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Innosuisse project with QUMEA started

Under the impulse program Swiss Innovation Power, Innosuisse has granted CHF 1.2 million to a project by the digital health startup QUMEA, the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) and the ARTORG Center, University of Bern. In collaboration with the University Hospital Felix Platter Basel, the Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste (UPD) Bern and Tertianum, the team will develop sensor-based technology solutions to prevent patient incidents – such as falls – at source and assist care personnel via targeted applications.
Research GER – Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation Artificial Intelligence Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering

05. July 2022

Wilhelm Wimmer interviewed by dezibel

In noisy surroundings hearing aid users face difficulties in understanding conversation. Wilhelm Wimmer from the Hearing Research Lab (HRL) explains to the magazine dezibel (pro audito) how artificial intelligence can compute an additional virtual microphone that helped 20 participants of a pilot study to significantly improve speech comprehension in so-called cocktail party scenarios. The HRL team used a dataset of more than 55 000 acoustic scenarios created at the lab (Bern Cocktail Party Dataset).
Media HRL – Hearing Research Laboratory Artificial Intelligence

30. June 2022

PhD thesis defense Samuel Knobel

The ARTORG Center congratulates Samuel Knobel for successfully defending his PhD thesis on 8 June 2022! His project “Development and evaluation of adaptive neglect therapy tools with visual, auditive and tactile modalities using virtual reality technology” focused on assessing the feasibility of using virtual reality as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for patients with unilateral spatial neglect after stroke, in collaboration with the Department of Neurorehabilitation at the Inselspital and Kantonsspital Luzern.
People GER – Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering

27. June 2022

PhD thesis defense Michael Indermaur

Congratulations to Michael Indermaur, who successfully defended his PhD project “Osteogenesis Imperfecta does not compromise the micromechanical properties of human bone extracellular matrix” on 1 June! For his research at the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (MSB) lab in collaboration with EMPA and McGill university, Michael measured the mechanical properties of bones with “brittle bone disease” (Osteogenesis Imperfecta) at the extracellular matrix level to find out more about this rare genetic, inherited, collagen-related bone disease. With his first PhD publication “Compressive Strength of Iliac Bone ECM Is Not Reduced in Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Increases with Mineralization”, Michael has won the Best Preclinical Publication Award 2022 of the Swiss Bone and Mineral Society (SBMS).
People MSB – Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Biomechanics

24. June 2022

AlveloliX wins Swiss Medtech Award 2022

AlveoliX, a spin-off of the ARTORG Organs-on-Chip Technologies lab was awarded the coveted Swiss Medtech Award, and prize money totalling CHF 75,000 at the Swiss Medtech Day on 14 June 2022. The startup, which was founded in 2019, has created a small-scale replica of the human lung called «Lung-on-Chip» that can also mimic respiratory motions. According to the jury, this organ-on-chip technology has the potential to establish itself as the new standard in preclinical drug development, as a leading alternative to animal testing, and to significantly advance personalised medicine.
Grants & Awards OOC – Organs-on-Chip Technologies In-Vitro & Organs-on-Chip

15. June 2022

AI for diabetes project MELISSA launched

The EU Research Project “MELISSA: Mobile Artificial Intelligence Solution for Diabetes Adapted Care” was launched today by a consortium of 12 partners, comprising the ARTORG Center Artificial Intelligence in Health and Nutrition (AIHN) lab. AIHN is the artificial intelligence expert in the project and initiated it in collaboration with DEBIOTECH, but due to Switzerland’s non-association cannot act as official leading house.
Research AIHN – AI in Health and Nutrition Artificial Intelligence

09. June 2022

PhD thesis defense Raluca Sandu

Congratulations to Raluca Sandu, who successfully defended her PhD project “Quantitative assessment of ablation treatments for liver tumours – image-based efficacy analysis and predictive modelling” on 5 May! For her thesis she has investigated a quantitative 3D approach on thermal ablation planning and evaluation for intra-operative decision-making on liver tumors to offer more predictability and consistency in this minimally invasive intervention.
People IGT – Image-Guided Therapy (former) Surgical Technologies

07. June 2022

Physics-based digital twins to prevent food waste

A PhD project at the Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Bern and Empa's Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles laboratory has investigated how a digital avatar can simulate the physical, physiological and microbiological processes in fruit in order to increase their shelf life. The project is part of a longer joint research on metabolization processes between Empa and the ARTORG Center.
Research Biomechanics

02. June 2022

PhD thesis defense Leonardo Pietrasanta

The ARTORG Center congratulates Leonardo Pietrasanta on his successful PhD thesis defense on 28 April 2022! He had conducted an “Experimental Investigation of the Three-dimensional Flow Field of Novel Aortic Valve Prosthesis Designs” at the Cardiovascular Engineering lab (CVE), comparing the flow dynamics footprint of mechanical heart valves and biological aortic valves with the goal of informing new artificial valve designs.
People CVE – Cardiovascular Engineering Biomechanics

13. May 2022

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