News Archive
Awards
ISREC Tandem award
Immunotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: Primary pleural cancers such as the malignant pleural mesothelioma, a lung cancer related to asbestos exposure, are cancers that develop in the chest cavity. The project led by Drs. Peng, Ochsenbein and Schmid aims to discover novel immune targets and mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy in mesothelioma patients
Publications
Biomarkers indicate regression of liver cirrhosis
Researchers from the DBMR/BCPM (University of Bern and University Hospital of Bern) and the University of Vienna identified and validated a group of lipid biomarkers associated with regression of fibrosis that could used as non-invasive biomarkers for detecting regression of chronic liver disease.
Awards
SNSF Sinergia award for Axel Rominger, Kuangyu Shi and Quanzheng Li
Intelligent 4D ultra-high-sensitive PET Imaging for early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: The project deals with the development of early detection methods for pancreatic cancer using positron emission tomography. For this purpose, appropriate radiotracers are to be used which target specific characteristics of tumor cells.
Annual Report
Medical Faculty: Annual Report 2023
The annual report 2023 of the medical faculty of the University of Bern is out. The BCPM is featured on page 176.
Publications
Swiss Medical Weekly: What are the bottlenecks to health data sharing in Switzerland? An interview study
While health data sharing for research purposes is strongly supported in principle, it can be challenging to implement in practice. Little is known about the actual bottlenecks to health data sharing in Switzerland. This study aimed to assess the obstacles to Swiss health data sharing, including legal, ethical and logistical bottlenecks.
People
Swiss Cancer Research foundation news
Mark Rubin is the new president of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Cancer Research foundation as of January 2024.
People
Swiss 3R Competence Centre (3RCC) interview
BCPM director Mark Rubin discusses his 3RCC-funded research in this short Youtube video: Development of a platform for genitourinary cancer patient-derived organoids.
Publications
Publication in Molecular Cell: A potential milestone in cancer therapy
Prof. Mark Rubin, Dr. Anke Augspach (University of Bern, Inselspital) and Prof. Rahul Kanadia (University of Connecticut) have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against cancer. They identified a previously unknown weak point of prostate cancer cells. This could also lead to entirely new therapeutic approaches for other types of cancer.
Podcast
SRF Podcast on Organoids in Bladder Cancer research (in German)
Prof. Dr. Marianna Kruithof de Julio, head of the TOR facility and group leader at the DBMR, and Prof. Dr. Roland Seiler, Urology chief physician at the Biel Hospital Centre, explain why organoids play an important role in bladder cancer research and the development of personalized therapies (starting 20').
Publications
New publication in Nature on Blood-Brain Barrier and Multiple Sclerosis
Check out the paper by Prof. Britta Engelhardt and her team: "Antigen recognition detains CD8+ T cells at the blood-brain barrier and contributes to its breakdown".