Institute of Cell Biology

The Institute of Cell Biology performs cutting-edge research in molecular and cell biology to study a wide variety of topics that include Host Pathogen Interactions, Systems Biology, Epigenetics, Organelle Biogenesis and Developmental processes.

September 18, 2024

12:30

Institute of Cell BIology l Baltzerstrasse 4 I room C161, first floor l 3012 Bern

Alberto Cornet-Gomez

"Interactome of Trypanosoma cruzi Extracellular Vesicles and Immune Complexes (EVs-IgG) with Host Cells: Implications in the Pathology of Chagas Disease"

visiting scientist with Lentini Lab

September 23, 2024

11:15 − 12:15

Institute of Cell BIology l Baltzerstrasse 4 I Room C161, 1st Floor l 3012 Bern

Prof. Pascal Mäser

New drugs for Chagas disease: cidal action needed!

Invited by Dr. Gaëlle Lentini and Prof. Torsten Ochsenreiter

microbial cell journal

Expansion of metabolically labelled endocytic organelles and cytoskeletal cell structures in Giardia lamblia using optimised U- ExM protocols

A collaboration between the Faso and Ochsenreiter labs from the IZB now published in Microbial Cell. Congratulations to the three PhD students, Clirim Jetishi, Erina Balmer and Bianca Berger who spearheaded this project and present an ..."optimised, shortened, and modular protocol that can be swiftly adjusted to the investigators needs in this important protozoan model organism”.

Faso & Ochsenreiter - Lab collaboration

EMBO journal

from our Ambizione fellow Gaëlle Lentini elucidating the mechanism of cellular abscission in Toxoplasma gondii

They identified a set of five proteins crucial for the buildup of the plasma membrane at the division plane, ensuring the successful completion of cytokinesis.

Lentini - Lab