Cardiovascular Research Cluster Bern

Teaching activities

All groups of the Cardiovascular Research Cluster are involved in teaching activities at various levels including internships, and Master, PhD or MD research work. Opportunities for high school students (Matura projects or Swiss Youth in Science) are also available. Interested students should contact the individual research groups directly to enquire about positions.

Seminar series 2025

18 February 2025: Prof. Camilla Schinner, Department for BioMedical Research and PD Dr. med. Marina Rieder, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern

Seminar series 2024

21 November 2024: Dr. med. Sarah Bernhard, Head of Angiodysplasia. FMH General Internal Medicine and Angiology, Inselspital, Bern and Prof. Mikka Vikkula, Co-Director and Professor of Human Genetics Institut de Duve, Brussels, Belgium. Seminar Flyer November 2024
05 November 2024: Xenotransplantation. Prof. Robert Rieben (Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern), Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Michel (Division of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, LMU Klinikum, Munich). Discussant: Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Siepe (Clinic Director and Chief Physician, University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Inselspital, Cardiovascular Center). Seminar Flyer November 2024
16 October 2024: In vitro models. Dr. Lisa Conrad (Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern), Dr. Yannick Rösch (ARTORG, Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern). Seminar Flyer October 2024
04 June 2024: How can you identify your career goals? Workshop with Monika Sattler. Workshop Flyer June 2024
21 May 2024: Effect of septic microparticles on calcium handling in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. PD Dr. Nina Ullrich (Department of Physiology, University of Bern) and Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Dania Fischer (Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg). Seminar Flyer May 2024
5 March 2024: A different approach to the treatment of degenerative mitral regurgitation in the near future; from bed to bench and back. PD Dr. med. Alberto Weber (Hirslanden Herzzentrum). Zebrafish as an animal model to study valve development and disease. Prof. Nadia Mercader (Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern). Seminar Flyer March 2024

Seminar series 2023

12 December 2023: A-kinase anchoring proteins: molecular regulators of cardiac remodeling. Prof. Dario Diviani (Co-director Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Lausanne). Seminar Flyer December 2023
16 November 2023: Probing the Frontier of Clinical EV Applications in Cardiac Diseases: Biomarkers and Therapeutics. Prof. Lucio Barile (Adjunct Professor at Università Svizzera italiana and Group leader at Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Lugan). Seminar Flyer November 2023
21 September 2023: New Transplantation Transport System (Update on OCS Clinic since the beginning of the program in Switzerland. Dr. med. Bruno Schnegg ( Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern), Prof. Dr. Sarah Longnus (Cardiac Surgery, Deparmtent for BioMedical Resarch UniBe) Partner Seminar Flyer September 2023
03 July 2023: Prof. Sabine Steffens (Institute for Prophylaxis and Epidemiology of Circulatory Diseases, LMU Munich)
24 May 2023: Prof. Jessica Bastiaansen (Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Bern University) and Prof. Christoph Gräni, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital). Partnered seminar Flyer May 2023
09 May 2023: Therapeutic potential of long noncoding RNAs in heart disease. Thierry Pedrazzini, PhD Associate Professor (Experimental Cardiology Unit, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Lausanne Medical School). Seminar Flyer May 2023
04 April 2023: Roundtable on Heart Transplantation. Chair: Prof. Matthias Siepe (Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bern University Hospital). Panelists: Prof. Sarah Longnus (Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bern University Hospital and Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern), Dr. med. David Reineke (Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bern University Hospital), Dr. phil. Sven Schmutz (Department of Cardiology, Cardiac Psychology, Bern University Hospital), Dr. med. Bruno Schnegg (Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital). Seminar Flyer April 2023
23 March 2023: Seminar with Innovation & Grants Office of the University of Bern. Seminar Flyer March 2023

Seminar series 2022

13 December 2022: Lipid-induced vascular inflammation. PD Dr. med Stefan Freigang (Institute of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology, University of Bern) and Dr. med. Konstantinos Koskinas (Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital). Seminar Flyer December 2022
01 December 2022: Multi-chamber cardioids unravel human heart development and cardiac defects. Sasha Mendjan, PhD (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria). Seminar Flyer Mendjan December 2022
14 November 2022: Congential Heart Disease. Dr. med. Fabienne Schwitz (Department of Cardiology, Center for Congenital Heart Disease) and Ass. Prof. Marco Osterwalder (Department for BioMedical Research). Seminar Flyer November 2022
20 June 2022: Prof. Matthias Siepe (Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bern University Hospital) and Prof. Drosos Kotelis (Department of Vascular Surgery, Bern University Hospital). Seminar Flyer June 2022
17 May 2022: Prof. Yvonne Döring (Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Bern University Hospital and Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern) and PD Dr. med. Marc Schindewolf (Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Bern University Hospital). Seminar Flyer May 2022
12 April 2022: Imaging the impact of hyperoxia on the heart: from translational models to clinical trials. PD Dr. Kady Fischer (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bern University Hospital) and PD Dr. med. Dominik Günsch (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bern University Hospital). Seminar Flyer April 2022
24 March 2022: Translational research at CNIC: from mechanisms to clinical trials. Prof. Borja Ibáñez (CNIC, Madrid, Spain). Seminar Flyer March 2022

Seminar series 2021

02 December 2021: Dr. Babken Asatryan (Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital) and Prof. Dr. Nadia Mercader (Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern). Seminar Flyer December 2021
09 November 2021: Atrial Fibrillation. Prof. Dr. med. Laurent Roten (Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital) and PD Dr. Ange Maguy (Department of Physiology, University of Bern). Seminar Flyer November 2021
07 September 2021: Heart Failure and Exercise. Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Wilhelm (Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital) and Prof. Dr. med. Ernst Niggli (Department of Physiology, University of Bern). Seminar Flyer September 2021
03 June 2021: New perspectives in reconstructive transplantation: from bench to bedside. PD Dr. med. Radu Olariu (Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Bern University Hospital) and Dr. Nicoletta Sorvillo (Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern). Seminar Flyer June 2021
06 May 2021: Heart Transplantation with Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD). Dr. med. Bruno Schnegg (Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital) and Prof. Dr. Sarah Longnus (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bern University Hospital and Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern). Seminar Flyer May 2021
13 April 2021: Cardio-Oncology. Dr. sc. nat. Christian Zuppinger (Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital) and Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Suter (Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital and Lindenhofgruppe, Bern). Seminar Flyer April 2021

Seminar series 2020

08 December 2020: CoVasc: Unravelling consequences of SARS-CoV-2 mediated inflammatory immune responses in heart and vasculature. Profs. Yvonne Döring, Britta Engelhardt, Nadia Mercader & Robert Rieben (Inselspital & University of Bern). Seminar Flyer 8th December 2020
03 December 2020: Epigenetic link between statin therapy and type 2 diabetes. PD Dr. Dr. Taulant Muka (Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern). Seminar Flyer 3rd December 2020
17 November 2020: Update on the management of dyslipidemias. Dr. med. Konstantinos Koskinas (Centre for Preventive Cardiology, Sports Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital). Seminar Flyer November 2020
29 October 2020: Prevention of cardiovascular disease – where basic science and clinical research could meet. Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Wilhelm (Centre for Preventive Cardiology, Sports Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital). Seminar Flyer October 2020
25 June 2020: Electro-mechanical dysfunction and interaction in 'electrical' diseases of the heart. Prof. Dr. med. Katja Odening (Translational Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and Institute of Physiology, University of Bern). Seminar Flyer June 2020
28 May 2020: Deciphering the regulatory dynamics controlling cardiac development and reprogramming. Ass.-Prof. Marco Osterwalder (Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern). Seminar Flyer 28th May 2020
12 May 2020: Chemokine receptors in chronic vascular inflammation. Prof. Dr. Yvonne Döring (Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern). Seminar Flyer 12th May 2020

Seminar series 2019

4 December 2019: Targeting Derailed Proteostasis in Management of Atrial Fibrillation. Prof. Dr. Bianca Brundel, Department of Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Seminar Flyer December 2019
11 September 2019: A vasculogenic niche in the mammalian heart contributes to coronary lymphatic vessels. Prof. Miguel Torres Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CNIC, Madrid, Spain. Seminar Flyer September 2019
4 July 2019: Ischemic heart disease: Do we need a gender-specific treatment? Prof. Dr. med. Catherine Gebhard, Cardiovascular Gender Medicine, Center for Molecular Cardiology, University of Zurich, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich. Seminar Flyer July 2019
18 June 2019: Cardiomyocytes and macro-molecular complexes of ion channels: role in cardiac pathologies? PD Dr. phil. nat. Jean-Sébastien Rougier, Institut of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Universität Bern. Seminar Flyer June 2019