Our Projects:

International Alliances:

STREP:  EU Specific Targeted Research Project                                                        

  • DC-VACC (completed)
    "Dendritc cells as natural adjuvants for novel vaccine technologies"
    project summary
  • MM-TB (completed)
    "Molecular markers of m.tuberculosis early interaction with host phagocytes"
  • MOLSTROKE (completed)
    “Molecular basis of vascular events leading to thrombotic stroke”
  • Tolerage (ongoing)
    “Normalisation of immune reactivity in old age – from basic mechanisms to clinical application”
  • AIDS-CoVAC (ongoing)
    “Generation of a coronavirus−based multigene AIDS vaccine and evaluation in a preclinical SIV model”
  • FIGHT-MG (starting January 2010)
    "Myasthenias, a group of immune mediated neurological
    diseases: from etiology to therapy."

NoE:  EU Networks of Excellence

  •  DC-THERA (ongoing)
    "Dendritic cells for novel immunotherapies"
  • MUGEN
    "Integrated functional genomics in mutant mouse models as tools to investigate the complexity of human immunological disease"

RTN–Research Training Network, Marie Curie Programme

National Alliances

  • MIUR - FIRB – Ministry of University Instruction and Research, Fund for the Investment in Basic Research
    “Nuovi recettori e mediatori dell'immunità innata”
  • Fondazione Cariplo (completed)
    “Sviluppo di piattaforme di genomica funzionale e di bioinformatica finalizzate all'immunoterapia e alla diagnostica molecolare”
  • Ministry of Health
    “Malattie mitochondriali: screening diagnostico ad alta efficienza di geni malattia e identificazione di geni modulatori”