Faculty of Medicine

University Clinics Inselspital

Department of Human Genetics

Inselspital Bern

The subject of research in human genetics is the genetic basis of diseases. Research at the Department of Human Genetics focuses on elucidating and understanding the molecular basis of mainly monogenic diseases and the clinical characterization of disease patterns and genotype-phenotype correlations.

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Profile

  • Teaching students of medicine and biology
  • Providing training in Medical Genetics (FMH and FAMH)
  • Offering PhD training in programs of the Graduate Schools of the University of Bern
  • Two research groups
  • Identification of new disease genes for neurodevelopmental, mitochondrial and rare disorders
  • Clinical and mutational characterization of neurodevelopmental, mitochondrial and rare disorders
  • Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to functionally characterize disease mechanisms and to investigate genetic interactions
  • iPSC and other cell-based models to investigate pathomechanisms

External Partners

University Hospitals Switzerland, Institute of Human Genetics, Erlangen, Germany; Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital Leipzig, Germany; Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands; Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Netherlands; ORPHANET; ERN ITHACA; numerous collaborations with geneticists worldwide

Grants

  • DFG ZW 184/6-1, 2019-2024 (Zweier)
  • BCPM young investigator award, 2022-2023 (Gregor)
  • Novartis Foundation for medical-biological Research, #22C194, 2023-2024 (Zweier)
  • BCPM lighthouse project, PACE, 2024-2026 (Zweier)