Media Release UniBE
Thanks to the support of the Bernese entrepreneur Walter Inäbnit, the University of Bern is able to establish a new endowed lectureship. It is based at the newly opened W. Inäbnit Laboratory for Molecular Quantum Materials at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP). The purpose of this new lectureship is to develop new classes of materials which could potentially solve the problem of energy loss in electronics. The lectureship will be held by PD Dr. Shi-Xia Liu.
11.10.2024 Media Release UniBE
An international group of researchers with participation from the University of Bern is using new concepts to search for efficient and durable electrocatalysts for the energy transition. They are being funded by the European Research Council (ERC) with 10 million euros.
26.10.2023 Media Release UniBE
Treatment of the chronic inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis often produces unsatisfactory results. Researchers at the University of Bern have now developed a lipid gel that is administered directly to the inflamed part of the intestine, where it remains and releases its active substance evenly. This could result in a new, targeted therapy approach with fewer side effects.
24.10.2023 Media Release UniBE
Seit 2020 bietet die Universität Bern ein schweizweit einzigartiges, bifakuItäres Vollstudium in Pharmazie an. Der Studiengang betont die Pharmazie als Brücke zwischen Naturwissenschaften und Medizin und trägt dazu bei, den Mangel an Apothekerinnen und Apothekern in der Schweiz zu bekämpfen. Im Sommer 2022 schloss der erste Jahrgang das Pharmazie-Studium erfolgreich ab.
02.12.2022 Media Release UniBE
Cells have their own quality control to prevent the production and accumulation of harmful proteins. This quality control is essential for correct embryonic development in all mammals and plays an important role in tumors and genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis. A group of researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Basel have now made visible and cataloged for the first time, "blueprints" that give rise to defective proteins and are normally recognized and rapidly degraded in cells. This leads to a better understanding of this degradation mechanism and helps in the development of new therapeutic approaches.
19.08.2021 Media Release UniBE
Media Release UniBasel
For the first time, physicists from the University of Basel, working in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Bern, have produced a graphene compound consisting of carbon atoms and a small number of nitrogen atoms in a regular grid of hexagons and triangles. This honeycomb-structured “kagome lattice” behaves as a semiconductor and may also have unusual electrical properties. In the future, it could potentially be used in electronic sensors or quantum computers.
15.02.2021 Media release + YouTube University of Basel
Researchers at the University of Bern and ETH Zurich have discovered a mechanism by which the corona virus manipulates human cells to ensure its own replication. This knowledge will help to develop drugs and vaccines against the corona virus.
14.09.2020 Media Release UniBE
A team of physicists and chemists has produced the first porous graphene ribbons in which specific carbon atoms in the crystal lattice are replaced with nitrogen atoms. These ribbons have semiconducting properties that make them attractive for applications in electronics and quantum computing, as reported by researchers from the Universities of Basel, Bern, Lancaster and Warwick in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
08.07.2020 Media release University of Basel
Jean-Louis Reymond vom Institut für Chemie und Biochemie und Sven Rottenberg vom Institut für Tierpathologie der Universität Bern werden vom Europäischen Forschungsrat (ERC) mit je einem renommierten ERC Advanced Grant ausgezeichnet. Ihre Forschungsprojekte werden mit je 2,5 Millionen Euro über 5 Jahre unterstützt.
31.03.2020 Media Release UniBE
Einem internationalen Team unter Beteiligung der Universität Bern ist ein entscheidender Schritt auf dem Weg zu miniaturisierten Schaltkreisen gelungen: Erstmals haben Forschende eine molekulare Brücke für Elektronen gebaut, die bei Raumtemperatur sowohl mechanisch als auch elektronisch stabil bleibt. Dies könnte in Zukunft den Bau elektronischer Systeme im Nanobereich mit völlig neuartigen Funktionen ermöglichen.
01.10.2019 Media Release UniBE
The complexity of molecular structures in the cell is amazing. Having achieved great success in elucidating these structures in recent years, biologists are now taking on the next challenge: to find out more about how they are constructed. A joint research project between two groups from the University of Bern and ETH Zurich now provides insight into a very unusual construction process in the unicellular parasite Trypanosoma brucei.
19.09.2019 Media Release UniBE
Researchers of the University of Bern have discovered a new molecular regulatory mechanism in unicellular parasites which has never before been observed. RNA fragments do not act as brakes in the cell apparatus, but on the contrary as "stimulants": they boost protein production after periods of stress.
10.01.2019 Media Release UniBE
Sleeping sickness-causing parasites contain an unusual protein synthesis machinery. A team of researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Bern resolved its very special structure for the first time.
14.09.2018 Media Release UniBE
Oxygen radicals occur as a by-product when living beings burn carbohydrates or fat. They are suspected of accelerating the ageing process in humans and animals, and to be partly responsible for severe illnesses such as Alzheimer’s or certain types of cancer. Researchers at the University of Bern and the University of Stockholm have now discovered a so far unknown defense mechanism against oxygen radicals which could serve as a base for various medications.
18.06.2018 Media Release UniBE
Trypanosomes are single-celled parasites that cause diseases such as human African sleeping sickness and Nagana in animals. But they are also used in basic research as a model system to study fundamental biological questions. Researchers of the University of Bern have now investigated how trypanosomes equally distribute their “power plant” to the daughter cells during cell division. The discovered mechanism potentially opens new avenues for drug interventions.
16.02.2018 Media Release UniBE
The tiny diode works by means of an asymmetry caused by water molecules at the molecular junction interface. At around 60% humidity, water molecules lump together at tip side of the molecular layer and cause an imbalance between the energy levels on both sides. This strongly limits the flow of electrons. Under dry circumstances, the molecule’s symmetry doesn’t break and the diode behavior disappears.
04.12.2017 Media Release UniBE
Is it better to produce locally or to import? That can be a crucial question for simple lifeforms as well. Mitochondria, the power plants of the cell, have their own protein factories although the cell apparatus could easily do the job for them. A special species of eukaryotes even has all the transfer-RNA it needs for protein assembly promptly delivered. Researchers from the University of Bern have now uncovered how this highly unusual import mechanism works in detail.
30.08.2017 Media Release UniBE
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bern and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has revealed a new way to tune the functionality of next-generation molecular electronic devices using graphene. The results could be exploited to develop smaller, higher-performance devices for use in a range of applications including molecular sensing, flexible electronics, and energy conversion and storage, as well as robust measurement setups for resistance standards.
09.06.2017 Media Release UniBE
Eine Goldoberfläche, auf der sich Moleküle mit verschiedenen magnetischen Zentren zu einem Nano-Schachbrettmuster selbst anordnen, stellt den ersten sogenannten ebenen Ferrimagneten dar. Die Existenz solcher zweidimensionaler magnetischer Systeme wurde bisher ausgeschlossen. Dank geschickter Materialwahl wurde dies nun von einer internationalen Forschergruppe mit Berner Beteiligung möglich gemacht.
22.05.2017 Media Release UniBE
Mitochondria are the “power plants” of complex cells. In order to provide the cell with energy they need protein building blocks, which are imported from the outside. Over billions of years the “protein import machines” necessary for this process have developed differently than previously assumed, as biochemists in Bern have discovered. This also casts a new light on the evolution of complex cells.
19.12.2016 Media Release UniBE
WSS Grant
Thanks to a prestigious grant from the Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS), the Universities of Basel and Bern are able to establish a joint research center for molecular quantum systems. PD Dr. Shi-Xia Liu and Prof. Ernst Meyer will receive joint funding of 15 million Swiss francs.
18.12.2024 DCBPunibern
Award
Congratulations to Aline Bornet and Sophia Belrhomari for receiving the first MVUB Anniversary Award in recognition of their work and dedication as co-presidents 2023-2024 of the PhD Coalition! Nominate the next winners on the MVUB webpage!
19.11.2024 UniBE Mittelbauvereinigung / Intermediate Staff Association
Congratulations to the winners of the "Best Presentation Award": Vasiliki Valsamidou (Katayev group) Maximilian Horn (Banerji group)
03.09.2024 DCBPunibern
«Prix Lux»
Die Universität Bern vergab dieses Jahr den Chancengleichheitspreis «Prix Lux» an den Nationalen Forschungsschwerpunkt «RNA & Disease» – für neue Ansätze zur Unterstützung junger Mütter und Väter, die der Fortführung ihrer Karriere dienen.
25.11.2022 uniAKTUELL
SNSF Grant
The Sinergia Grant Application “Exploring New Building Blocks for Molecular Electronics: Charged and Excited States of Molecules on Surfaces” with PD Dr. Shi-Xia Liu as one of the PIs has been approved by the SNSF. The project will involve a collaboration between EPFL, UniBasel and UniBern (DCBP & IAP).
21.11.2022 DCBPunibern
Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Güdel has been awarded with the "ICL 2017 Prize for Luminescence Research", in recognition of his contributions to our understanding of optical spectroscopy of rare earth and transition metal ions, upconversion, scintillation and energy transfer in inorganic solids.
24.10.2017 DCBPunibern & Elsevier
Cancan Huang from the Broekmann Group has been honored with “The Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad“. “What particularly fascinates me is the potential application of my research.”
11.05.2016 uniAKTUELL
Research Highlight @DCBPunibern – MoM_2024-12
Photoinduced Asymmetric Charge Trapping Stabilizes a Charge-Separated State
Group of PD Dr. Shi-Xia Liu
Forschungseinblick @DCBPunibern – Video
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UniBE Foundation Video: "Science Speed Dating mit Shi-Xia Liu" Die Videoreihe der UniBE Foundation beleuchtet in einem kurzen Videoformat Forscher:innen und ihre Visionen. © 2024 UniBE Foundation
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Präsentation zum MINT-Day 2021 der Univeristät Bern: "Virusinvasion durch die Atemwege" © 2021 Minela Colakovic (Gruppe von PD Dr. Carlos Ros)
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Präsentation zum MINT-Day 2021 der Univeristät Bern: "Vom DNA-Plasmid zum Protein" © 2021 Prof. Christoph von Ballmoos
Präsentation zum MINT-Day 2021 der Univeristät Bern: "Einführung in ein elektrochemisches Labor" © 2021 Aline Bornet & Gustav Wiberg (Gruppe von Prof. Matthias Arenz)
