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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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 31.01.2026  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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CTS Master's Theses: Instructions for Students

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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

17.12.2025 Diana Sintschikin
Start:  15:30
Location:  Mittelstrasse 43, Room 471
Title: How does physical behaviour relate to somatic health after childhood cancer; The association between physical activity and neuropathic symptoms in paediatric childhood cancer survivors

17.12.2025: Nina Beutling
Start:  10:00
Location: Roche, Bau 7
Title: Pharmacokinetic Modeling of CEA-targeted antibodies and soluble CEA impact

19.12.2025: Lucian Häfele
Start:  10.00
Location:   Seminarraum 220, Mittelstrasse 43
Title: The development of MASLD among survivors of breast or colorectal cancer (EVALUATE)

07.01.2026: Eva Luisier 
Start:  10.00
Location:  INO E-123 (E floor, Intensive Care)
Title: What's in a dose? Generating experimental evidence for dosing regimens in bacteriophage therapy using the hollow fibre infection model

09.01.2026: Sophie van Leemput
Start:  09.00
Location:   Freiburgstrasse 15 Julie-von-Jenner-Haus, G523
Title: Fetuin-A and its phosphorylation states: sex differences upon bilateral ischemia-reperfusion kidney injury

12.01.2026: Julia Zurkinden
Start:  13.30
Location:   Room H813 at Murtenstrasse 35
Title: Exploring the Role of Serine1016 in the MET Receptor Across Cancer Cell Lines and Its Impact on Cellular Metabolism

20.01.2026: Ana Margarida Teixeira Macedo
Start:  13.30
Location: U1 133, Murtenstrasse 40
Title: Towards the Characterization of Inhibitory Alloantibodies against Factor IX in a Haemophilia B Patient

15.01.2026: Elena Rapin
Start:  12.15
Location:   FInstitute of Anatomy, in Room A301 (Lesesaal, Seminarraum).
Title: Vascular Effects Induced by Proton Radiotherapy in the Chicken Chorioallantoic Membrane

22.01.2026: Sónia Fernandes Marques
Start: 11:00
Location:  Murtenstrasse 31, Room L241
Title: Understanding metastasis progression in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

23.01.2026; Emma Spicher
Start: 09.30
Location: Mur31_L241, Murtenstrasse 31, 3008 Bern
Title: The Role of Hexokinase 3 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment - The impact of HK3 localization, signaling modulation, and protein interaction on drug response

23.01.2026; Alicia Rusch
Start: 14:00
Location: Murtenstrasse 35, H813
Title: Exploring the Importance of DNA-PK in Patient-Matched HPV-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Lines: A Comparative Study Using Standard Therapies and Small Molecule Inhibition

27.01.2026; Sophie Rohrer
Start:  15.30
Location: IGMP (Raum L241)
Title: Establishing a pipeline to examine 3D matrisome architecture in colorectal cancer

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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