Mandy received the BRIDGE Proof-of-Concept grant for her research on hemoglobin diseases. The BRIDGE programme is jointly offered by the Swiss National ...
Martina received her BSc degree in Biochemistry at the Imperial College London, graduating in July 2020. She joined the Corn Lab in February 2022 and her Master...
Martina received her BSc degree in Biochemistry at the Imperial College London, graduating in July 2020. She joined the Corn Lab in February 2022 and her Master thesis involves using genome engineering and interaction proteomics to study the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in neurodevelopmental disorders. Her research interests include protein quality control, functional genomics, tissue repair and neurobiology.
Simone received his Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology in 2020, from the Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy. He joined the Corn Lab in July ...
Simone received his Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology in 2020, from the Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy. He joined the Corn Lab in July 2021 and his research interest involves understanding overall cell biology and how disbalances in fundamental molecular processes cause diseases. He seeks to engage in translational medicine, to contribute developing novel functional therapeutic treatments.
Sam received his Bachelor’s degree in Health Science and Technology from ETH Zürich in 2021. He joined the Corn Lab as a Master student in May 2021 working on ...
Sam received his Bachelor’s degree in Health Science and Technology from ETH Zürich in 2021. He joined the Corn Lab as a Master student in May 2021 working on a CRISPR-based approach to validate and functionally characterise regulators and receptors involved in ER-phagy. His research interests include genome engineering, functional genomics, cancer and neuropathy.
One of our postdocs, Amos Liang, will be setting up his own research group at the Medical Research Council-Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit...
One of our postdocs, Amos Liang, will be setting up his own research group at the Medical Research Council-Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU) at the University of Dundee in June 2022. His group will expand on his previous work to understand the mechanisms and physiological roles of endoplasmic reticulum turnover via autophagy using CRISPR-based gene editing and genome-wide screening technology, fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), mass spectrometry, fluorescence microscopy, and biochemical studies. We wish him all the best and we are excited for what the future holds for his new lab!
For more information on the research focus of Amos’ group, please visit here.
Dani received the Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation and her research goals are to develop new technologies that advance our understanding...
Dani received the Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation and her research goals are to develop new technologies that advance our understanding of fundamental biology, as well as increase the safety and efficacy of gene editing in human cells. She plans to approach this in two ways. First, how does chromatin state affect CRISPR-Cas activity at a single cell level? Second, can we manipulate the chromatin landscape to increase gene-editing strategies?
Congratulations to Mandy and team for winning the audience vote at the ETH 3Pi Pitch Competition, where ETH Pioneer Fellows pitched their projects to an audience...
Congratulations to Mandy and team for winning the audience vote at the ETH 3Pi Pitch Competition, where ETH Pioneer Fellows pitched their projects to an audience of 100 people in the startup community: https://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/eth-zurich-awards-best-pitches
Our lab retreat for 2021 was held in Zermatt, in view of the Matterhorn. We spent the first day doing extemporaneous speed talks (3 minutes maximum!) and discussing...
Our lab retreat for 2021 was held in Zermatt, in view of the Matterhorn. We spent the first day doing extemporaneous speed talks (3 minutes maximum!) and discussing lab business like scientific directions, funding, and teaching. Plenty of free time in the evening, and a nice dinner with the lab and family. On the second day we finished up the formal program with more speed talks (any topic, just try to incorporate what you learned from the first session) and an overview of ETH’s rETHink project.
It was wonderful to have everyone together in a beautiful and relaxing setting. More pictures from the retreat are here.
We are excited to share the news that Eric Aird and John Fielden were both awarded EMBO long-term fellowships, which support excellent postdoctoral researchers...
We are excited to share the news that Eric Aird and John Fielden were both awarded EMBO long-term fellowships, which support excellent postdoctoral researchers throughout Europe and the world. Congratulations both!
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