BIROMED-Lab featured in UNINOVA #137
Georg Rauter’s BIROMED-Lab of the MIRACLE project was featured in latest edition of UNINOVA, the research magazine of the University of Basel. The feature is part of a series called "My Workspace", which presents labs and offices of…
Volunteers Needed for a Scientific Study About Acoustic Emissions of Bruxism
For a scientific study we are looking for healthy, normal weight women and men aged 18 to 50 with good English skills or German. The experiment will take around 120 minutes from your time. In total 50 participants will be recruited for this…
Early Bird Registration extended to Monday, 26 May
The Early Bird Registration for the Medical Robotics Week Basel 2021 was extended to Monday, 26 April. Check in right now for fascinating talks on some of the pressing topics of our time.
Online-Event: From Industry to Medical Robotics
After the Medical Robotics Week, BaselArea will host an online event on June 30 on the topic of robotics and industry. Georg Rauter will present his research, followed by highlights of the Medical Robotics Week and a round table discussion.…
Grant: ‹Stop Tip-Toeing Around Toe-Walking›
Prof. Viehweger of UKBB, Prof. Cattin and Prof. Brunner have successfully applied for funding at the SNSF. Their project ‹Stop Tip-Toeing Around Toe-Walking› will be supported by around 430.000 CHF over a period of three years.
DBE Annual Report 2020 Released!
The year 2020 sure was interesting, and so is our newly designed Annual Report. Check it out for information about past achievements, awards and appointments, future strategies and endeavours, an impressive list of finished Master’s and PhD…
1st DBE PhD-Day
On 19 March we had our first own PhD-Day. Almost 50 researchers connected virtually through interactive lab tours and networking sessions. After these exciting exchanges, the event was concluded by about 30 DBE PhD and Master students…
Low-Field MRI is on the Rise!
The benefits of low-field MRI have been evident for decades, only the path to clinical application seemed to be blocked. This is currently changing with research powerfully striving for translation. The DBE is at the forefront of this…
‹The Surgeon’s Eye› and ‹The 4th Dimension of Surgery Planning› are ‹Going Live›!
Together with their MIRACLE-groups, Philippe Cattin and Georg Rauter are taking part in a presentation at the Smart City Lab Basel organized by the City of Basel. The event starts on 15 and ends on 23 March 2021. It is supposed to be a…
Bottneuro in Forbes’ ‹Spin-Offs to Watch 2021›
The Forbes Magazine for the DACH region has listed DBE spin-off Bottneuro as one of the ‹Spin-Offs to Watch 2021›, claiming that it is one of the ‹ particularly promising spin-offs from the top 30 universities in Germany, Austria and…
Christian Toggenburger Award for Studer, Büchler, Hasler, Rauter
Daniel Studer (DBE/UKBB), Philippe Büchler (University of Berne), Carol Claudius Hasler, and Georg Rauter were rewarded with the Christian Toggenburger Award for the development of the SpineBot 2.0. project.
Two papers by ThINk Basel/RC2NB in ‹Brain›
Prof. C. Granziera and Prof. L. Kappos (Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk)/Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience Basel (RC2NB)) have published two papers at once in ‹Brain›, a prestigious high-impact journal…
New DBE Spin-Off: Bottneuro AG
A new spin-off called Bottneuro AG was founded on January 8, 2021. Its team develops plant-based, ultra-thin neural implants for the spine and brain under the leadership of Bekim Osmani and Tino Töpper, with Raphael Guzman acting as…
Medical Robotics Week 2021: Call for Papers
The deadline for paper submission of the Medical Robotics Week 2021 has been extended to 1st February. Researchers of the DBE are kindly asked to hand in a contribution.
Extended Grant for AMT Center
Najat Salameh has been granted an additional 800.000 CHF by the SNSF for her on-going project ”Interventional and susceptibility artefact free MRI". The additional funding covers research for another two years about tackling the challenge…
Radio Feature on DBE Spin-Off AOT
The local station of Swiss Radio and Television SRF made a beautiful (german) feature on AOT’s CARLO robot as part of a series about scientists becoming entrepreneurs. Please find the Link below.
Prof. Ludwig Kappos elected deputy head
The assembly further elected Ludwig Kappos as new deputy head of the department. He is a member of the DBE's executive board since the DBE was founded in 2015 and has supported it in many cases in front of the medical faculty.
Grants for the Institute of Forensic Medicine and CIAN
The ‹Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel› has selected three DBE-related projects for funding: Claudia Lenz/Iris Schulz (Institute of Forensic Medicine) for two projects on single cell isolation in forensic genetics and temperature…
When women rise: Jeannette A. von Jackowski in ‹sci five›
BMC researcher and Bottmedical AG co-founder Jeannette A. von Jackowski is interviewed in ‹sci five› magazine as part of portrait series that showcases some of the inspiring and multi-talented females currently active in the entrepreneurial…