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Advanced Course from March 31 to April 11

The advanced course “Mechanisms and Pathways Controlling Nuclear and Genome Integrity” will be held at the Institute of Molecular Genetics “Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza” as part of the PhD Program in Genetics, Molecular, and Cellular Biology, from March 31 to April 11, 2025. Download

Giovanni Maga has left us

Professor Giovanni Maga, Director of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the CNR and former Director of the Institute of Molecular Genetics “Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza”, passed away in the late afternoon of Saturday, March 22, 2025. He was 59 years old. Giovanni Maga’s life was deeply connected with that of our institute, where he began […]

Asilomar 1975-2025: A seminar with Prof. Francesco Cassata

The seminar Asilomar 1975-2025: EMBO, EMBL and the Politics of Scientific Expertise, initially scheduled for February 27, will take place on Friday, March 14. The seminar will be held by Prof. Francesco Cassata (University of Genoa and Centro Linceo “B. Segre” – Rome). The event is scheduled for 11:30 AM in the “Arturo Falaschi” conference […]

Prof. Marco Foiani at DBB

On Wednesday, February 5, at 11:00 AM, Professor Marco Foiani, Director of the IGM-CNR, will hold a seminar in the “Jucci” Conference Room of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology Lazzaro Spallanzani (Via Adolfo Ferrata, 9, 27100 Pavia PV). The seminar will focus on “Mechanisms Controlling Nuclear and Genome Integrity.” PDF Download

IGM Retreat 2025

Three days of discussions and planning to shape the institute’s activities The staff of the “Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza” Institute of Molecular Genetics participated in the annual retreat, which took place at the “La Bellotta” center in Pontenure (PC) from January 20 to 22, 2025. The institute’s director, Prof. Marco Foiani, outlined the future challenges, focusing […]

The study that “protects” cells

How aging is slowed down Scientists and the Age-It project, coordinated by the University of Florence with PNRR funds The Italian newspaper “Corriere della Sera” published an article on January 13, 2025 about the Age-It project. “We are not searching for the elixir of life. Our goal is to delay senescence, viewing it as a […]

IGM Guest Seminars: Ohad Medalia

Lamins: Thin Filaments with Broad Impact   Ohad Medalia, PhD Full Professor, University of Zurich   When: 10:30-11:30 pm, Wednesday, December 4th 2024 Where: CNR-IGM Bologna 

IGM Guest Seminars – Massimiliano Pagani

Know Your Enemy: Unraveling the Gene Regulatory Networks of Tumor-Infiltrating CD4+   Massimiliano Pagani, PhD IFOM – Istituto Fondazione di Oncologia Molecolare ETS   When: 12.00-1 pm, Wednesday, December 4th 2024 Where: Aula Falaschi, Ground floor, Institute of Molecular Genetics  Via Abbiategrasso 207, Pavia (Entrance in Via Ferrata 9, Campus “La Nave”, University of Pavia […]

IGM-GUEST SEMINAR SERIES: Andrea Ciliberto

Why are tubulins different? Andrea Ciliberto, PhD IFOM – Istituto Fondazione di Oncologia Molecolare ETS   When: 12.00-1 pm, Wednesday, October 23st 2024 Where: Aula Falaschi, Ground floor, Institute of Molecular Genetics  Via Abbiategrasso 207, Pavia (Entrance in Via Ferrata 9, Campus “La Nave”, University of Pavia

IGM Guest Seminars – M di Antonio

Individual G-quadruplex targeting with chemically functionalised CRISPR-Cas9 uncovers ligand-specific biological responses   Marco di Antonio, PhD Imperial College London, Department of Chemistry, London, UK When: 12.00-1 pm, Monday, October 21st 2024 Where: Aula Falaschi, Ground floor, Institute of Molecular Genetics  Via Abbiategrasso 207, Pavia (Entrance in Via Ferrata 9, Campus “La Nave”, University of Pavia)