Upcoming thesis defenses by PhD candidates of the GCB are announced here one week ahead of the defense date.
DBMR, Faculty of Medicine
«Characterization of the Role of Gas6 at the Interface Between Coagulation and Inflammation as a Basis for a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Sepsis»
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. med. Anne Angelillo-Scherrer & Dr. Raja Prince-Eladnani
Title: «PhD in Cell Biology»
Date of Thesis Defense: Tuesday, May 19, 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.
Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology (IVB), Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern
«Deciphering Mycoplasma mycoides interactions with ruminant immune cells»
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jörg Jores
Title: «PhD in Biomedical Sciences»
Institute of Virology and Immunology, Vetsuisse Faculty
«Brain Teasers: Deciphering the Riddles of Viral Neuropathologies using Human Neural Organoids»
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Marco Alves
Date of Thesis Defense: Monday, May 18, 2026
