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

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.

Tobias Emmanuel Kämpfer

Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty

«Investigation of the mechanism of action of benzimidazoles against the parasite Echinococcus multilocularis»

Supervisor:  : Prof. Dr. Britta Lundström Stadelmann

Title: «hD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology»

Date of Thesis Defense: Monday, March 02, 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.

Simona Avanthay

Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty

«The Role of Epigenetics in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Progression»

Supervisor:  : PD Dr. Ilaria Marinoni

Title: «PhD in Cell Biology»

Date of Thesis Defense: Monday, March 02, 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.