Neurocenter Seminar | 5pm, Bremgartenstrasse 109 Eye to Eye with AI: Development and Opportunities in Medicine | Raphael Sznitman 21 November
MCID Seminar Tropical rickettsial illnesses – everything you’ll ever need to know… | Daniel Paris 25 November
Science@Lunch CD4+ CD8+ double positive T cells in healthy and allergic dogs | Elisa Maina 26 November
VPHI Webinar Bayesian Latent Class Models for Validation of Diagnostics and True Prevalence Estimation in the Absence of a Reference Test | Polychronis Kostoulas 26 November
Ph.D. defense Preoperative Asepsis and Antimicrobial Resistance in Bovine Surgery: from Surgical Site Infections to Bacterial Characteristics | Emma Marchionatti 02 November
Science@Lunch Avian influenza H5N1 in cattle in the USA - a reason to worry? | Claudia Bachofen 03 December
VPHI - Animal Welfare Division Lane-Petter’s Pipeline: Why phasing out animal research takes more than replacements | Nico Müller 03 December
VPHI Webinar Review of social, economic and psychological factors affecting decision making around biosecurity | Helena Ferreira 05 December
VPHI - Animal Welfare Division Effects of on-farm hatching system factors on multitasking ability and stress responsivity in laying hens | Catharina Margaretha Hendrika Broekmeulen 12 December
MCID Research Funding Call 2024 The Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) calls for submissions of scientific project proposals on the topic of infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness. The call is open to researchers at the University of Bern, the Inselspital and affiliated institutes until January 31.
SNSF Starting Grants 2025: Deadline for confirmation letters Applications for SNSF Starting Grants require a letter of confirmation from the applicant's own institute/department and a letter issued by the Vice-Rector Research. The required documents must reach the Grants Office by January 8 at the latest; all the necessary information can be found on the Grants Office website. The deadline for submitting the complete application is January 15. Information on the procedure will also be available in the information session on November 7 via Zoom.
Opening of the «ideas lab» at vonRoll The new Ideas Lab on Fabrikstrasse will be available from October 24. The Ideas Lab is a project and creativity space that is available to all members of the university. The space is suitable for workshops, smaller events and as an innovative teaching and learning space.
Financial support for network activities: Apply now! The CHANGE Funding Pool supports networking activities by and for early-career researchers. The CHANGE Funding Pool is open to all doctoral candidates, PhD students, and postdoctoral researchers at the Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern.
Crafting fundable proposals: A team approach to grant writing A new initiative where departmental staff members provide input for their colleagues' grants got off to a great start. Read the article as pupblished in VetsuisseNews 2/24.
SNSF supports BEENERGIA he Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) supports the «BEENERGIA» research proposal. The project investigates the effects of various stress factors on wild bees, in particular the influence of honey bees on wild bee populations through competition and common pathogens.
Panel Discussion «Who Owns the Data?» The Swiss Reproducibility Network is organizing a panel discussion on December 5th, where legal experts and researchers will discuss issues around production and ownership of research data in basic science. Regsiter now!
UniBE Venture Fellowship The UniBE Venture Fellowship promotes the creation of knowledge-based companies. With up to CHF 100,000 per fellow and a duration of 12 months, the program enables the development of a company based on applied research. The application deadline is December 13, 2024.
New construction of the high-security laboratory in Mittelhäusern The existing high-security facility at the Institute of Virology and Immunology needs to be replaced due to its age. The Federal Office has launched a study contract procedure for this purpose.
Margherita Polidori awarded At the Cutting Edge Pathology Congress in Madrid, Margherita Polidori (Division of Neurological Sciences) was awarded a prize for her lecture.
Sophie Sage and Martina Panatta receive award Martina Panatta and Sophie Sage were honored with the Young Scientist Paper Awards during the “Science & BBQ Day”. The Vetsuisse Faculty supports young researchers at the start of their careers for outstanding publications in clinical and basic research with the awards, each worth 2,000 Swiss francs.
Blog - Young researchers from the IVI The IVI is running a blog dedicated to its young researchers. This time, Razieh Ardali reports on “trained immunity”, which has promising potential for modulating vaccines and improving their effectiveness in fighting infectious pathogens.
New Guidelines for use of AI in research and research on AI The University has published new guidelines for dealing with artificial intelligence for research with and on AI. The guidelines are intended to support researchers in their work, in particular with regard to the interlinking with good scientific practice and in the event that they have to cite the guidelines of the University of Bern for a publication or a funding application.
Stefan Rietmann awarded Stefan Rietmann, PhD student at the Institute of Genetics, won the prize for the best presentation at the 11th Leipzig PhD Forum 2024.
Annual Report Institute of Parasitology In the recently published annual report 22/23, Co-Directors Caroline Frey and Britta Lundström-Stadelmann look back on a resurgence in teaching and research activities following the pandemic, the continued strong demand for diagnostic services and the long-awaited return of social activities.
Symposium «Detection of biological risks» Get new insights about the detection of biological risks in the context of national and international surveillance programmes, in the blood transfusion service and in relation to vector-borne diseases. Register now for the symposium on November 29 in Bern.
Prof. Dr. Sabine Kässmeyer elected associate professor At its last meeting, the Vetsuisse Council appointed Sabine Kässmeyer as Associate Professor of Veterinary Anatomy with effect from August 1, 2024. Prof. Kässmeyer came to Bern from Berlin in 2020. Due to her achievements, the highest strategic institution of the Vetsuisse Faculty has, after four years, converted the assistant professorship tenure track into an associate professorship. Congratulations!
Five apprenticeship deiplomas and 738 lecture hours The recently published annual report of the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine DKV contains facts and figures on the services provided by the departments and clinics in 2023 in the areas of teaching, training, continuing education, research and services. (available only in German)
Blog - Young researchers from the IVI The IVI is running a blog dedicated to its young researchers. This time, Razieh Ardali reports on “trained immunity”, which has promising potential for modulating vaccines and improving their effectiveness in fighting infectious pathogens.
Poster Award for Cleo Schwarz Cleo Schwarz has won a poster award at the «International Conference on Canine and Feline Genetics and Genomics» in Helsinki. Congratulations!
Diversity is our strength «The University of Bern shoud offer an inspring environment for all those who want to generate, impart and innovately implement new knowledge with passion and curiosity.» In her welcome message, the new Rector Virginia Richter expresses her pleasure at assuming the leadership of the University of Bern. She emphasizes the importance of trust, dialogue, exchange and shared values.
Annual Report VPHI You can read about how the Veterinary Public Health Institute has contributed to the physical, mental and social well-being of humans through teaching and research over the past two years in the recently published VPHI Annual Report.
The SPREAD Read more about how biobanking can enhance biopreparedness in the latest newsletter of the MCID.
New Professor for clinical dermatology at Vetsuisse Bern Elisa Maina started her new position at Vetsuisse Bern in February 2024. In this interview, we talked about her previous positions, what she finds fascinating, challenges, her goals and more.
VetsuisseNews 1/24 Read the complete issue of the latest in-house newspaper of the Vetsuisse Faculty here.
Avian influenza in dairy cows in the USA Infections with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 have been detected in several dairy cattle farms in various US states. The probability that Switzerland will be affected by similar infections is very low.
Alumni Master's Prize for Lea Anna Hiller The Alumni Master's Prize for the best veterinary Master's thesis in 2023 goes to Lea Anna Hiller for her work «Drug testing on Echinococcus multilocularis - Searching for new therapeutic options against Alveolar Echinococcosis».
Top ranking for the Vetsuisse Faculty The Vetsuisse Faculty with its two campuses in Bern and Zurich has once again taken fourth place in the QS World University Ranking 2024, defending its position from the previous year. The rating takes into account academic reputation, citations, the H-index, international networking and employer reputation.
IVI ist part of the WHO-CoronaVirus Network The Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) ist now member oft the WHO CoViNet. The CoronaVirus Network is an international research network for the early detection, analysis and monitoring of coronaviruses worldwide.
New Head of Clinical Dermatology A warm welcome to Prof. Elisa Maina , she started on February 1st as head of the Department of Clinical Dermatology.
The SPREAD Read more about integrating science into policy or about fighting antibiotic resistance in the latest newsletter of the MCID.
Erfolgreiches ECVP Board Examen Iva Cvitas, Leonore Aeschlimann (Küchler) und Ismar Klebic, Absolventen unseres Resident-Programmes, haben in Paris erfolgreich die Prüfung für das ECVP-Diplom bestanden. Herzliche Gratulation!
Gesunde Kühe sind nachhaltiger Wer Fieber hat, leistet weniger. Das gilt auch für die Kuh. Zwei Studentinnen der Veterinärmedizin zeigten in ihrer Arbeit im Rahmen von «Nachhaltigkeit in der Lehre», dass Kühe, die Euterentzündungen durchmachen, weniger Milch geben und das Klima stärker belasten.
Dr Sarah Kiener & Dr Marine Inglebert receive the Albert Heim Foundation Award 2023 Two young researchers from the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern have been awarded this year's Albert Heim Foundation Award for outstanding work in the field of cynological research. We congratulate Dr Marine Inglebert, Institute of Animal Pathology, and Dr Sarah Kiener, Institute of Genetics.
Diagnostics centre Vetsuisse Faculty The search system allows you to quickly find the right examination from the wide range of services offered by the veterinary hospital. The result contains a link that will take you directly to the right contact person.
Science@Lunch Short scientific presentation (15 min. + 5 min. discussion) by students, postdocs or seniors to introduce ongoing projects or recently published work by Vetsuisse
Rapid antibody test against SARS-CoV-2 developed A Swiss-German team presents a test that determines the amount of neutralising antibodies within a short time. The test was developed at the Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) at the University of Bern and the Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs BLV and evaluated in collaboration with the Ruhr University Bochum on serum samples from COVID-19 patients.
Immunoprotein inhibits SARS-CoV-2 An international team with the participation of the Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) of the University of Bern and the Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs BLV was able to show that a protein of our immune system prevents the new coronavirus from fusing with host cells. This raises hopes for new therapeutic approaches.
New genes discovered that influence the success of cancer therapy One of the great mysteries of cancer research is why certain patients respond better to radiation therapy than others. Researchers at the University of Bern (S. Rottenberg research group) have now discovered which genes play an important role in this. This has led to new findings for cancer treatment.
Fish need cool refuges The survival of grayling in the Rhine is threatened. The rising water temperatures in the of global warming are causing them trouble - an NZZ am Sonntag article with statements by Dr. Heike Schmidt-Posthaus.
Deadly bacterial infection in pigs decoded Newborn piglets often die painfully from an infection with an intestinal bacterium. A team of researchers from three faculties of the University of Bern has now discovered how the bacterium causes fatal intestinal bleeding. They have thus achieved a breakthrough in veterinary research. Now promising prospects for vaccines and medicines are opening up for human application.
Bernese coronavirus clone goes "viral" Researchers from the Department of Virology and Veterinary Bacteriology at the University of Bern have cloned the new corona virus (SARS-CoV-2). These synthetic clones are now being used by research groups worldwide to test corona samples, find antiviral drugs and develop vaccines as quickly as possible. The method developed in Bern can also be used in the future to combat other highly infectious viruses.
