Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology

Gebäude des IGMP

The Institute covers the entire width of the morphological and molecular diagnostics of tissue samples. The combination of service, teaching, and research under one roof allows for close interaction and mutual inspiration. Immune pathologies, inflammatory diseases, and tumor biology are the current research interests.

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Profile

  • Teaching students of medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, biomedicine, and biology as well as graduate students at the Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)
  • Eight research groups in experimental and clinical tissue medicine focus on translational and basic research in cancer, immunology, and inflammation

External Partners

National Partners

University Hospital, Zurich: Institute of Immunobiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen; University of Basel; CHUV Lausanne, EPFL, Lausanne, Istituto di Ricerca in Biomedicina, Bellinzona; Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ)

International Partners

University of Calgary, Canada; Radboud Medical Center, Nijmegen, (NL); Institut für Neuropathologie, UMG, Deutschland; Charité, University Hospital, Berlin; Surgery Dep., San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; David Geffen School of Medicine, Dermatology, UCLA, Los Angeles; Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse - CRCT, Toulouse, France; Biotechnology and Cell Signaling, University of Strasbourg, France; University of Linz, Austria; Yale University, USA; Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Grants

  • Swiss National Science Foundation (8)
  • Swiss Cancer Research/Swiss Cancer League (5)
  • Stiftung für klinisch-experimentelle Tumorforschung/Krebsliga Bern (4)
  • Krebsforschung Schweiz (2)
  • Werner und Hedy Berger-Janser Foundation (1) and Wilhelm Sander Foundation (1)
  • Horizon Europe (1)
  • Department of Defense (1)