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

Saurav Subedi

Urology Group, Cancer Therapy Resistance, Faculty of Medicine

«Metabolic Drivers of Prostate Cancer Progression»

Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Marianna Kruithof-de Julio, Federico de la Manna, PhD

Title: «PhD in Biomedical Sciences»

Date of Thesis defense: Friday, July 11, 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.

Lucien Hinderling

Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science

«Using real-time feedback control microscopy to study cellular processes across scales»

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Olivier Pertz

Title: «PhD in Cell Biology»

Date of Thesis defense: Tuesday, June 24, 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.

Alessia Rosina

DCBP, Science Faculty

«Fine-tuning the ribosome: the role of rRNA expansion segments and rancRNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae translation regulation»

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Norbert Polacek

Title: «PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology»

Date of Thesis defense: Monday, July 07, 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.