥NEW STUDY from Greg Verdeil Lab in Nature Immunology on the transcription factor NFAT5 that regulates T cell exhaustion in the context of cancer 🦀 but not during chronic viral🦠infection.
#CancerResearch
🔗nature.com/articles/s4159…
Université de Lausanne Faculté de biologie et de médecine (inactif) Ludwig Cancer CHUV / Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois

SNSF Starting Grants Call 2024 – the SNSF plans to launch the next call on behalf of the Confederation in November 2023. Interested researchers can already start preparing their applications. More information in the autumn.
sohub.io/4skp

Im thrilled to share our new study demonstrating that the induction of mitochondrial recycling rejuvenates the hematopoietic and immune systems #hsc #mitochondria #aging Thanks to Prof. Held Auwerx Lab HoLab Olaia Naveiras Oncology UNIL CHUV Ludwig Cancer
nature.com/articles/s4358…

Thanks to Profs Wilson Wong & Wendell Lim for the kind invitation to contribute this review! This is a really exciting time in the field of cell engineering!!