VPHI Webinar «How are my age and my cows related?» Cognitive Interviewing as a tool to pretest survey questions in limited resource settings | Kristina Roesel 17 September
WTI GENDER LECTURE SERIES Know the GAP gender lectures | Recommendation 40: Know the GAP gender lectures Parinaz Tofighi 18 September
SSTMP Online seminar series Molecular Parasitology & Chemotherapy | Carmen Faso, Matías Preza 18 September
VPHI - Animal Welfare Division The principles of rigorous and responsible animal research | Hanno Würbel 19 September
Emilie Jäger Lecture Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism | Safiya Umoja Noble 27 September
VPHI - Animal Welfare Division From the backyard to commercial production: An investigation of social dynamics of laying hens | Klara Johanna Grethen 03 October
VPHI - Animal Welfare Division Horses and slow-feeders: investigating consequences on horse health and behaviour | Marie Roig-Pons 15 October
VPHI - Animal Welfare Division Quantifying animal welfare for policy and practice: the Welfare Footprint Framework | Cynthia Schuck-Paim 31 October
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.
Science Slam, Alumni Bern Are you creative and want to showcase your favourite scientific topic? After a full house at the first Science Slam Bern in April, the popular short presentation tournament is coming back on October 16.
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.
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.
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.
