Institute of Anatomy

Altes Anatomie-Gebäude an der Brühlstrasse

The Institute is responsible for teaching macroanatomy, histology, and embryology. Research topics and expertise include imaging across scales (electron microscopy, microCT, ligh sheet microscopy), neuroscience, cancer, inflammation, and cardiovascular research.

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  • The Institute of Anatomy is responsible for teaching in macroscopic anatomy, histology, and embryology among other disciplines. It is in charge of ~ 10% of the whole teaching within the Faculty of Medicine and more than 50% of the preclinical disciplines. It leads four blocks of the human medicine and dentistry Bachelor curriculum from the Faculty of Medicine. Further teaching occurs within the Masters for Biomedical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, as well as the Vetsuisse Faculty and the Faculty of Science. It also contributes to teaching at the Graduate School of Cellular and Biomedical Sciences.
  • The Institute is the leading house in Switzerland in the field of clinical anatomy. It organizes clinical courses in almost every medical field to educate young residents and doctors including testing new surgical methods.
  • Nine groups perform research on cardiac and pulmonary development and repair, ultrastructure and function of respiratory cilia, synapses and bacterial pore-forming toxins, neuroinflammation and brain infections, development and applications of microCT-based imaging, microbeam radiation therapy as well as innovative teaching methods.
  • Advanced imaging technology from single molecule to mesoscopic imaging is a shared research focus. It is an important contributor to the Microscopy Imaging Center through electron-, light-, and x-ray microscopy.
  • It hosts the National Center for the Diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD-UNIBE) in collaboration of the Department of Pediatrics of the Inselspital.
  • There are active collaborations with 46 institutions around the world.

External Partners

Dubochet Center for Imaging, Federal Institute of Metrology METAS, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos (CNIC)

Grants

  • Beams of Hope: Advancing Microbeam Radiotherapy towards Clinical Application (HopeInRadiotherapy) (SNF 220064)
  • Designing Inhibitors Against Clostridial Pore-Forming Toxins: A Structure-Based Approach (DISPERSE) (SNF 10000175)
  • Role of Mitochondrial Metabolism on zebrafish heart regeneration (SNF10002235)
  • ERC Consolidator grant 819717 – TransReg
  • HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 (2023-2027) Regenerate IT
  • H2020-SC1-2019-Single-Stage-RTD REANIMA-874764