Purpose: It is the goal of the elective modules to give the students the opportunity to get acquainted with scientific topics of interest, to learn new experimental techniques and to indulge in daily lab routines. If feasible, students get the opportunity to work on a small project on their own. Apart from offering students deeper insights into preferred fields of research, elective modules ideally also serve as an entry point towards the master thesis.

Dates:
Slot 1: 09.02. - 27.02.2026
Slot 2: 02.03. – 20.03.2026

Elective Modules

Guidelines for Assessment of the Elective Modules

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Elective Modules_Testatblatt_Grading Sheets

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KSL Instructions_Registration_Students_EN

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KSL Instructions_upload proposals_Dozierende

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Alumni Award
Alumni Biomedical Sciences will award a prize for the best master thesis 2020. In a first step, a committee will judge the anonymized abstracts based on clarity, writing, and scientific content. Second, the full master thesis of some students will be read and judged. Judging criterias will be rather based on scientific writing and methodology than on the project itself. The prize of SFr. 500.- will be handed over to the winner at the official diploma ceremony in March. To be eligible for the prize, please send the abstract of your master thesis before 13.01.25 to study coordinator. Alumni Biomedical Sciences wishes you good luck with your experiments and all the best for your master thesis.

Masterthesis

Richtlinien_und_ Anleitung_english_final

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BMS_Master-Thesis-Grading-Sheet_only for Fribourg or extern Masterthesis

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CTS Master's Theses: Instructions for Students

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Instructions plagiarism for students and lecturers

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KSL Masterarbeiten: Anleitung für Dozierende

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All teaching modules undergo an obligatory WEB based evaluation

The link for the evaluation will send by mail in december and june.

This is obligatory for everyone.

Studies listed below refer to topics that may be of special interest to Master students in Biomedical Sciences. Important : While ECTS points earned with these courses are NOT eligible towards achieving the Masters' degree in BMSc, they will be listed in the Diploma Supplement as additional voluntary studies.

Introductory Course in Laboratory Animal Science (2 ECTS)
Details about the course on care and use of laboratory animals (LTK) can be found here: Zurich

Registration procedure:

Dateien LTK Course

Confirmation-LTK course

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Module in CTU

Course objectives
This course is aimed at providing prospective clinical investigators with the essential knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and of other regulatory and ethical requirements, and the skills for contributing to clinical trials

The topics covered will include
- Ethical and legal principles
- Swiss regulations for research involving humans (HRA, ClinO, HRO and OrgO)
- GCP guidelines
- Basics of clinical research and study designs
- Basics of data management in clinical research
- Patient information and consent
- Study conduct & quality assurance
- Safety
Link to GCB Homepage

- Organized by  CTU Bern, Universität Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, 3012 Bern
- Duration: 2-day event
- Costs: CHF 400.-- are paid by us
- Registration is handled the study coordinator (tabea.ruegge@unibe.ch)
- The exact date and time will be announced in due course

09.01.2025: Rahel Widmer
Start:  15:30
Location:   Interregionale Blutspende SRK Bern
Title: Increase of blood transfusion safety by improving OBI detection – comparison of two procedures 

09.01.2025: Bodenmann Rahel
Start:  09:15
Location:   JJHG523
Title: Sex differences in acute kidney injury - what are the mechanisms behind renal “Man flu"

21.01.2025: Lucie Freiholz
Start:  10:00
Location:    IFIK (Friedbühlstrasse 25, 3001 Bern)
Title: A human neuroblastoma derived cell line model for tick-borne encephalitis virus strains characterization

24.01.2025: Sophie Dössegger
Start:  16:00
Location:   Rapportraum UDEM B141, in the Julie-von-Jenner-Haus, InselSpital (Freiburgstrasse 15)
Title: Food Purchase Patterns in Individuals with Overweight or Obesity on Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Treatment Compared to Healthy Individuals: Insights from Loyalty Card Data

24.01.2025: Victoria Puffi
Start:  10:00
Location:   Mu35_ H813
Title: Enhancing radiotherapy efficacy through DNA damage response inhibition in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

24.01.2025: Alessia Saldanha Dias
Start:  10:40
Location:  room H813 of Murtenstrasse 35
Title: Pharmacological targeting of DNA Damage Response (DDR) in combination with radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

24.01.2025: Lisa Todaro
Start:  16:00
Location:  Rapportraum UDEM B141, Julie-von-Jenner-Haus, Inselspital (Freiburgerstrasse 15)
Title: Quantification of Menopausal Hot Flashes Using Digital Wearable Technology

24.01.2025: Karolina Mathisova
Start:  11:20
Location:   tba
Title:  Exploring the impact of the Serine 1016 residue of MET in A549 and HN5 cell lines on drug response, receptor stability, and mitochondrial metabolism 

27.01.2025: Dila Kaymaz
Start:  10:30
Location:   JJHB821
Title:  Next-generation CAR T cells targeting FGFR4 for pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma

28.01.2025: Pillet Florian
Start:  16:00
Location:   Mu35_ H813
Title: Regulation of BOK mRNA stability in cancer by TRIM28

29.01.2025: Chloé Chapallaz
Start:  16:00
Location:   Room: Mur35_H810 (Murtenstrasse 35, Bern, BE, CH)
Title: Exploring Mechanotransduction and Inflammation in Human Intervertebral Disc Cells in Type I Collagen Hydrogels 

30.01.2025: Yuki Hirano
Start:  11:00
Location:   L241, Murtenstrasse 31, 3008 Bern
Title: Regulation of hypoxia signalling in the progression of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

31.01.2025: Carla Raffaele
Start:  12:15
Location:   Murtenstrasse 35, H floor, room 810
Title: A Comparison of Bovine Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells With Nucleus Pulposus Progenitor Cells: Exploring Extracellular Vesicle Therapy for Intervertebral Disk Regeneration.

The “Alumni Biomedical Sciences” form an association of former MSc of Science in Biomedical Sciences students, their professors form the Universities of Bern and Fribourg as well as of different partners from in industry and academics. It’s our goal to form not only a platform for pleasurable reunions, but also to keep in touch concerning professional duties. We want to build up networks within the association and towards potential employers. Therefore we are sustaining an Internet page with information about possible working places, links to our partners from the industry and academics and information about events such as careers days.
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