Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

More than 20 leading scientists lecture and research at our department. We offer a modern curriculum within the Bachelor and Master programs "Chemistry and Molecular Sciences", "Biochemistry and Molecular Life Science" and "Pharmaceutical Sciences". As a further step we offer an attractive and versatile PhD program in Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Furthermore, there are up to four apprenticeship positions as "Laborantinnen" or "Laboranten EFZ / Fachrichtung Chemie" to be filled per year at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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New Job Posting

Dozentur / Assistenzdozentur mit Tenure Track in Chemie
100 % (Jobsharing möglich)
Stellenantritt: 01.08.2024
Bewerbungsfrist: 01.10.2023

New Job Posting

Associate or Full Professor in Organic Chemistry
(100 %)
Start date of employment:
August 1, 2025

DCBP & SCS

DCBP Lecture Hall EG16

October 12, 2023, 14:00 h

Prof. Dr. Alois Fürstner Heilbronner-Hückel Lecture

12 October

BioChemistry on Saturday 2023

Program of the "BioChemistry on Saturday" lecture series

Molecule of the Month
October 2023

NADH-Type Hydrogen Storage and Release on an Iridium PYE Complex

Molecule of the Month
September 2023

Protein Engineering Allows Efficient Light-Driven ATP Synthesis

Method of the Month
August 2023

New Generation of ^99mTc Radionuclide Generators for Radiopharmaceutical Applications

Measurement of the Month
July 2023

Sources of Elemental Carbon (EC) in the Atmosphere of Svalbard

Molecule of the Month
June 2023

Chromophore-Loaded CRALBP Nanoparticles Restore Rod Function in Chromophore-Deficient Mice

Method of the Month
May 2023

Rapid Pesticide Screening by Swab Spray Mass Spectrometry

Molecule of the Month
April 2023

Length does matter

Molecule of the Month
March 2023

¹⁴C as a Tracer for Past, Present and Future Terrestrial Ecosystem Dynamics

Molecule of the Month
February 2023

Predicting the Zoonotic Potential of Primate Erythroparvoviruses

Molecule of the Month
January 2023

Molecular Framework Analysis of the Generated Database GDB-13s

Dem Fachkräftemangel in Pharmazie entgegenwirken

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 Herbst 2022 schloss der erste Jahrgang das Pharmazie-Studium erfolgreich ab.

Wertvolle Impulse für die Chancengleichheit

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.

Successful Sinergia Application

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).

Molecules of the Month
December 2022

Crowd-Sourced Metal Complexes as Antifungals

Molecule of the Month
November 2022

Tropane and Related Alkaloid Skeletons via a Radical [3+3]-Annulation Process

Welcome to Prof. Dmitry Katayev!

Since October 1st, 2022, he officially is Assistant Professor with Tenure Track in Organic Chemistry at the DCBP.

Molecule of the Month
October 2022

A Small RNA with Big Regulatory Power

BRIDGE grant awarded to David Roura Padrosa

The researcher from the DCBP received the BRIDGE Proof of Concept grant for his research in the field of enzyme immobilization.

First Year Graduate Student Symposium 2022

Congratulations to the winners of the "Best Presentation Award":

Kovida Sharma (Šolomek group)
David Anderson (Hevia group)
Alain Rieder (Broekmann group)

Molecule of the Month
September 2022

Enzymatic Synthesis of Anticancer and Antiviral Nucleoside Drugs in Continuous Flow

Molecule of the Month
August 2022

Biochemical Purification and Characterization of Ribonucleosomes

Material of the Month
July 2022

Tuning Channels: Swollen Lipidic Cubic Phase Gels to Deliver Biotherapeutics

Molecule of the Month
June 2022

The Effects of Cycloheximide in Ribosome Profiling Experiments

Material of the Month
May 2022

RbCoCl₃ – A Quasi 1-D Ising Magnet

Molecule of the Month
April 2022

The Anionic Pathway in the Nickel-Catalysed Cross-Coupling of Aryl Ethers

Material of the Month
March 2022

Asterosomes - DNA-Constructed, Starlike Vesicles

Molecule of the Month
February 2022

A Luminescent Copper Cluster under Pressure

Molecule of the Month
January 2022

The Quest for the Best – A SAR Study of Antiparasitic Ruthenium(II) Compounds

Creation of a detailed "catalogue" of degradation products in cells

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.

Presentation at the MINT-Day 2021 of the University of Bern

Award for Prof. Dr. Eva Hevia

Prof. Dr. Eva Hevia has been awarded with the "RSEQ Research Excellence Award 2021"

Kagome graphene promises exciting properties

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.

SRF-Sendung «Kopf voran»

Podcast-Folge über Gertrud Woker, die erste Schweizerin, welche in Chemie doktoriert hat

SRF-Sendung «Kopf voran»

Podcast-Folge mit den Gedanken von sechs Studierenden zum Frauenanteil an der Universität Bern und anderen Themen

Von den Löchern im Periodensystem

Vor 150 Jahren, im März 1869, erfand Dmitri Mendelejew das Periodensystem der Elemente. Im Gespräch mit dem emeritierten Chemie-Professor Heinz Gäggeler hat «uniaktuell» allerhand Interessantes über die Elemente von 1 Wasserstoff bis 118 Oganesson erfahren.

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