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Group Leaders

Andrea Cavalli andrea.cavalli@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7234
Petr Cejka petr.cejka@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7127
Roger Geiger roger.geiger@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7134
Santiago González F. santiago.gonzalez@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7226
Fabio Grassi fabio.grassi@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7225
Greta Guarda greta.guarda@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7227
Caroline Junqueira caroline.junqueira@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7138
Maurizio Molinari maurizio.molinari@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7125
Silvia Monticelli silvia.monticelli@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7124
Davide Robbiani Director drobbiani@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7250
Federica Sallusto federica.sallusto@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7135
Mariagrazia Uguccioni Deputy Director mariagrazia.uguccioni@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7250
Luca Varani luca.varani@irb.usi.ch +41 58 666 7224

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Scientists

Ananya Acharya ananya.acharya@irb.usi.ch Scientist +41 58 666 7123
Gaia Antonini gaia.antonini@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7130
Pavle Banovic pavle.banovic@irb.usi.ch Visiting Scientist +41 58 666 7233
Camilla Basso camilla.basso@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7130
Niccolò Bianchi niccolo.bianchi@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7120
Stylianos Bournazos stylianos.bournazos@irb.usi.ch Visiting Scientist +41 58 666 7233
Elda Cannavò Cejka elda.cannavo@irb.usi.ch Scientist +41 58 666 7123
Antonino Cassotta antonino.cassotta@irb.usi.ch Scientist +41 58 666 7131
Valentina Cecchinato valentina.cecchinato@irb.usi.ch Scientist and Human Subjects Research Officer +41 58 666 7232
Ilaria Ceppi ilaria.ceppi@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7123
Maria Rosaria Dello Stritto mariarosaria.dellostritto@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7123
Valentina Ferrari valentina.ferrari@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7131
Ilaria Fregno ilaria.fregno@irb.usi.ch Scientist +41 58 666 7121
Tao Gong tao.gong@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7233
Vaiva Gradauskaite vaiva.gradauskaite@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7233
Concetta Guerra concetta.guerra@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7231
Jessica Guerra jessica.guerra@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7223
Hanif Javanmard Khameneh hanif.javanmard@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7223
Irene Latino irene.latino@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7222
Cristina Leoni cristina.leoni@irb.usi.ch Scientist +41 58 666 7120
Veronica Martini veronica.martini@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7232
Miloš Matković milos.matkovic@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7231
Valentina Mengoli valentina.mengoli@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7123
Jonathan Muri jonathan.muri@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7233
Ganesh Phad ganesh.phad@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7131
Lucie Podešvová lucie.podesvova@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7233
Giordano Reginato giordano.reginato@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7123
Melissa Robbiani melissa.robbiani@irb.usi.ch Scientific Consultant
Mélanie Rogier melanie.rogier@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 71 30
Mara Cetty Spinella mara.spinella@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7120
Einar Sulheim einar.sulheim@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7130
Benedetta Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli benedetta.terziroli@irb.usi.ch Visiting Scientist +41 58 666 7131
Marcus Thelen marcus.thelen@irb.usi.ch Scientific Consultant +41 58 666 7137
Pedro Ventura pedro.ventura@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7223
Tommaso Virgilio tommaso.virgilio@irb.usi.ch Postdoc +41 58 666 7222
Jesse Zalatan jesse.zalatan@irb.usi.ch Visiting Scientist +41 58 666 7130
Giada Zoppi giada.zoppi@irb.usi.ch Scientist +41 58 666 7130

Research Specialists

Arianna Capucetti arianna.capucetti@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist +41 58 666 7222
Corinne De Gregorio corinne.degregorio@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist +41 58 666 7131
Elisa Fasana elisa.fasana@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist +41 58 666 7121
Federico Mele federico.mele@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist +41 58 666 7131
Matteo Pecoraro matteo.pecoraro@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager and Research Specialist +41 58 666 7060
Mattia Pedotti mattia.pedotti@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist +41 58 666 7220
Jacopo Sgrignani jacopo.sgrignani@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist +41 58 666 7231
Luca Simonelli luca.simonelli@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist +41 58 666 7220
Laura Terzaghi laura.terzaghi@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist and Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7423
Daniela Vaqueirinho daniela.vaqueirinho@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist +41 58 666 7131
Alessandro Zenobi alessandro.zenobi@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist +41 58 666 7223

Students

Victoria Barbarasa victoria.barbarasa@irb.usi.ch Master Student +41 58 666 7233
Natalie Bertarelli natalie.bertarelli@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7130
Filippo Bianchini filippo.bianchini@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7233
Chiraz Boucherit chiraz.boucherit@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7220
Stefan Braunshier stefan.braunshier@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7123
Fabienne Brunschwiler fabienne.brunschwiler@irb.usi.ch Master Student +41 58 666 7223
Irene Buzzago irene.buzzago@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7223
Andrea Casagranda andrea.casagranda@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7130
Margherita Cattaneo margherita.cattaneo@irb.usi.ch Master Student +41 58 666 7130
Tomás Cervantes Rincón tomas.cervantes@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7233
Kamil Chahine kamil.chahine@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7222
Virginia Crivelli virginia.crivelli@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7233
Alessandra De Felice alessandra.defelice@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7130
Benedetta De Ponte Conti benedetta.deponteconti@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7221
Marco Fabbro marco.fabbro@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7121
Elena Foli elena.foli@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7120
Alice Galante alice.galante@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7131
Elaheh Ghovehoud elaheh.ghovehoud@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7232
Carolin Hoefner carolin.hoefner@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7121
Akshay Jayachandran akshay.jayachandran@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7123
Marika Kucińska marika.kucinska@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7121
Marian Abigaile Manongdo marian.manongdo@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7120
Chiara Molho chiara.molho@irb.usi.ch Master Student +41 58 666 7120
Annamaria Molinario annamaria.molinario@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7232
Diego Morone diego.morone@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager and PhD Student +41 58 666 7039
Mehrpouya Mostanfar mehrpouya.mostanfar@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7120
Surender Nakka surender.nakka@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7223
Philipp Nawrath philipp.nawrath@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7131
Julia Neumann julia.neumann@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7130
Lorenzo Petrini lorenzo.petrini@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7130
Chiara Pizzichetti chiara.pizzichetti@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7222
Alain Pulfer alain.pulfer@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7222
Louis Renner Louis.renner@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7222
Megha Roy megha.roy@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7123
Mikhail Rudinskiy mikhail.rudinskiy@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7121
Giulia Saronio giulia.saronio@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7130
Issam Senoussi issam.senoussi@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7123
Gloria Stoll gloria.stoll@irb.usi.ch Master Student +41 58 666 7223
Elia Tamagnini elia.tamagnini@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7220
Ian Vogel ian.vogel@irb.usi.ch PhD Student +41 58 666 7130

Research Technicians

Jasmine Cantergiani jasmine.cantergiani@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7233
Benedetta Cena benedetta.cena@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7233
Matteo Ciccaldo matteo.ciccaldo@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7130
Gabriela Danelon - Sargenti gabriela.danelon@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7232
Blanca Maria Fernandez blanca.fernandez@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7131
Carmela Galli Molinari carmela.galli@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7121
Hetong Gao hetong.gao@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7233
Sandra Jovic sandra.jovic@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7131
Gaia Rezzonico gaia.rezzonico@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 71 21
Tanja Rezzonico Jost tanja.rezzonico@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7221
Tatiana Soldà tatiana.solda@irb.usi.ch Research Technician +41 58 666 7121
Shikha Thakur shikha.thakur@irb.usi.ch Research Technician and Support Services +41 58 666 7036

Interns

Maria Isabel Alonso Sánchez isabel.alonso@irb.usi.ch Stage +41 58 666 7232
Beatrice Bottacchiari beatrice.bottacchiari@irb.usi.ch Stage +41 58 666 7232
Asja Cera asja.cera@irb.usi.ch Stage +41 58 666 7130
Elodie Della Valle elodie.dellavalle@irb.usi.ch Stage +41 58 666 7221
Tristan Gasparetto tristan.gasparetto@irb.usi.ch Stage +41 58 666 7233
Francesca Silini francesca.silini@irb.usi.ch Stage +41 58 666 7223

Bioinformatics

Simone Moro simone.moro@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager +41 58 666 7231

Comparative Biology

Ghassan Bahnan ghassan.bahnan@irb.usi.ch Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7420
Sara Cusumano sara.cusumano@irb.usi.ch Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7421
Michael Di Iorio michael.diiorio@irb.usi.ch Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7420
Toma Kobkyn toma.kobkyn@irb.usi.ch Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7420
Matteo Lanni matteo.lanni@irb.usi.ch Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7420
Sara Maffei sara.maffei@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager, Scientific Support Officer, and Data Protection Officer +41 58 666 7422
Davide Manfredini davide.manfredini@irb.usi.ch Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7420
Valentina Mantovani valentina.mantovani@irb.usi.ch Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7030
Paolo Ronchetti paolo.ronchetti@irb.usi.ch Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7030
Laura Terzaghi laura.terzaghi@irb.usi.ch Research Specialist and Animal Caretaker +41 58 666 7423

Electron Microscopy

Andrea Raimondi andrea.raimondi@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager

Flow Cytometry

David Jarrossay david.jarrossay@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager +41 58 666 7033

Mass Spectrometry

Matteo Pecoraro matteo.pecoraro@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager and Research Specialist +41 58 666 7060

Microscopy

Diego Morone diego.morone@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager and PhD Student +41 58 666 7039

Protein Production

Roshan Thakur roshan.thakur@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager +41 58 666 7036
Shikha Thakur shikha.thakur@irb.usi.ch Research Technician and Support Services +41 58 666 7036

Animal Welfare

Melania Osto melania.osto@irb.usi.ch Animal Welfare Officer and Designated Veterinarian +41 58 666 7032

Data Protection and Human Subjects Research

Valentina Cecchinato valentina.cecchinato@irb.usi.ch Scientist and Human Subjects Research Officer +41 58 666 7232
Sara Maffei sara.maffei@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager, Scientific Support Officer, and Data Protection Officer +41 58 666 7422

Biosafety

Gabriella Orlando gabriella.orlando@irb.usi.ch Deputy Biosafety Officer +41 58 666 7015
Mariagrazia Uguccioni mariagrazia.uguccioni@irb.usi.ch Deputy Director, Group Leader, and Biosafety Officer +41 58 666 7250

Grant Office

Maryse Letiembre maryse.letiembre@irb.usi.ch Grant Officer +41 58 666 7019
Elisa Randi elisa.randi@irb.usi.ch Grant Officer +41 58 666 7020

Scientific Support

Sara Maffei sara.maffei@irb.usi.ch Facility Manager, Scientific Support Officer, and Data Protection Officer +41 58 666 7422

Technical Support

Ronnie Baccalà ronnie.baccala@irb.usi.ch Support Services +41 58 666 7072
Gabriele Bernasconi gabriele.bernasconi@irb.usi.ch Support Services +41 58 666 7073
Tiago Guedes Saavedra tiago.guedes@irb.usi.ch Technical Support Manager +41 58 666 7070
Lisa Pasteris lisa.pasteris@irb.usi.ch Support Services +41 58 666 7076
Shikha Thakur shikha.thakur@irb.usi.ch Research Technician and Support Services +41 58 666 7036

IT Support (USI)

Nicola Bianchini ITsupport.be@usi.ch IT Services +41 58 666 7051
Andrea Dellavia ITsupport.be@usi.ch IT Services +41 58 666 7051
Ivano Di Remigio ITsupport.be@usi.ch IT Services +41 58 666 7051
Daniele Fenaroli ITsupport.be@usi.ch IT Services +41 58 666 7051

Technology Transfer (USI)

Alice Daldini alice.daldini@irb.usi.ch Legal assistance - Contract review (MTA and NDA) +41 58 666 4522
Andrea Foglia andrea.foglia@usi.ch Technology Transfer Manager +41 58 666 4522

Administration

Samy Abou El Magd samy.abou@irb.usi.ch Administration +41 58 666 7000
Simona Bariffi Butti simona.bariffi@irb.usi.ch Administration +41 58 666 7000
Fosca Bognuda fosca.bognuda@irb.usi.ch Administration +41 58 666 7005
Sara Ciaramellari sara.ciaramellari@irb.usi.ch Human Resources Officer +41 58 666 7008
Franziska Lupatini franziska.lupatini@irb.usi.ch Administration +41 58 666 7000
Jelena Markovic-Jovic jelena.markovic@irb.usi.ch Administration +41 58 666 7001
Elena Napolione elena.napolione@irb.usi.ch Administration +41 58 666 7000
Andrea Nava andrea.nava@irb.usi.ch Assistant to the Direction and Responsible for the communication +41 58 666 7250
Sarah Reist sarah.reist@irb.usi.ch Administration +41 58 666 7002
Jessica Roberti Zanellato jessica.roberti@irb.usi.ch Administration +41 58 666 7003
Gabriella Tièche-Ratti gabriella.tieche@irb.usi.ch Human Resources Officer +41 58 666 7007
Guido Turati guido.turati@irb.usi.ch Administrative Consultant +41 58 666 7005