Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research

Since 2008, the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research is part of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). It is located on the Lausanne campus (Switzerland).

The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC, French: Institut suisse de recherche expérimentale sur le cancer) is a not-for-profit institution founded in 1964 and located in Épalinges, Switzerland.

Since 1 January 2008, it is organized into two distinct entities:

  • The ISREC Foundation whose mission is to continue to seek and provide resources for the support of translational cancer research projects and the training of young scientists.
  • The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), at the School of Life Sciences of the EPFL, whose research projects are oriented towards fundamental cancer research.