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Prof. Pablo Sinues Elected Co-President of Swiss Metabolomics Society

Sinues has been elected co-president of the Swiss Metabolomics Society (SMS), together with co-president Dr. Julijana Ivanisevic from University of Lausanne. SMS is an official affiliate of the International Metabolomics Society (IMS).
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Editor’s pick: Optics and the Brain

Three-dimensional brain imaging is generally performed with magnetic resonance tomography. X-ray tomography, however, provides substantially improved spatial resolution. Replacing the established absorption contrast by the phase-contrast…
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Innosuisse funding for Dr. Ferda Canbaz

Dr. Ferda Canbaz has secured a Life Sciences funding of 1.14 million CHF from Innosuisse for a period of three years. The project's ambitious goal is to pioneer the creation of the world's inaugural robotically-controlled handheld…
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Robots Cuts Red Ribbon: The New DBE Officially Inaugurated

On January 30, the DBE's new premises were inaugurated with a bang: Thomi Jourdan, head of the department of economy and health of Canton Basel Landschaft, Prof. Andrea Schenker-Wicki, rector of the University of Basel, and Prof. Philippe…
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HORIZON Grant to Dr. Valentina Basoli and Swiss MAM

Congratulations to Dr. Valentina Basoli and the consortium partners, including Prof. Fabiana Arduini (Italy), Prof. Javier Ramon (Spain), Prof. Goran Stojavovic (Serbia), and Prof. Kersti Hermansson(Sweden), along with startup company…
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Canbaz in Optics & Photonics News and IEEE Spectrum

Hannah Greenwood interviewed Dr. Canbaz for the Optics & Photonics News within their ‹Senior Member Insights› Series.
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Tailwind for Pablo Sinus and Deep Breath Intelligence

Prof. Pablo Sinues with his Startup Deep Breath Intelligence (DBI) has won the *Zünder Accelerator Award 2023 including a Grant of 15.000 SFR at the *Zünder Start Up Day. Besides, the DBI has been selected to attend the Swissnex Startup…
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Best Clinical Publication Awards for Dr. Anas Taha

Dr. Anas Taha has won the Award for Best Clinical Publication of Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery. He presented his paper "Second Primary Cancer Among Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Following the Chernobyl Disaster" on the…
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Prof. Florian Thieringer's Research all Over the News

On November 17, Schweizerische Ärztezeitung has published an article on medical 3D printing, focusing on the work of Florian Thieringer at the DBE and at the University Hospital. The "Interview" Magazine of the Ringier Group has published…
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Honorary Professorship for Prof. Andreas Mueller

On behalf of the Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research (BIHER) University, Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Mueller PhD, MHBA is appointed Honorary Professor at Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, BIHER University, Chennai.
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National Future Career Day 2023

On 9 November 2023, 12 children aged 11 to 13 were able to immerse themselves in the world of biomedical engineering and learn more about DBE innovations. Among other things, they traveled inside the body with VR goggles, dived into a laser…
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MICCAI STAR Award and Best Paper Award for Alvaro Gonzalez-Jimenez

Alvaro Gonzalez-Jimenez of the Digital Dermatology Group has received a remarkable dual honor: the prestigious MICCAI STAR Award and the Best Paper Award for his outstanding contribution in the paper titled, "Robust T-Loss for Medical Image…
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SNSF Grant for Claudia Lenz

Congratulations to Claudia Lenz on the SNSF-granted project «The role of tissue anisotropy in quantitative MRI of the human brain». The project was applied for under the Weave agreement, with SNSF as lead agency, and will be conducted in…

The Knife is Not Enough

By combining several cutting-edge technologies in their many research projects, the Facial and Cranial Anomalies Group has succeeded in making the treatment of Cleft Lip and Palate simpler and at the same time more precise.
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2023 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering hosted at the University of Basel

The Biomaterials Science Center of the DBE organized the 2023 Annual SSBE Meeting with almost 100 participants. The program comprised of two keynotes, ten oral presentations and 43 posters about the latest developments and trends in…

Video of First Patient at the USB Receiving 3D-Printed Implant from In-House Production

This August, at the University Hospital Basel, a patient was implanted with an artificial skull cap that was manufactured in-house. The implant was fabricated for the patient at the USB using 3D printing. After years of research and…
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This was the 9th DBE Research Day

For the 9th time the DBE invited speakers and guests involved in the translational research process at the DBE to its Research Day. The focus was on building an environment that is optimized for the creation of new ideas. As this involves…
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This was the Medical Robotics Week and CURAC 2023

This year, the Medical Robotics Week consisted of a workshop series, the CURAC 2023 conference and the Innovation Booster Robotics. Hosted by Georg Rauter and his BIROMED-Lab at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the event showcased…
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CURAC: Conference on Computer- and Robot-Assisted Surgery

On 24–26 August 2023, the German Society for Computer- and Robot-Assisted Surgery holds their annual CURAC conference in Basel. Organized by Prof. Georg Rauter, head of the BIROMED-Lab, the conference presents keynotes of leading…
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Imaging Zebrafish Larvae to Evaluate Future Drugs

Future drugs must be tested to see if they harm the kidney. Cell-based assays are often used for this purpose, although it is difficult to extrapolate the results to vertebrates. Researchers of the Biomaterials Science Center and the MiNa…