Upcoming thesis defenses by PhD candidates of the GCB are announced here one week ahead of the defense date.
Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty
«Hexokinase 3 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: From Myeloid Expression to Therapy Response»
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mario Tschan
Title: MD PhD (Doctor of Medicine and Philosophy)».
Date of Thesis Defense: Thursday, 20 August 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.
DBMR, Medical Faculty
«Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Organoids as a Functional System to Address Therapy Response: A Perspective in Advancing Precision Medicin»
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kiss, Prof. Dr. Marianna Kruithof-de Julio
Date of Thesis Defense: Wednesday, July 22, 2026
«TNIK – a key Regulator of Stemness of Hematopoietic and Leukemic Stem Cells and Migration of Natural Killer Cells»
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. med. Adrian Ochsenbein
Date of Thesis Defense: Friday, August 14, 2026
