Cardiovascular Research Cluster Bern

Profile

• The CVRC was initiated in 2015 as a local network to raise visibility and awareness of ongoing cardiovascular research in Bern, to foster and promote collaborations between scientists and clinicians, to enrich the training environment of early career researchers, and to provide a framework and logistical support for multi-team and/or interdisciplinary projects.
• It aims to reinforce Bern’s position as a leading center for cardiovascular research, both nationally and internationally, as well as to secure its competitive position in the future by enhancing fundamental-translational-clinical partnerships, enriching the PhD training program, and increasing Bern’s visibility and attractiveness for cardiovascular researchers.
• It has built a solid community, strengthening links among cardiovascular researchers in Bern. Indeed, the CVRC mailing list now includes more than 400 cluster members from 15 local institutes and departments.

Grants

• BCPM Lighthouse Project Grant “Precision Diagnosis and Therapy in CArdiac ChannelopathiEs (PACE)”: CVRC PI: KO; CVRC Co-PIs: NM, MO
• Strategic Board funding of the Faculty of Medicine “Ex-vivo Heart Perfusion – Technology that innovates cardiac transplantation and precision therapies”: CVRC PI: MS; CVRC CO-PIs: SL, KO
• Förderprogramm “Doktoratsprogramme / Graduate Schools Universität Bern 2021-2024” (Förderperiode 2023-2024), University of Bern for the “Cardiovascular Research PhD Specialization Program”. CVRC PIs: SL, KO
• SNSF NRP79 “HeartX: Decoding cardiac regulatory landscapes in an all-human model for cardiogenesis”: CVRC PIs: MO, CZ; CVRC Co-PIs: NM, KO, YD
• SNSF NRP78 “Unravelling consequences of SARS-CoV-2 mediated inflammatory immune responses in heart and vasculature”: CVRC PIs: YD, RR, NM, BE; CVRC Co-PIs: KO, SL