Upcoming thesis defenses by PhD candidates of the GCB are announced here one week ahead of the defense date.
Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
«Investigation of nAChR and TRPM4 in cancer hallmark functions in 2D and 3D cancer models»
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Norbert Polacek
Title: «PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology»
Date of Thesis Defense: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
The thesis defenses are organised by the student and the thesis committee, as some Institutes throughout the University of Bern and the Inselspital have regulations in place for the capacity of the rooms.
DCBP, Phil. Nat. Faculty
«Characterization of hY3 as a ribosome-associated non-coding RNA and its functional role in translation regulation and the integrated stress response»
Institute of Plant Sciences, Phil. Nat. Faculty
«Post-translational modifications for amino acid transporters in Trypanosoma brucei»
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Doris Rentsch,
Title: «PhD in Cell Biology»
Institute for Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty
«Using Zophobas morio larvae to design a new <i>in vivo</i> model of intestinal colonization due to multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales»
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Endimiani
Title: «PhD in Biomedical Sciences»
Date of Thesis Defense: Thursday, December 18, 2025
IBMM, Faculty of Medicine
«Dissecting ACSL4 and MAGL Isoforms: Structural and Functional Insights into Membrane Lipid Remodeling and Endocannabinoid Signaling»
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürg Gertsch
Title: «PhD in Neuroscience»
Institute of Animal Pathology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP), Vetsuisse Bern
«Leveraging Spatial Transcriptomics for Preclinical Drug Development»
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sven Rottenberg
Date of Thesis Defense: Friday, December 19, 2025
