Welcome to Diego

Diego López León received his Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Berne in 2013. In his Master thesis, he focused on bone marrow stromal cells and their role in CML in the lab of Prof. Adrian Ochsenbein at the DKF/ Inselspital Berne. After that, he worked as Research Assistant at the University of Fribourg, exploring the biology of cytotoxic T-cells and cytotoxic proteins against pathogenic bacteria. Diego joined the Corn lab as a technical expert in February 2021, working on HSCs gene editing. His research interests include gene editing on monogenic diseases, as well as the potential use of CRISPR/Cas9 system to treat cancer.

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March 7, 2023

Congratulations to Mandy on the Innosuisse grant!

Mandy was awarded the Innosuisse Innovation grant to fund her translational work on developing gene therapies for hereditary blood diseases. This grant ...

January 23, 2023

Welcome to Alessandra!

Alessandra Albertelli received her Master’s degree in Medical Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine from the University of Milan in 2017. In her Master’s...

December 9, 2022

Welcome back Martina!

Martina received her MSc in Biology from ETH Zurich in September 2022. She worked in the Corn lab, focusing on the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in...

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