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We are pleased to welcome Pr Christoph Scheiermann as a new faculty member of iGE3.

Christoph Scheiermann is an associate professor at the Department of Pathology and Immunology of the Faculty of Medicine. His research focuses on circadian rhythms in the immune response and neural control of the immune system. His group develops novel therapeutic leads to target the immune system in a rhythmic manner such as in the case of vaccinations. For the aspect of neural control, they investigate how central as well as peripheral nervous system (CNS/PNS) responses influence immune cell behavior in peripheral tissues.

Silvia Arber, Professor
Biozentrum, University of Basel
& Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI)
Basel, Switzerland

Monday, January 16, 2023 - 12 h 15
CMU - Auditorium Albert Renold / B01.2426, building B, 1st floor

• Access is free.
• The conference will be followed by an aperitif.
• Host: Christian Lüscher, Department of Basic Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine
• Information: Nadia Fraefel, iGE3 administration

It is our pleasure to welcome Pre Ivana Gasic as a new faculty member of iGE3.

Ivana Gasic is an assistant professor at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Faculty of Science. Her lab challenges the central dogma postulating that regulation of gene expression and protein quantity is a unidirectional process. The goal of her team is to dissect the molecular mechanisms that govern tubulin protein quantity control using biochemical and structural approaches, transcriptomics, and genome-wide screening. To address the functional aspects of protein quantity control, they deploy fluorescent imaging of mammalian cultured cells.

We are pleased to welcome Pre Kimberly Kline as a new faculty member of iGE3.

Kimberly Kline is a full professor at the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine. She is interested in the pathogenesis of biofilm-associated infections. In her research she applies a variety of genetic and genomic approaches to interrogate both monomicrobial and polymicrobial Enterococcus faecalis biofilm pathogenesis, including transposon screens in vitro and in vivo using animal models and transposon-sequencing.

We are pleased to welcome Pre Valérie Schwitzgebel as a new faculty member of iGE3.

Valérie Schwitzgebel is an assistant professor at the Department of Paediatrics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics of the Faculty of Medicine, and an assistant physician at the Development and Growth Division of the Geneva University Hospitals where she leads the Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Unit. Her research focuses on the genetic basis of diabetes mellitus. Her laboratory investigates subtypes of diabetes mellitus by applying whole exome and genome sequencing in cohorts of children and adults; newly identified genes are then charactzerized using in vitro and in vivo models. Genetically instructed precision diagnosis of diabetes type 1 will further allow optimizing treatment to improve metabolic control and quality of life.

It is our pleasure to welcome Pre Pei-Hsuan (Xuan) Wu as a new faculty member of iGE3.

Pei-Hsuan (Xuan) Wu is an assistant professor at the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development of the Faculty of Medicine. She is interested in the paternal contribution of PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) to early mouse embryogenesis. Her lab aims to understand the mechanism underlying the intergenerational role of paternal piRNAs and gain insight into how fathers impact the offspring through epigenetic mechanisms.