RUBICON (Role of Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-like Modifiers in Cellular Regulation) is a “Network of Excellence” funded by the Framework Programme 6 of the European Commission over a five years period (January 2006 – December 2010). It is coordinated by Professor Maria Masucci, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Raghunath Peesari and Simona Polo
IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare
Ubiquitin (Ub) is a 76 amino acid residue protein that... » more
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 was awarded to Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein d... » more
Postdoctoral positions to work on SUMO and Ubiquitin in the laboratory of Professor Ron Hay, University of Dundee.
Enthusiastic and highly motiv... » more
The idea that the immune system can recognize and respond to tumors was formed in the late 19th century when William Coley, a surgeon at the Memori... » more
BIE R&D programs are directed towards the development of reagents and assays facilitating investigation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like protein (Ub... » more
Our lab has contributed to the characterization of two protein:protein interaction networks, the EH and the mono-ubiquitin (Ub) networks, which pla... » more
The research program of our group focuses on the enzymology of ubiquitination, with a special emphasis on the the role of the ubiquitin-conjugation... » more
Structure/function relations of proteins involved in cell cycle, transmembrane signal transduction and the maintenance of DNA-integrity studied by... » more
The major focus of the lab is the functional identification of novel cancer-relevant genes. The completion of the sequencing of the human genome in... » more