Dr. Gea Cereghetti - Group Leader

  • Research interests: Protein conformational changes in physiology, disease, and stress responses. Keywords: Protein phase separation and aggregation; Reversible, functional amyloids; Stress responses; Metabolic regulation; Aging; Immune responses.
  • Education: PhD, ETH Zürich; Postdoctoral research, University of Cambridge;
  • Favorite saying: “The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it.” – Richard Feynman
  • Favorite activities outside the lab: Travelling, Skiing, Learning languages
  • Dream benchmate: Marie Curie (with proper radiation shielding) and Rita Levi-Montalcini

Tamara Carsana - PhD Student

  • Research interests: Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying complex human diseases, with a particular focus on immunology, cytokine biology and dysregulation of amyloidogenic proteins.
  • Education: BSc and MSc in Biology at ETH Zürich
  • Favorite saying: Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet” – Stephen Hawking
  • Favorite activities outside the labspending time with my dogs, reading emotionally devastating novels, wandering with a camera, confidently guessing the flavour of sweets at first sight, and occasionally unwinding with video games.
  • Dream benchmate: Charles Janeway and Richard Feynman 
quotes

“The prize is in the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it.”

Richard Feynman