A special set of skills and a new mindset is needed to bridge the gap between medicine and engineering. The University of Basel, together with the University Hospital and University Children’s Hospital decided to develop such skills and mindset together with aspiring researchers and students, and thus they created the DBE. Its mission is to explore and unleash the immense innovative potential and the unforseen benefits for patients of such an interdisciplinary endeavor.

Biomedical engineers are specialists in the translation of basic engineering research and development into clinical application and medical products. If you want to get on board, check the education page for our Master’s and PhD programs. Below you find a list of open Master’s Theses that might catch your attention. If you have your own ideas, do not hesitate to get in contact with the research group leader you think fits best.

This is a list of potential Master’s Theses projects. In case you are interested in one of them please get in contact with the respective supervisors. Should you have a related idea that you would like to pitch, please don not hesitate to contact one of the supervisors as well.

Join the DBE as Junior Group Leader - drive innovative, translational research within our cutting-edge competence clusters and shape the future of science!

Prerequisites:

• Your research interest falls into one of the DBE's competence clusters: Biomaterials Science & Regenerative Medicine, Clinical Biomechanics, Data Driven Modelling & Analysis, Emerging Analytical & Forensic Technologies, Lasers & Robotics, and Medical Imaging. 
• Your research interest falls into one of the trending topics across all research clusters:
  • Digital Medicine & AI in Clinics: Bring AI into medical routine, specifically medical imaging (virtual and extended reality in surgery for medical training, before, during and after surgery); AI and image analysis for digital health, pathology and diagnosis; AI for reconstruction planning; AI for closed-loop control (in robotics, lab automation, movement-based motion capture, tissue analysis).
  • Miniaturizing & Point of Care solutions, specifically miniaturized sensors for wearables, mobile health, at-home monitoring, telehealth, biosensors, movement-based biomarkers, chemical sensing; miniaturized, portable, affordable and intelligent POC devices, including (laser) optical methods; development of in-hospital and in patient 3D-printing, 3D-printed biological materials
  • Personalized Healthcare, specifically personalized implants and solutions (nano to macro), minimally invasive (robotic) 3D-printed biological materials & novel (regenerative) tissues; data driven modeling, tissue-specific quantitation (pathology, dermatology), longitudinal data analysis, pediatric digital health).
• Your project is translational, which means it is of interest to our clinical partners.

You will find more information on how to apply on our guidelines page.

Key dates:

Applications submitted after the deadline are not taken into consideration and will be handles in the next evaluation round.

The documents related to careers are available here