Institute of Oncology Research (IOR)

The Institute of Oncology Research (IOR) hosts a growing number of researchers performing basic and translational research in oncology with special focus in cancer biology, genomics, molecular oncology and experimental therapeutics.

The Institute, directed by Carlo Catapano MD, PhD, was established in 2003, formerly as the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology and as part of the Research Division of the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland. In September 2011 the IOR became independent and managed administratively through the Lymphoma Foundation (President, Prof. Franco Cavalli). As of January 2017, the Canton Ticino approved the integration of IOR as an academic institute within the new Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Lugano (USI)