Geneva Centre for Inflammation Research
@GCIR_Unige
Scientific partnership between the @UNIGEnews & @hug_ge to create better experimental treatments and bring them to the clinic Our news: http://bit.ly/3cjcTEo.
📢Save the Date! The GCIR Annual Symposium is back – 2 Oct 2025, Louis Jeantet Auditorium, Geneva! 🧬 A day of cutting-edge inflammation research, global speakers & collaborative science Registration opens in September – stay tuned! #GCIR2025 #Immunology bit.ly/44Jonsg
Don't miss the webinar about ERC! July 10 - 15:00! @unige_en #researchgva
Are you new to ERC grants? Find out about the ERC grant application and evaluation process during a live webinar on 10 July at 15:00 CEST. This webinar is tailored to researchers who are just starting out in their attempt to get an ERC grant. Watch 👉 europa.eu/!3rGdWB
❗️The seminar we announced this morning for tomorrow has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Apologies for the inconvenience, and thank you for understanding. Updates to follow.
JOIN US TOMORROW! Controlled Human Infection Studies for #Pneumonia #Vaccine Research & Development Pr Daniela Ferreira, University of Oxford @UniofOxford UK CMU - Reverdin Auditorium at 12:30 Friday 4 July 2025 unige.ch/medecine/gcir/… @unige_en @UNIGEnews @gcevd @MIMOL_UNIGE
JOIN US TOMORROW! Controlled Human Infection Studies for #Pneumonia #Vaccine Research & Development Pr Daniela Ferreira, University of Oxford @UniofOxford UK CMU - Reverdin Auditorium at 12:30 Friday 4 July 2025 unige.ch/medecine/gcir/… @unige_en @UNIGEnews @gcevd @MIMOL_UNIGE
Breakthrough in Calcium Signaling! A GCIR research team, led by Pr Nicolas Demaurex, has developed #CaMPScreen, a powerful new screening system that identifies genes regulating #CalciumSignaling in cells. Full bit.ly/45HioGp Summary bit.ly/4k8iY3m @unige_en
New study: #Flu virus develops resistance fast, except to #oseltamivir. Even combo therapies can’t fully stop it. More robust #antivirals are urgently needed! Read it in #AntiviralResearch Summary: unige.ch/medecine/gcir/… Full: doi.org/10.1016/j.anti…
A mutation in oncostatin M causes severe bone marrow failure. First report linking OSM to human blood disease. Read more in JCI! By Pr. Julien Bertrand et al. Full jci.org/articles/view/… Summary unige.ch/medecine/gcir/… #Hematology #BloodDisorder #BoneMarrowFailure #OncostatinM
Good news! 🎉 The abstract submission deadline has been extended to July 1st. Don’t miss your chance to submit!
🔬 Don’t miss Prof. Stefan Feske (@nyulangone) at @unige_en on June 20! 🕚 11:00 AM, Renold Auditorium, CMU 🧪 “Discovery of novel ion channels and transporters regulating T & B cell function” 🥪 Sandwiches after the talk! 🔗 bit.ly/43ViK9S #Immunology #CRACchannels
Excited to host Prof. Petra Bacher (Kiel University) this Friday, June 6, at 12:15! Talk: “Anti-fungal immunity in humans: at the intersection of protection and inflammatory disease” 📍A Reverdin CMU @unige_en #TCells #Immunology #Inflammation #IBD bit.ly/43t27Dx
🎉 #PATIM Retreat 2025!🛶 Pathology & #Immunology dept. gathered in Annecy for 2 days of science, talks, posters, sailing & rock & roll! 🏆Congrats to awardees: @bennifiordi, Liqing Cheng, Mehdi Hicham, Laure Garnier & @ghazal_shammas! @unige_en Faculty of Medicine
📢 PhD Defence Alert! Mariana Alcocer Bonifaz defends her thesis on cross-protection against avian #influenza June 10, 10:00 CMU B02.2526 UNDERSTANDING ANTIBODY MEDIATED MECHANISMS OF CROSSPROTECTION AGAINST HETEROSUBTYPIC INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTIONS bit.ly/4kHwLPf
Join our #SYIS Annual Symposium followed by the SSAI Congress in Lausanne in August!🧪🧬🧫 Abstract deadlines: SYIS June 1 | SSAI April 29 syis-ecr.org/annual-symposi… @y_efis
Thrilled to welcome Dr Manel Mejbri, Pediatric Rheumatologist at @hug_ge as a Guest Member at @GCIR_Unige! 🎉 Her expertise in #JuvenileArthritis & autoinflammatory diseases will boost our mission to advance #inflammation research. #PediatricRheumatology unige.ch/medecine/gcir/…
What is the current evidence base for #measles #vaccination earlier than 9 months of age? GCIR Pr Arnaud Didierlaurent participated in the report from an informal technical consultation of the World Health Organization @WHO @GCIR_Unige @gcevd @unige_en doi.org/10.1016/j.vacc…
A new study by GCIR @merkler_lab found that IL-33 helps sustain brain-attacking T cells in MS. Blocking it offers a new treatment strategy! #MultipleSclerosis #Autoimmunity #Neuroimmunology Full doi.org/10.1084/jem.20… Summary bit.ly/4mmGmMZ @unige_en @hug_ge
🧬Upcoming Seminar – Vascular Inflammation: Pr Yvonne Döring, University of Bern! 📅 Friday May 23 🕐 12:15 📍CMU Reverdin 🔗unige.ch/medecine/gcir/… #Atherosclerosis #Immunology #VascularBiology #Chemokines #CardioVascularDisease #Immunity #WomenInScience @unige_en @UNIGEnews
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📣 Join us for the GCIR Seminar on #Microbiology & #Immunology of Respiratory Tract Infections! 🗓 Friday 16 May 2025 | 🕛 12:00–13:45 📍 CMU, Boymond Auditorium | 🥐 Snacks at 11:30 Talks on #aging, #CRISPRi & #PhageTherapy bit.ly/4jaFuJl
👋UNIGE students, post-docs, and early career researchers: Pitch your innovative idea to @Falling_Walls Lab Western Switzerland on July 3! ⚠️Sign up until May 25, 2025 📋More info: falling-walls.com/projects/lab/a… ✅Get inspired and apply now falling-walls.com/falling-walls-… @unige_en
NEWS from the GCIR about #TCell mediated #neurodegeneration! Read about the mechanisms behind #AutoimmuneEncephalitis cases where the immune response targets intracellular #antigens Summary: bit.ly/43qXgTb Full: doi.org/10.1007/s00401… @unige_en @hug_ge @DiLibertoMD
