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The Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR) of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bern, led by Prof. Mark A. Rubin, MD, was established in 1994 by the University of Bern and the Inselspital (Bern University Hospital). The DBMR is divided in 13 Research Programs with about 100 participating individual labs and several Independent Research Labs whose research spans across all biomedical fields. To realize its mission to bridge the gap between bench and bedside, the DBMR promotes an integrative perspective to clinical research with a strong emphasis in the development of translational approaches, the use of omics and other cutting-edge technologies, and extensive interaction and collaboration between laboratory-based and patient-oriented clinical research. The DBMR is also committed to fostering the careers of young academics.

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Wilhelm Sander Stiftung Funds New Prostate Cancer Project

Congratulations to Prof. Mark A. Rubin and Dr. Irene Paassen from the Cancer Therapy Research Program on receiving funding from the Wilhelm Sander Stiftung! The newly funded project will investigate which SWI/SNF complex subunits and interactors are essential for the initiation and progression of lineage plasticity in prostate cancer, and will define the clonal dynamics underlying this plasticity.

Newly Appointed: Prof. Raphaëlle Luisier

We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Raphaëlle Luisier has joined the DBMR as Assistant Professor (tenure track) for Omics Data Science for Transcriptomics. She officially assumed her position on June 2, 2025. We are also pleased to welcome Dr. Zhi Ming Xu, a postdoctoral researcher in the Luisier Lab, who is joining the DBMR alongside Prof. Luisier.

The DBMR Annual Report 2024 is now available!