Division of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology
Profile
- Endometriosis studies: Pathophysiology, endometriosis-associated pain, development of a non-invasive diagnostic tool (study ADOmiARN), recurrence and treatment non-response, impact on fertility and pregnancy, development of Apps (study Nalu)
- Pathophysiology of gynaecologic cancers
- Quality of life before and after urogynaecologic interventions (study Lavic)
- Physiologic and pathophysiologic changes of the pelvic floor during exercises
- Transgender studies
External Partners
Scailyte; Roche Diagnostics International Ltd; Center for Gender Variance, Univ. of Basel; Berner Fachhochschule, Bern; Dell Medical School, Univ. of Texas, Austin; Croydon Univ. Hospital, London; Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Inst. for Molecular Biosciences, Queensland; Clinical Pathology & Cytology, Karolinska Univ. Hospital, Stockholm; Dept. of Urogynaecology, Princess-N-Hospital, Southampton; Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ospedale Santa Chiara di, Trento; Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Grants
- SNSF IICT- PPI Preparatory Grant
- Bern Center for Precision Medicine (BCPM)
- Foundation for clinical-experimental cancer research
- The Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
Division of Obstetrics and Feto-Maternal Medicine
Profile
- Stem cells, exosomes, non-coding RNA and Astroglial function in perinatal brain damage and neuroregeneration
- Sars-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy: clinical outcome and placental disease
- Transmembrane transporter and biomarker in preeclampsia and preterm birth
- Molecular signature of circulating free DNA in maternal blood in adverse pregnancy outcome
- See for translational research: https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/cris/ou/ou00342
Grants
- EU Horizon / Innosuisse Grant: Remote wearable non-invasive monitoring in pregnant women
- EU Grant COST: International network for translating research on perinatal derivatives
- SNSF Ambizione Grant: Astroglial function in perinatal brain damage
- Bangerter Foundation: Mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes as a neuroregenerative therapy
- Focus Grant Medical Faculty: FemTech Digital Twin approach to improve Women’s Health
- Focus Grant Medical Faculty: Harnessing extracellular vesicles for cell-based therapies
- Medical Faculty PRT Grant (protected research time): Gestational diabetes
- Medical Faculty PRT Grant (protected research time): Astroglial function in perinatal brain damage
- Grant SGGG / Bayer: Astroglial function in perinatal brain damage