Seminars
MOSE - Monday Seminars on DNA Metabolism and Cancer

Seminar series organized by the IMCR, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Lorenza Penengo
13.01.2025 13:00 |
Ludovic Deriano, Department of Immunology, Department of Genomes & Genetics, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Location: Y80 F101 Host: Massimo Lopes |
Physiopathological DNA double-strand break repair in immune and cancer cells | |
24.03.2025 13:00 |
Andreas Kóbor, Unitectra, CH Location: Y80 F101 Host: Alessandro Sartori |
IP rocks! Seven deadly sins of an inventor... | |
05.05.2025 13:00 |
Jessica Downs, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK Location: Y80 F101 Host: Lorenza Penengo |
SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling, G quadruplexes, and genome stability | |
30.06.2025 13:00 |
Lumir Krejci, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Location: Y80 F101 Host: Pavel Janscak |
Homologous Recombination – From repair of DSBs to processing stalled replication forks and human diseases | |
07.07.2025 13:00 |
Maria Moriel-Carretero, CRBM, Centre for Biochemical and Macromolecular Research, Montpellier, France Location: Y80 F101 Host: Massimo Lopes |
DNA Damage Response compartmentalization by membranes... or how lipids modulate genome stability | |
22.09.2025 13:00 |
Raffaella Di Micco, San Raffaele Institute for Gene Therapy, Milano, Italy Location: Y80 F101 Host: Lorenza Penengo |
TBD | |
25.09.2025 15:00 |
Markus Gerhard, Technical University of Munich, Germany Location: Y80 F101 Host: Anne Müller |
Helicobacter pylori, immunity and gastrointestinal cancer | |
13.10.2025 13:00 |
Andre Nussenzweig, Chief, Laboratory of Genome Integrity, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA Location: Y80 F101 Host: Massimo Lopes |
DNA damage and repair in mitotic vs. post mitotic cells | |
20.10.2025 13:00 |
Giovanni Germano, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy Location: Y80 F101 Host: Alessandro Sartori |
TBD | |
27.10.2025 13:00 |
Ketan J Patel, Director MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, UK Location: Y80 F101 Host: Massimo Lopes |
How endogenous DNA damage shapes blood as we age | |
24.11.2025 13:00 |
Pei-Chi Wei, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany Location: Y80 F101 Host: Pavel Janscak |
TBD | |
TBD 13:00 |
Daniele Fachinetti, Institut Curie, Paris, France Location: Y80 F101 Host: Lorenza Penengo |
Causes and consequences of centromeric instability |
Previous seminars:
For further information contact Lorenza Penengo
RRR events

RRR events are coordinated by Prof. Dr. Alessandro Sartori
RRR Meetings will be held at the Irchel Campus (on-site only), followed by Drinks/Food at IMCR
2025
30.01.2025 18:00 - 19:30 |
Sven Rottenberg, Hana Hanzlikova Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), UniBE |
Location: Y80 F101 | |
26.06.2025 18:00 - 19:30 |
Lorenza Penengo Institute of Molecular Cancer Research (IMCR), UZH |
Location: Y80 F101 | |
25.09.2025 18:00 - 19:30 |
Alessandro Sartori Institute of Molecular Cancer Research (IMCR), UZH |
Location: Y80 F101 | |
30.10.2025 18:00 - 19:30 |
Joachim Lingner Molecular and cellular biology, EPFL |
Location: Y80 F101 | |
27.11.2025 18:00 - 19:30 |
Massimo Lopes Institute of Molecular Cancer Research (IMCR), UZH |
Location: Y80 F101 |
Previous seminars:
For further information contact Alessandro Sartori