Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bern provides undergraduate and postgraduate education to more than 2200 students in human medicine and dentistry.

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

Angèle Gayet-Ageron assumed her position as Full Professor for Epidemiology and Public Health on April 1, 2025. 💐Welcome to the Faculty of Medicine! More about her background and her research: https://t.co/oM1M0LGZ0p

[Insel Gruppe @inselgruppe]

Randomized trial led by the #InselGruppe, @unibern & @UniSpitalBasel shows: pulsed field ablation (PFA) results in fewer recurrences than conventional catheter ablation. Promising results for patients with atrial fibrillation! More: https://t.co/XgZHWtHdbZ
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[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

When inflammation attacks your nerves: new insights into the role of nerve cells in gastrointestinal complaints

[Insel Gruppe @inselgruppe]

Study led by @ChariteBerlin, #InselGruppe & @unibern shows how the gut nervous system adapts to inflammation. Key factors: the interferon system & ferroptosis, which are activated in nerve cells during inflammation. More: https://t.co/scj1pOGgB6

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[Insel Gruppe @inselgruppe]

A #Study by EURECA in collaboration with #InselGruppe shows: recurrent #brain haemorrhages occur more frequently near previous bleeding sites. Over 700 patients were examined.
https://t.co/W89P2Tn9qF

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@mbgoeldlin @davidseiffge @StrokeBern
#Neurology

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

Antje-Christin Knopf assumed her position as Full Professor of Applied Data Science and Decision Support Systems on March 1, 2025.💐Welcome to the Faculty of Medicine! More about her background and her research: https://t.co/sOO4ykWXt5 @unibern @inselgruppe

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

You have a brilliant idea to advance medical teaching - but not the resources to implement it?🤔Apply for a FILMED grant of our Faculty: https://t.co/ES6aGMyHDZ ☝️Deadline for submission is April 30, 2025. @unibern @inselgruppe

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

By no means a question of money alone!🩺Why the @unibern has to turn away two-thirds of its medical school applicants – even though there is a shortage of physicians in Switzerland: https://t.co/Lmd3XBk8E4

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

Strategic funding opportunity in patient-oriented and translational research: 2025 call of the Faculty’s SF Board now open!👉https://t.co/G0FEKRcQ1w @inselgruppe @unibern

[BioMedical Research @DBMR_UniBe]

The call for applications for the Johanna Dürmüller-Bol DBMR Research Award is now open. ✍️ Apply until April 15 ➡️ https://t.co/JhrNVAtO9N @MedFacultyUniBE…@unibern

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

New study on #stroke therapy found that catheter-based therapy provides no added benefit over standard medication therapy for patients with medium-sized or smaller vessel occlusions.👉https://t.co/5wgGguVRsH 👏Congrats to @FishingNeurons of @unibern & @inselgruppe and colleagues!

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

Around one in ten diagnoses is wrong. Can AI help with this?🤖
Surprising result from the 1st study on AI-based diagnostic systems in acute medicine:

[Insel Gruppe @inselgruppe]

New study led by #InselGruppe & @unibern shows: AI-based diagnostic systems do not improve the quality of diagnoses. More: https://t.co/3YcRfcA2Oa.

#AI #Research #Medicine
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@snsf_ch
@nrp77_digital

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

Britta Engelhardt, Director of the Theodor Kocher Institute at @unibern, received the 2025 Research Award of the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society @SchweizMs. 👏Many congratulations!💐👉To the interview (in German): https://t.co/w1biFJDGLj

[BioMedical Research @DBMR_UniBe]

The call for nominations for the 2024 Benoît Pochon Prize for an outstanding PhD or MD-PhD thesis conducted at the DBMR and defended in 2024 is now open. ✍️ Send us your nomination until March 6 ➡️ https://t.co/qEaSA5YRkp

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

🇺🇦🤝🇨🇭We launched our new partnership with Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University during a one-week visit of three Ukrainian professors in Bern.📹Here is the full-length video of this visit: https://t.co/c1x5gURYwi @unibern @inselgruppe

[Universität Bern @unibern]

Santella, a start-up from #unibern has made it to the top 3 finalists of the Ypsomed Innovation Award 2025, congratulations! #Santella develops innovative vaccines against poultry diseases🐔 to reduce the use of antibiotics: https://t.co/vu8wt7QMxb.

📷@Ypsomed
#IFIK

[Universität Bern @unibern]

🎉Congratulations to #ARTORG #unibern & the University Clinic for Radiation Oncology @inselgruppe! @Neosoma_ai is leveraging the deep-learning AI technologies to drive innovation in brain tumor research & therapy with its newly founded Swiss subsidiary: https://t.co/mYMhE2YqQe

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

In his video message, our Dean, Prof. Claudio Bassetti, explains the most significant steps taken in 2024 on the Faculty's path to success:
▶️https://t.co/TkOVAbh1Ea
@unibern @inselgruppe

[Universität Bern @unibern]

Congratulations to @AnaVicedo9 @ISPMBern #unibe for leading the @wellcometrust-funded TACTIC project! Together with international partners, TACTIC will create digital tools to analyze the health impacts of #climatechange and strengthen capacity in low-resource settings 🌍@WMO

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

The Female Empowerment in Life Sciences (FELS) Network will hold its first Research Day on March 21, 2025, in Bern.👉Here is the program: https://t.co/cWbjr76YJx @unibern @inselgruppe

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @MedFacultyUniBE]

The @unibern has promoted Andri Rauch to Full Professor of Infectious Diseases, effective January 1, 2025. 💐 We congratulate Andri Rauch and look forward to the continuation of the collaboration. @inselgruppe