sitem Center for Translational Medicine and Biomedical Entrepreneurship

The sitem-insel School offers continuing education programs (MAS/DAS/CAS) and standalone courses to specialists in industry, hospitals and academia in the filelds of translational medicine, biomedical entrepreneurship, and medical device regulatory affairs.

The sitem-insel School runs under the roof of the sitem Center for Translational Medicine and Biomedical Entrepreneurship, which is a Center of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern. Together with the sitem-insel community, the School aims to connect the best minds in Science, Clinical Care, Regulation and Management to advance medical technologies and improve patient care. The School supports individuals in their scientific and entrepreneurial endouvers by offering studies in advanced education (MAS/DAS/CAS) that train specialists in highly relevant topics of translational medicine and entrepreneurship.

Together, we bridge the gap between clinical practice, research, and business.

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Fracture Care in Trauma Surgery by Dr. Markus Windolf

sitem Center, University of Bern, has invited Dr Markus Windolf to sitem-insel, where he talks about the translational process at AO Foundation in Davos and how innovation is at the heart of the organization in his presentation: Innovation for improving fracture care in trauma surgery: Translational Medicine at the AO Foundation Davos.

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Hiring Young Talent in the MedTech Industry: Interview with Mike Wallenstein from Novartis

With over 25 years of experience working in the medical device industry, Mike has become a trusted expert in EU MDR implementation, QA & Compliance, Research and Development, and Manufacturing of Combination Products. He is an advocate of hiring young talent in the workplace and foresees big opportunities in the field.

In this interview, Mike explains the importance of attracting young talent into the MedTech industry and how his career started.

Welcome to the team!

Sarah Schuppli-Saegesser joins our Personalised Medicine Research group.

Sarah is an MSc student in Biomedical Engineering who is currently doing her Master thesis in Biomechanics under the supervision of Johanna Menze. She joins the research group of Dr. Kate Gerber and Dr. Nicolas Gerber. Sarah is currently studying the effects of shoulder muscle strengths on rotator cuff loading, using inverse dynamic analyses in AnyBody.

Sarah studied Physics at the University of Berne and continued as a PhD candidate in Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oxford. She subsequently went into teaching Physics at the Gymnasium Biel-Seeland. Sarah has four children (9-13 y.o).

Adrian Ruckli RMS Master Award Winner 2021

Adrian Ruckli, PhD candidate of the Personalised Medicine Research Group at sitem Center, has received the RMS Master Award 2021 for the highest average score during his Master of Science in Medical Engineering. We sincerely congratulate Adrian!

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Assisted patent searches at the IPI: Now more than ever!

Despite the corona crisis, the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property offers assisted patent searches free of charge and from home until the end of May 2020!

Best Communication Award

The Group for Cardiac Technology and Implantable Devices received the Best Communication Award from the Swiss Society of Cardiology for their work "Leadless cardiac resynchronization therapy using conductive intracardiac communication – cumulative experience from in-vivo proof-of-concept trials".

Energy Harvesting

The following article by among others sitem-insel employee Dr. Adrian Zurbuchen gives an insight into the research and development activities in the field of batteryless pacemakers.

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Events

13:30 - 18:10 MDRQ Symposium 2021 - Regulation of Medical Devices: from Innovation to Application

27 May

17:00 - 18:20 Antrittsvorlesung, PD Dr. med. Franca Wagner, "Optimierte Bildgebung bei Hörstörungen: prä-, intra- und postoperativ"

14 August

10:00 - 11:30 TMBE MAS thesis defense, PD Dr. Andrea Chicca, "First-in-class endocannabinoid modulators to treat CNS disorders: from basic...

21 April

12:30 - 13:30 Invited Guest Lecture, Prof. Dr. Scott J. Hollister, "3D Printed Resorbable Patient Matched Implants for Head and Neck Reconstruction"

17 March

12:30 - 13:30 Invited Guest Lecture, Dr. med. Dr. phil. nat. Mathias Hauri-Hohl, "Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Non-Malignant Diseases...

06 February

17.00 - 17.45 Invited Guest Lecture, Prof. Dr. Moira A. Gunn, "The Media Strategy of the Bioenterprise"

10 December

13.15 - 14.15 Invited Guest Lecture, Prof. Dr. Sarosh Irani, MD, “The autoantibody-mediated diseases of the CNS: clinical and immunological observations”

28 November

13.00 - 19.00 phageSuisse Symposium, informing and training health professionals about bacteriophage treatment

28 November

17.00 - 19.00 Inaugural Lecture and Minisymposium, PD Dr. rer. nat. Christian Rummel, "Quantitative Datenauswertung und künstliche Intelligenz...

30 October

Dining Docs

18 October

08.30 - 17.00 Symposium "Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging"

09 September

Best Communication Award

Energy Harvesting

The following article by among others sitem-insel employee Dr. Adrian Zurbuchen gives an insight into the research and development activities in the field of batteryless pacemakers.

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