DBMR University Bern
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Dpt. for BioMedical Research
🎉 Big news! Researchers from the Bone & Joint Program won the 2026
@issls.bsky.social
Basic Science Research Grant (US $20k) for their DiscFuse project—exploring implant-free spine fusion using novel growth factors and KMN-159!
#SpineResearch
@shaeckel.bsky.social
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
5 days ago
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🏆 Dr Parisa Torabi Rahvar (Bone & Joint Program) won a Doctoral Award at this year's
@eutermis.bsky.social
for her Hyaluronan-Collagen type 2
#hydrogel
research—part of an
@snsf.ch
Weave Agency project on intervertebral disc regeneration. Congratulations!
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5 days ago
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🎉 We are delighted to announce that Prof. Marti, research leader in the Oncology Thoracic Malignancies program, has been promoted to Associate Professor.
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13 days ago
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21 days ago
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See what our 450+ researchers have accomplished in 2025 – our Annual Report is now available! 👉
tinyurl.com/4bsze8e4
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26 days ago
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The DBMR is delighted to announce that Dr. Magdalena Renner, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology (IOB), Basel, Switzerland, Switzerland will have a special lecture at our DBMR Research Conference.
tinyurl.com/67mbhkx4
28 days ago
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🎉 We are delighted to announce that Dr. Chouvardas, research group leader in the cancer therapy resistance (CTR) program, has been awarded the venia docendi (habilitation) for his research on Computational Biology. 👉
tinyurl.com/3m69mrvk
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about 1 month ago
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🎉 Congratulations to PD. Dr. Marco Osterwalder on receiving funding from the
@snsf.ch
! His newly funded project will investigate the functional role of the cis-regulatory changes underlying the endocardium and heart valve development
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
👉
www.osterwalderlab.com
about 1 month ago
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🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Raphaëlle Luisier and the Saturna Initiative on receiving funding from the
@snsf.ch
! Her newly funded interdisciplinary project will use biologically informed
#AI
to decode non-coding RNA functions
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
👉
www.saturna.ch
www.luisierlab.com
about 1 month ago
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The DBMR is pleased to announce that Dr. Anna D. Protopopova, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland will have a special lecture at our DBMR Research Conference.
tinyurl.com/2m9njjjc
2 months ago
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The DBMR is pleased to announce that Prof. Lucio Barile, Institute for Translational Research (IRT), Università Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano and Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Bellinzona, Switzerland will have a special lecture at our DBMR Research Conference.
tinyurl.com/9w2r8bp7
3 months ago
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The Prize for Best DBMR Publication of 2025 recognizes an outstanding publication published during the 2025 calendar year led by an investigator from the DBMR. The call for submissions is now open ✍️ Apply until March 19 ➡️
tinyurl.com/2bmkdeps
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3 months ago
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The call for nominations for the 2025 Benoît Pochon Prize for an outstanding PhD or MD-PhD thesis conducted at the DBMR and defended in 2025 is now open. ✍️ Send us your nomination until March 10 ➡️
tinyurl.com/yc5ept89
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4 months ago
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The DBMR is pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Soehnlein, Institute for Experimental Pathology / Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), University of Münster, Germany will have a special lecture at our DBMR Research Conference.
tinyurl.com/5n73p77y
4 months ago
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PandeyLab @Unibern, SWITZERLAND
4 months ago
Open PhD student position in laboratory of Prof. Amit V Pandey
@pandeylab.bsky.social
@dbmr-unibe.bsky.social
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
@unibe.ch
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PandeyLab @Unibern, SWITZERLAND
4 months ago
👶💥 "Minipuberty": The often-overlooked postnatal hormone surge crucial for male (46, X,Y) reproductive tract maturation. New publication by
@pandeylab.bsky.social
@dbmr-unibe.bsky.social
from
@unibe.ch
👉
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#Minipuberty
#Hormones
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Mark A Rubin
4 months ago
Can we help men with hormone-refractory
#ProstateCancer
through personalized epigenetic therapy? Our new study using patient-derived organoids reveals a targetable weakness in a WNT-driven subtype. @genentech.bsky.social
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
@unibe.ch
@pmbern.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2tkn3hwh
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PandeyLab @Unibern, SWITZERLAND
4 months ago
🚀New Publication by
@pandeylab.bsky.social
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
@dbmr-unibe.bsky.social
@unibe.ch
! 🇨🇭🔬 🌿Dihydrotanshinone (DT) as a potent, selective CYP17A1 lyase inhibitor blocks androgen production 📊
#PCOS
&
#prostatecancer
. Cancer Research Switzerland. 📄
doi.org/10.3390/biom...
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New
@natmed.nature.com
News & Views by
@marubin1.bsky.social
and Dr. Irene Paassen on why
#PrecisionOncology
must go beyond genomics.
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
@pmbern.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2zvdvmy6
5 months ago
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The
@marubin1.bsky.social
is part of Mac4Me, a European doctoral network aiming to develop new treatment options for metastatic neuroblastoma, prostate, and breast cancers.
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5 months ago
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The call for applications for the Johanna Dürmüller-Bol DBMR Research Award is now open. ✍️ Apply until March 26 ➡️
tinyurl.com/yj65abu9
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@unibe.ch
5 months ago
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Mark A Rubin
5 months ago
Excited to share new preprint on the minor spliceosome in cancer! Targeting U6atac disrupts DNA repair and sensitizes prostate & breast tumors to radiation, cisplatin and PARP inhibitors—even beyond BRCA-mutant .
bit.ly/48RnsI5
#DNARepair
#ProstateCancer
#BreastCancer
#U6atac
@theaacr.bsky.social
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Dr. Martín González-Fernández received the Dr. Lutz and Dr. Celia Zwillenberg Prize
@unibe.ch
for his findings, published
@pnas.org
, uncovering a new mechanism of chemotherapy response in BRCA1-deficient
#BreastCancer
.
@svenrottenberg.bsky.social
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
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Dr. Lutz und Dr. Celia Zwillenberg-Preis
Der Preis geht ex aequo an Frau Dr. Verdiana Trappetti, Bern, Schweiz, Herr Dr. Martín González-Fernández, Bern, Schweiz und Herr Dr. Etienne Bonvin, Cambridge, Vereinigtes Königreich.
https://tinyurl.com/ycy94a6b
6 months ago
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Universität Bern
6 months ago
The intestinal nervous system helps maintain the stability of the intestinal barrier. 🔬🦠 Disruption of this protection, may lead to allergies, as shown in a recent study by
#unibern
,
@inselgruppe.bsky.social
& Charité Berlin 👇
mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas...
#BauchzentrumBern
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Why the "gut brain" plays a central role for allergies
An international research team led by scientists from Bern and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has identified a previously unknown function of the intestinal nervous system. The study reveals tha...
https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2025/media_releases_2025/why_the_gut_brain_plays_a_central_role_for_allergies/index_eng.html
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Mark A Rubin
6 months ago
Congrats to Jia and Michael and team. This has been a major effort and we are learning so much about lineage plasticity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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NSD2 targeting reverses plasticity and drug resistance in prostate cancer - Nature
Inhibition of the histone methyltransferase NSD2 and the androgen receptor in preclinical models can reverse lineage plasticity to suppress tumour growth and promote cell death in multiple subtypes of...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09727-z
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PandeyLab @Unibern, SWITZERLAND
6 months ago
New paper
@pandeylab.bsky.social
@dbmr-unibe.bsky.social
@unibe.ch
! 🧬 Mapped functional epitopes of Human Growth Hormone for molecular "Danger Zones" in growth disorders solving paradox of "bioinactive" GH hormones. 🧵👇 [https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/47/12/1012]
#ESKAS
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The DBMR is pleased to announce that Prof. Daniel Ahmed, Director of Acoustic Robotic Systems Lab (ARSL), Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Acoustic Robotics for Life Science and Healthcare, ETH Zurich will have a special lecture at our DBMR Research Conference.
tinyurl.com/363bfn72
6 months ago
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Universität Bern
6 months ago
Congratulations to our
#researchers
at
#unibern
, who are again among the world's most cited! 🎉👇
marubin1.bsky.social
geointheworld.bsky.social
stineb.bsky.social
inselgruppe.bsky.social
#Clarivate
#HighlyCited2025
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Universität Bern
7 months ago
🧬🤖 An intelligent microfactory from the MicroLean Lab at
#HEArcIng
is inspiring the
#Innosuisse
flagship project ORION with participation from
#unibern
. 🎯 The goal: to advance personalized cancer treatments 👇
mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas...
@mariannakruithof.bsky.social
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A smart microfactory to accelerate personalized cancer treatments
The microfactory developed by Haute Ecole Arc Ingénierie has inspired ORION, a new research project bringing together around twenty partners around personalized cancer treatments including the Univers...
https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2025/media_releases_2025/microfactory_for_personalized_cancer_treatments/index_eng.html
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Universität Bern
6 months ago
Myrofora Goutaki @ispm.unibe.ch & Loretta Müller of
#Kinderklinik
@inselgruppe.bsky.social
&
@dbmr-unibe.bsky.social
receive the Ewald-Weibel Preis 2025 for their outstanding research in the field primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) 🫁 🔬
www.ispm.unibe.ch/about_us/new...
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
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Prof. Deborah Stroka and Dr. Simon Häfliger are part of NAIPO, an
#Innosuisse
Flagship project advancing precision oncology with secure,
#AI-driven
solutions for more personalized and effective
#CancerCare
.
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
6 months ago
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DBMR University Bern
Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID)
6 months ago
🌍It's World Pneumonia Day🌍 At
@mcid-unibe.bsky.social
, we’re funding innovative research through antibody discovery and novel peptide therapies, to fight and treat one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases.
#WorldPneumoniaDay
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@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
@unibe.ch
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Great energy at the Krebsliga Schweiz Grant Seminar! 🎓 Profs.
@marubin1.bsky.social
&
@svenrottenberg.bsky.social
shared insights & pitfalls for writing stronger proposals. Thanks to all
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
researchers who joined!
7 months ago
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🎉Congrats to
@shaeckel.bsky.social
on her
@snsf.ch
SPARK Grant! Her project aims to develop a biological approach to spinal fusion—stimulating natural bone formation in the intervertebral disc without metal implants
#BiologicalFusion
#SpinalSurgery
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
👉
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7 months ago
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Prof.
@mariannakruithof.bsky.social
and her team play a key role in the ORION consortium, an
#Innosuisse
Flagship project developing a smart “micro-factory” to advance personalized
#cancer
care.
#PrecisionMedicine
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
@unibe.ch
👉https://tinyurl.com/3udxs2w2
7 months ago
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🎉Congratulations to Dr. Janine Gote-Schniering! She received a
@snsf.ch
Starting Grant for her project uncovering how immune aging contributes to regenerative cell dysfunction and fibrosis in the lungs. 👉https://tinyurl.com/m4whmk4t
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7 months ago
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Universität Bern
7 months ago
An international consortium, led by
#unibern
&
@inselgruppe.bsky.social
have launched the first comprehensive atlas of the mouse gut microbiome:
mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas...
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@dbmr-unibe.bsky.social
@bahtiyil.bsky.social
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7 months ago
Congratulations to PhD student Jubira Yakubu from
@pandeylab.bsky.social
of
@dbmr-unibe.bsky.social
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
@unibe.ch
for winning the Best Presentation Award at the Annual Research Conference of Children's Hospital. Big thank you to Cancer Research Switzerland for funding.
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PandeyLab @Unibern, SWITZERLAND
7 months ago
PhD Student in Molecular and Translational Medicine: Dissecting & Targeting a Human Metabolic Disorder funded by
@snsf.ch
in
@pandeylab.bsky.social
@unibe.ch
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
@dbmr-unibe.bsky.social
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PandeyLab @Unibern, SWITZERLAND
7 months ago
Postdoctoral Research Position on modulation of human steroid and drug metabolism by redox proteins like P450 oxidoreductase (POR), Ferredoxin reductase (FDXR), ferredoxin (FDX1). funded by
@snsf.ch
in
@pandeylab.bsky.social
at
@unibe.ch
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@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
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🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Ziad Al Nabhani on receiving a BINC Foundation Grant! His newly funded project will explore how gut microbes and their products can shape early immune, bone, and brain development. 👉
tinyurl.com/257xfr39
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
7 months ago
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The DBMR is pleased to announce that the Recipient of the Johanna Dürmüller-Bol DBMR Research Award 2024, Dr. Andrea Felser, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, University Children’s Hospital, Bern will have a special lecture at our DBMR Research Conference.
tinyurl.com/3ws85t46
7 months ago
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The DBMR hosted a delegation from the ten
#ASEAN
member states! 🌍 Prof.
@marubin1.bsky.social
highlighted current
#CancerResearch
projects underway within his team and provided an overview of the broader work of the DBMR. A valuable exchange and great discussions!🤝
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
7 months ago
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🎉 Congratulations to PD Dr. Carolina Gutierrez Herrera on receiving funding from the
@snsf.ch
! Her newly funded project will explore how
#astrocytes
influence sleep spindle dynamics and cognitive processing. 👉
www.astrosleeplab.com
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
7 months ago
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🎉 We are delighted to announce that
@mosterwalder.bsky.social
, research group leader in the cardiovascular (CVD) program, has been awarded the venia docendi (habilitation) for his research on Developmental Biology. 👉
tinyurl.com/28r7da55
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7 months ago
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Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern
8 months ago
The UniBE Venture Fellowship program supports early-career researchers who wish to turn their scientific findings into innovative products and services with up to CHF 100,000. Open to ALL disciplines at
@unibe.ch
. 👉Projects can be submitted until Dec 11, 2025. Details:
www.unibe.ch/research/fun...
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The DBMR is pleased to announce that Prof. Lisa Horvath, Director of Research and Chief Clinical Officer at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, will have a special lecture at the DBMR.
tinyurl.com/5n6aty43
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8 months ago
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The DBMR is pleased to announce that Dr. Kamel Laghmani, Ph.D., Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France will have a special lecture at our DBMR Research Conference.
tinyurl.com/mpkh77k9
8 months ago
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Planning a Krebsliga Schweiz Research Grant in 2026? Don’t miss insights from Profs. Rubin, Perren & Rottenberg on writing a competitive proposal. Open to
@medfacultyunibe.bsky.social
researchers applying in 2026. 📅 Nov 10 📍DBMR 📌Register by Oct 3:
tinyurl.com/3s7f3cra
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8 months ago
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Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern
9 months ago
The Talent4Bern funding program supports early-career researchers who wish to apply for an SNSF Starting Grant, SNSF Ambizione grant, or ERC Starting Grant and intend to be hosted at an institute or clinical department of our Faculty at
@unibe.ch
. 👉 All details:
www.medizin.unibe.ch/research/sup...
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