Thesis Defenses

Upcoming thesis defenses by PhD candidates of the GCB are announced here one week ahead of the defense date.

Thesis Defenses by PhD Candidates

Yantang Lin

DBMR, Faculty of Medicine

«Targeting LDHB enhances cisplatin sensitivity and increases ferroptotic vulnerability in cancer cells»

Supervisor: PD Dr.phil.nat. Thomas Marti,

Title: «MD PhD (Doctor of Medicine and Philosophy)»

Date of Thesis Defense: Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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.

Ethan Lowell Thorpe Dack

ARTORG, Faculty of Medicine

«Developing Robust and Generalizable AI for Diagnostic Support Across Medical Imaging Modalities»

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stavroula Mougiakakou

Title: «PhD in Biomedical Engineering»

Date of Thesis Defense: Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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.

Pavlos Natsios

Clinic for Small Animal Surgery, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty Zurich

«Ex vivo and in vivo assessment of canine stifle rotational and sagittal instability»

Supervisor:  : Prof. Dr. Antonio Pozzi

Title: «DVM PhD (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Philosophy)»

Date of Thesis Defense: Monday, March 09, 2026

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.