Mission

The ISREC has, for over 40 years of its existence as an independent institute, been devoted to cancer related basic research, before being integrated as an institute into the EPFL School of Life Sciences. With the renewal of a substantial part of its scientific staff in the recent past, its research focus has shifted to areas including genome stability, cell proliferation and differentiation, and the role of developmental pathways in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. The ISREC Foundation continues to raise and provide resources that are primarily aimed at supporting projects with a potential for diagnostic or therapeutic innovation.

The ISREC is also leading house of a National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) in molecular oncology, a network research program launched by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The program focuses on questions relating to the interaction of tumors with their microenvironment. Its explicit goal is to support projects at the interface to the clinic.

Upcoming events

ISREC seminar list