Urology
Prostate cancer is the most frequent cancer in males. CaP is the second cause of death due to cancer in the male Swiss population. Mortality in cancer patients is increasingly linked to metastatic disease. Bone is the second most frequent site of metastasis. However, a restricted number of solid cancers, especially mammary cancer and prostate cancer, are responsible for the majority of skeletal metastases. In autopsy studies skeletal metastases are present with a frequency of 70-80% of the patients affected by prostate carcinoma. Despite the frequency of skeletal metastases in CaP, treatment options for bone metastasis are at present unsatisfactory.
The Urology Research Laboratory investigates on the molecular mechanisms responsible for the propensity of prostate carcinoma to colonize bone. The basic strategy consists in the identification of “pro-“ or “anti-metastatic genes” in cancer cell lines and in clinical specimens of prostate cancers by gene profiling, and subsequent verification, by gene “knock in” or “knock down”, of their functional role in determining the metastatic potential, in vitro and in vivo, of resulting prostate cancer cells.
You can find more information about us on our laboratory website Urogenus-research or on our Insel website
Group Members: 19
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. med. George Thalmann
- Funktion
- Clinic Director, Group Leader
- george.thalmann@insel.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 21 84
- Phone2
- Pager 181 6648
- Name / Titel
- PD Dr. phil. Marianna Kruithof-de Julio
- Funktion
- Research Leader / Group Leader
- marianna.kruithofdejulio@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 09 31
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. phil. nat Katia Monastyrskaya
- Funktion
- Group Leader
- katia.monastyrskaia@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 87 76
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Fiona C. Burkhard
- Funktion
- Group Leader
- fiona.burkhard@insel.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 95 27
- Name / Titel
- PD Dr. med. Roland Seiler-Blarer
- Funktion
- Group Leader
- roland.seiler@insel.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 20 45
- Name / Titel
- Akshay Akshay
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- akshay.akshay@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 87 19
- Name / Titel
- Mustafa Besic
- Funktion
- Lab Technician
- mustafa.besic@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 87 19
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Marta De Menna
- Funktion
- Postdoc
- marta.demenna@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 09 81
- Name / Titel
- Juening Kang
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- juening.kang@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 09 31
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Sofia Karkampouna
- Funktion
- Postdoc
- sofia.karkampouna@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 22 59
- Name / Titel
- Mirjam Kiener
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- mirjam.kiener@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 09 81
- Name / Titel
- Michelle von Siebenthal
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- michelle.vonsiebenthal@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 09 81
- Name / Titel
- Irena Klima
- Funktion
- Lab Technician / Lab Manager
- irena.klima@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 98 18
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Eugenio Zoni
- Funktion
- Postdoc
- eugenio.zoni@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 22 59
- Name / Titel
- Federico La Manna
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- Phone
- +41 31 632 22 59
- Name / Titel
- Martina Minoli
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- martina.minoli@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 22 59
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Katja Ovchinnikova
- Funktion
- Scientific Officer
- katja.ovchinnikova@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Elisa Rodrigues Sousa
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- elisa.rodriguessousa@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 632 09 81
- Name / Titel
- Saurav Subedi
- Funktion
- PhD Student
- saurav.subedi@ibmm.unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Mario Scarpa
- Funktion
- Postdoktorand
- mario.scarpa@dbmr.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +1 31 632 09 81