Department of Biochemistry

Leçon d'adieu de la Prof. Béatrice Desvergne
Le Centre intégratif de génomique de l'UNIL a le plaisir d'annoncer la Leçon d'adieu pour le départ à la retraite de Béatrice Desvergne, professeure honoraire et ancienne Doyenne de la FBM. Cet événement aura lieu le vendredi 6 septembre 2019, 16h30, Génopode C, UNIL-Sorge.

TLR2 signalling on non-hematopoietic cells induces neutrophil recruitment after...
In a new paper published in The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, the group of Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier describe a crucial role for TLR2-expressing nonhematopoietic skin cells in the recruitment of the first wave of neutrophils after L.eishmania major infection, a process that delays disease control.

Three FBM awards for the Department of Biochemistry
FBM awards have been attributed to Prof. Petr Broz, Prof. Margot Thome and Dr. Pascal Schneider of the Department of Biochemistry.

Not so silently deadly
In a new paper published in EMBO J, the Broz lab shows how caspases-8 and -9, previously associated with the immunologically silent cell death apoptosis, cause cell lysis and inflammation.