Das Department for BioMedical Research DBMR der Universität Bern hat, als Institut der Medizinischen Fakultät, den Auftrag, Forschenden des Inselspitals (Universitätsspital Bern, www.insel.ch) eine optimale Infrastruktur zur Verfügung zu stellen. Unser Ziel ist, Brücken zu schlagen zwischen laborbasierter und patientenorientierter klinischer Forschung.
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Update 19.10.2020: Meetings sollen ab sofort wo sinnvoll virtuell durchgeführt werden. Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter, vor allem solche die einer Risikogruppe angehören, mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel anreisen oder in Mehrpersonenbüros arbeiten sollen wo immer möglich im Home-Office arbeiten.
Dr. Anke Augspach and Prof. Mark Rubin led an international team that has identified a novel vulnerability in advanced prostate cancer that is no longer responding to hormonal therapy. These findings could lead to the development of new treatment approaches for men suffering from the most aggressive form of prostate cancer.
Highlights of the program are the presentation of the Johanna Dürmüller-Bol DBMR Research Award 2020, of the DBMR Poster Prizes, the Prize for the Best Publication in 2019 and the Research Prize Alumni MedBern. One Keynote Lecture and a COVID-19 session will complete the program.
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Prof. André Häberli, former Co-Director of the DCR (Department of Clinical Research)/DBMR from 2001 - 2009.
The European Research Council, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the premiere European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. Every year, it selects and funds the very best, creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based in Europe.
Personen, die aus einem Staat oder einem Gebiet mit erhöhtem Infektionsrisiko in die Schweiz einreisen, müssen zwingend für 10 Tage in die Quarantäne.
Die Vertragsverhandlungen von swissuniversities mit dem Springer Nature Verlag sind endlich abgeschlossen, von daher konnten wir Nature Cancer lizenzieren und der Zugriff ist unter https://www.nature.com/natcancer/ möglich.
The call for proposals for pioneering ideas to fight blood cancer is open until September 30, 2020.
Congratulations to Dr Marianna Kruithof-de-Julio and Prof. Mark Rubin, DBMR, on their 3Rs project award. With this 3RCC funding they will develop a platform for GU cancer patient-derived organoids.
3rd July 2020, 13.00 – 15.30, E0.211, sitem-insel, Freiburgstrasse 3, Bern
Video conference session: https://tinyurl.com/y7ehc3jo
Sitem-insel school would like to invite all its partners, University of Bern students and Inselspital members to attend the project presentation session of this year’s CAS Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging, scheduled for 3rd July 2020 between 13:00 – 15:30
Erste multizentrische Studie der Lunge zu oft auftretenden Langzeitschäden bei Ex-COVID-19 Patienten startet unter Leitung von PD. Manuela Funke-Chambour am Universitätsspital Bern. Kooperation mit @Unispital_USZ, @KantonsspitalSG u.a.m. ist vorgesehen.
ERC Advanced Grants support active researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years. Up to € 2.5 million for 5 years.
Up to three prizes are awarded once a year for scientific work in the field of biological sciences (focus biology and bio-chemistry). The prize is intended to motivate young talents who have submitted innovative work in the form of a PhD dissertation or an outstanding publication as a Postdoc.
The sitem School scholarship program supports entrepreneurs and researchers who pursue a new venture in the healthcare sector. Selected applicants are invited to present their medical concept to a board of experts at the scholarship challenge event on 3 June 2020.
Based on this event, the most innovative and promising projects will be awarded a full scholarship to the sitem School MAS Translational Medicine and Biomedical Entrepreneurship course 2020.
This event is an exciting occasion for prospective students and experts from their respective fields to connect and share their aspring ideas about the future of translational medicine and entrepreneurship.
You are kindly invited to join us during the live streaming on 3 June 2020!
Registration: https://mailchi.mp/55bbf1487449/scholarshipawardregistration
Admission: Free admission, open to the public
The University of Bern is constantly monitoring the situation. Information on the situation at the University of Bern are published here. If you have any questions about the situation at the University of Bern, please contact the Risk Management Office as the coordinating unit.
The coronavirus can pose a serious risk to people over the age of 65 and to those with underlying medical conditions. New sets of recommendations – general and for the workplace – should help to protect these groups. Under this rubric, you will find information on this and the current situation, FAQs and recommendations for travellers.
MIC Newsletter January - March 2020
#CoronaInfoCH: Junge Forschende haben mit einer Taskforce der ETH Zürich und der GSI des Kanton Berns eine Daten-Plattform kreiert, um Informationen über Covid-19 direkt aus der Bevölkerung zusammenzutragen. http://covidtracker.ch http://ow.ly/5Oey50yWeZJ
Martin Bachmann, Gruppenleiter am Departement for Biomedical Research @DBMR_UniBe der #unibern, forscht seit Januar an einem Impfstoff gegen CoViD19.
Why do we move our eyes fast in the paradoxical sleep - in that sleep phase, in which most dreams take place? The secret is not yet fully aired, but we are on his track: A team at the University of Bern, in collaboration with the University of Fribourg, has identified the nerve cells behind this curious phenomenon.
Please find more information in the attached release or on our website: https://tinyurl.com/NeuronsREMSleep
ERC Consolidator Grants support excellent researchers with 7–12 years of experience after their PhD (extensions are possible under certain circumstances) up to 2€ million for 5 years
Die Berner Ärztin und Forscherin Prof. Johanna Kremer Hovinga wurde für ihre Forschungsarbeiten zum Upshaw-Schulmann-Syndrom mit dem Günter Landbeck Excellence Award 2019 ausgezeichnet.
The 2020 event will take place on April 2 and 3, 2020 in beautiful Eurotel Montreux again!
Registration is open now here until February 23, 2019!
Machine Learning in Imaging
Date: Friday 29.11.2019, 10.00 am - 5.00 pm. Please register online until 03.11.2019.
The Swiss 3R Competence Centre publishes regular calls for funding research projects dedicated to the replacement, reduction or refinement of animal experimentation and is now accepting applications for the Outline Application Stage.
open until November 1
Ambizione grants are aimed at young researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead an independent project at a Swiss higher education institution. PRIMA grants are aimed at excellent women researchers who show a high potential for obtaining a professorship.
Applications close 30th September, 2019
CSL and the University of Bern, Inselspital and sitem-insel wish to establish new collaborative partnerships to accelerate research. To celebrate the establishment of the CSL Behring Biologics Research Center within sitem-insel, a call for Reserach Proposals is being announced.
Congratulations to Marianna Kruithof-de Julio and Robert Rieben for both receiving a DoD Grant!
Prestigious grants from the USA go to two Bernese researchers: the biomedical scientists Marianna Kruithof-de Julio and Robert Rieben were the only researchers in Switzerland to receive a grant under two "Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs", which primarily support research in the USA. This underlines the unique quality of medical research at the University of Bern.
deadline for applications: Wednesday, 16.10.19
The Fund supports thematic, innovative events such as conferences, continuing education instruments, internet platforms, seminars, workshops, etc., aimed at improving networking among the University's intermediate staff. As a rule, a sum of no more than CHF 5,000 may be applied for. Successful projects will need to be carried out until December 2020.
Für die Umsetzung des Konzepts zur Nachwuchsförderung wurden rechtliche Grundlagen revidiert und neu geschaffen. Ab 01.08.2019 treten die Änderungen auf Postdoc-Stufe in Kraft. Die Universitätsleitung (UL) hat zu diesem Zweck ein Postdoc-Reglement erlassen. In Abschnitt 8 des Reglements wird festgehalten, dass ab dem 1. August 2019 für jede Anstellung einer Postdoktorandin oder eines Postdoktoranden eine Vereinbarung erforderlich ist. Die Vereinbarung muss innerhalb von sechs Monaten ab Anstellungsbeginn abgeschlossen werden
ERC Synergy Grants support groups of 2-4 Principle Investigators (PIs) working jointly and bringing together different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems.
ERC Starting Grants support excellent young researchers who are 2-7 years after their PhD (extensions are possible under certain circumstances). Call should open soon.
The DBMR now has access to the journals of Nature Lab Animals.
Slides from the presentation of Dr. Lutz Nolte (Senior Innovation Advisor, Vice-Rectorate Research, UniBe).
On 27 October 2017, the European Commission presented the final Work Programme for Horizon 2020, covering the budgetary years 2018, 2019 and 2020 and representing an investment of around €30 billion.
ERC Advanced Grants support ground-breaking, ambitious research projects of excellent established Principal Investigators with a recognised track record of research achievements. Up to €2.5 million (in certain circumstances up to €3.5 million) are available for projects of up to 5 years duration.
The aim of Spark is to fund projects that show unconventional thinking and introduce a unique approach. The focus is on promising ideas of high originality, relying on no or very little preliminary data. The call closes July 17, 2019.
An der Universität Bern gibt es zahlreiche Personen und Einheiten, die sich für Chancengleichheit und Gleichstellung engagieren. Ein solches Engagement wird prämiert. Die Universität Bern vergibt 2019 zum dritten Mal den Gleichstellungspreis Prix Lux.
Der Preis besteht aus einem Geldbetrag von 2000 CHF und einem leuchtenden Objekt. Über die Preisträgerin oder den Preisträger befindet eine Jury.
Die Eingabefrist ist der 30. Juni 2019
This genomics research infrastructure project will provide free-of-charge sequencing and data analysis services to selected projects in its 11 participating facilities in Europe. Deadline for project submission is 25 April 2019. Please contact the Grants Office (Mariana Ricca) for further information.
Link to - https://www.easi-genomics.eu/access/calls/first-call-0
With its 3rd call for proposals, PHRT invites clinical scientists, who have access to an extensive sample cohort, to create an inter-institutional, interdisciplinary consortium to formulate a well-defined clinical question to request funding to generate matched genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic data by the two PHRT platforms. Data integration, data analysis and data interpretation is an important part of the project as well. Applications using the PHRT templates must be submitted by May 27, 2019. Please contact the Grants Office (Mariana Ricca) for further information.
Link to - https://www.sfa-phrt.ch/3rd-call-documents
Funding opportunities are available for researchers at all levels for research projects in different cancers and immunotherapy. Please contact the Grants Office (Mariana Ricca) for further information.
Researchers from the Universities of Bern and Oxford have developed a vaccine that blocks the effects of the main cause of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) - nerve growth factor (NGF) – in mice.
Funding opportunities are available for researchers at all levels on a huge range of topics for clinical trials, as well as for basic research on ALS, MS and many types of cancer. Calls are now open and the deadlines are soon. Contact the Grants Office for more information.
Grants Office, Dr. Mariana Ricca, University of Bern
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- Learning German at the University of Bern (spring 2019)
- City of Bern: "Bernetz“ project continues in 2019
Der diesjährige Johanna Dürmüller-Bol DBMR Forschungspreis des Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR) der Universität Bern geht an Stephanie Ganal-Vonarburg. Der mit CHF 30'000.- dotierte Nachwuchs-Forschungspreis wurde am «Tag der BioMedizinischen Forschung», am Mittwoch, 7. November 2018, verliehen
Immune-Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (testing the combination of radiation therapy and immunotherapy for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, and identify biomarkers and mechanisms of treatment response).
The 2019 call for MD-PhD scholarships from the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) is open until 15 December 2018. MD-PhD scholarships are awarded for a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 3 years to enable young physicians to complete a MD-PhD program of a Swiss university.
Detailed information on the format and procedure for submission can be found at the SAMS website
Molecular biologist Kellie Cotter from the Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR) receives the 2018 Young Investigator Award
This award recognises research achievements of outstanding quality in the fields of basic endocrine science or of clinical paediatric endocrinology.
Our PhD programme is designed to attract the brightest scientific minds and is a fabulous opportunity for highly motivated and exceptionally talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.
Application deadline: 13 November 2018 at 12:00