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Newsletter Issue 08

Department of Biomedicine Newsletter No. 8

We are pleased to announce the release of the eight edition of our DBM Newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading it!
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Two TANDEM Grants with a strong focus on translational research to the Department of Biomedicine (Jeker Lab and Bentires-Alj Lab)

We are delighted that this year, the ISREC Foundation awarded two of our research group leaders with a TANDEM grant, enabling scientists and clinicians to work together to translate from basic research findings into novel cancer therapies…
Professor Dr. Judith Zaugg

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Welcome to the Team – Judith Zaugg Lab!

Professor Dr. Judith Zaugg has been heading a prominent research group at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). She has been appointed as Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Basel and will lead the group…
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Advancing T Cell Therapy for EBV-Related Diseases (Khanna Lab)

T cell therapies offer significant potential in treating hematological cancers, viral infections, and autoimmune diseases. During differentiation, T cells evolve from stem cell memory T cells (TSCMs) to more differentiated forms, with TSCMs…
Mertz Lab

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Discovery and description of the first human circovirus infection in Switzerland (Mertz Lab)

We would like to congratulate Professor Kirsten Mertz and her team on their study on human Circovirus 1 (HCirV-1), now published in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Their research documents the second reported circovirus-associated hepatitis…