News & outreach

As a result of an international collaboration, Human Technopole researchers identify M18BP1 as an activator of condensin II through a phosphorylation-regulated competition with MCPH1. This previously unknown mechanism fills a significant gap in our understanding of cell division and suggests avenues for exploring how its misregulation contributes to human disease. The results of the research are published in Molecular Cell.

The ERC has awarded HT a €2.5 million grant for a study investigating how lifestyle, biology and environmental exposures weaken the immune system over the course of life and increase vulnerability to disease in old age. This new knowledge will help develop models to predict long-term disease risk.

On 10 June, Human Technopole marks the one-year anniversary of the official opening of its National Facilities, a key milestone in our mission to support excellence in life sciences across Italy. Celebrating this important date, we are pleased to announce that the new Call for Access to the National Facilities is now open. Researchers can submit their proposals until 30 September 2025.

Are you passionate about AI, cutting-edge research, and making a real impact in biomedical science? The Jug Group at Human Technopole is thrilled to announce a new PhD opportunity as part of the prestigious PhD Programme in Data Analytics and Decision Sciences.

An international collaboration between Human Technopole and Erasmus Medical Centre researchers sheds light on the molecular mechanisms underlying the transport of thyroid hormones in human cells by monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs). The results of the research are published in Nature Communications.

On 27 and 28 March, the SIEC (Standing Independent Evaluation Committee), visited HT to discuss the results of the first call for access, which was considered a pilot phase, and refine the upcoming call, planned to be published at the beginning of June 2025. 

Human Technopole takes part in the European Researchers Night in Milan on 27 September. Through interactive workshops, experiments, and scientific demonstrations, especially aimed at younger audiences, the event seeks to bring citizens closer to science in a fun and engaging way.

How can we build a more sustainable and inclusive future for all? Gianmario Verona, HT President, and Marino Zerial, HT Director, discussed the topic at Pact4Future, the international forum organised by Università Bocconi and Corriere della Sera on 25-28 March 2024 in Milan.

Fernanda Pinheiro, Group Leader at Human Technopole’s Computational Biology Research Centre, talks about superbacteria at the TEDxLakeComo.

Human Technopole and Treccani Futura present “A Proposito di Futuro”, a festival organized jointly in Milan on Tuesday 15 November 2022. The initiative aims to be an opportunity to discuss the futures that are opening up before us, with an interdisciplinary approach that systematically brings together voices from science, technology and humanities, on issues that […]

MIND Milano Innovation District is Milan’s new city district dedicated to science, research and innovation. A real city within a city that looks to the future with a vision that combines scientific, academic and environmental aspects. Alongside Research hospital Galeazzi and Milan University, Human Technopole is one of the leading actors of MIND. We work […]

What is the role of life sciences when facing global challenges? Discoveries in the field of genetics, molecular biology or evolution can improve but also pose a threat to our quality of life. Since 2021 Human Technopole is among the scientific partners of the Festival delle Scienze in Rome, to explore and reflect on the […]