Young Scientist Paper Awards

The Young Scientist Paper Award aims to support early-career researchers at the Vetsuisse Faculty. Once a year, the Vetsuisse Faculty recognizes one publication in clinical research and one in basic research.

The award is endowed with CHF 2,000 for each category. It is presented during the annual Science & Barbecue Day.

Announcement 2025

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• First author of a research article published in a peer-reviewed journal between May 1, 2024, and April 30, 2025.
• The Dr. med. vet. dissertation must have been completed no more than 4 years before the application.
• The author must have conducted the research at the Vetsuisse Faculty in Bern and/or Zurich.

To be considered, the following documents (in a single PDF file) must be submitted electronically to (faculty.vetsuisse@unibe.ch) by May 26, 2025:

• A summary outlining the significance of the work and a description of your contribution (max. 1 page)
• A brief biosketch (max. 1 page)
• A copy of the PhD/Dr. med. vet. diploma
• A statement from the corresponding author
• A PDF copy of the article

Award Recipients

2024

• Dr. med. vet. Sophie Sage, Swiss Institute of Equine Medicine (ISME), Vesuisse-Fakultät Bern
  "Increased Sensitivity of Computed Tomography Scan for Neoplastic Tissues Using the Extracellular Vesicle Formulation of the Contrast Agent Iohexol" (Immunology, Dezember 2023) 

• Dr. sc. nat. Martina Panatta, Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, Vetsuisse Fakultät Zürich  
  "An RNA-dependent and phase-separated active subnuclear compartment safeguards repressive chromatin domains" (Molecular Cell, April 2024) 

2023

• Dr. med. vet. Simona Vincenti, Kleintierklinik Chirugie, Vesuisse-Fakultät Bern
  "Increased Sensitivity of Computed Tomography Scan for Neoplastic Tissues Using the Extracellular Vesicle Formulation of the Contrast Agent Iohexol" (Pharmaceutics, Dezember 2022) 

• Dr. rer. nat. Vincent Spreng, Institut für Molekulare Mechanismen bei Krankheiten, Vetsuisse Fakultät Zürich  
  "Phase separation properties of RPA combine high-affinity ssDNA binding with dynamic condensate functions at telomeres" (Nature Structural & molecular Biology, März 2023) 

2022

• Cristiana Bersaglieri, PhD, Institut für Molekulare Mechanismen bei Krankheiten, Vetsuisse Fakultät Zürich  
  “Genome-wide maps of nucleolus interactions reveal distinct layers of repressive chromatin domains”, (Nature Communications, März 2023)

• Dr. sc. med. vet. Henning Richter, PhD, Klinik für Bildgebende Diagnostik, Vetsuisse Fakultät Zürich  
  "Gadolinium Tissue Distribution in a Large-Animal Model after a Single Dose of Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents", (Radiology, Dezember 2021)