12 June – 7 September
Carlo Cattaneo House, Castagnola
Carlo Cattaneo House, Castagnola
Fellowships
2025 Call
Temporary exhibition
Through the Clouds
Two thought-provoking works — meditative, at times hypnotic — invite the public to reflect on issues that can no longer be ignored: environmental crisis, collective perception, and a shared future.
Coming soon
Guido Tonelli
Closing session
Fasting Mimicking Diets Longevity and Disease
Fasting mimicking diets (FMDs) are low calorie and protein and high fat compositions lasting 4-7 days emerging as periodic dietary interventions with the potential to improve healthspan and decrease the incidence of cancer and other age-related diseases.
Forum Lugano
Senotherapeutics Revolution Forum
Cancer and aging represent two of the most significant challenges in contemporary biomedical science. The forum, titled Senotherapeutics Revolution: Transforming Aging and Cancer Therapy, will host leading experts from biology, medicine, and pharmacology to examine groundbreaking advancements in senotherapeutics.
SciArt SwitzerlAnd
On the fortune of having nature
(as culture)
The third SciArt SwitzerlAnd event of the year featured one of the most influential voices in contemporary art, Chus Martínez in dialogue with Barbara Casavecchia, curator and Editor in Chief of Mousse Magazine.
Fellowship 2024
Here are the winners of the 12th edition
The Scientific Committee of IBSA Foundation has selected the six winning projects from among 259 applications submitted from 45 different countries, awarding Fellowships of €32,000 each in the six scientific areas covered by the program.
On 27 May 2025, in the prestigious setting of Palazzo Giureconsulti in Milan, the official award ceremony brought together winners, Scientific Board members, and leading figures from the academic and scientific communities.
12 June - 7 September
Temporary exhibition
Through the Clouds is the first temporary exhibition hosted at Carlo Cattaneo House. On display are two works from the Anthropocene Collection of MUSE Science Museum in Trento, selected by curator Stefano Cagol. The exhibition features the youngest artists in the collection: Giacomo Segantin and g. olmo stuppia. Admission is free and no reservation is required.
Edizione 2025
Happiness2.0
The Happiness2.0 project continues for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.
Lots of new things are coming up for high school students in the Canton of Ticino: the new theme of artificial intelligence and numerous experiential workshops. From this year HappyLab for adults too!
About us
IBSA Foundation for scientific research was established in 2012 in Lugano, Switzerland, building on the Swiss pharmaceutical group IBSA’s commitment to corporate social responsibility. The Foundation promotes “Science for all” by providing accessible information and organising activities designed to combine scientific culture with humanities.
