STRADA Inaugural Conference 2026 – AI, Domain Knowledge & Scientific Discovery

STRADA (Scientific TRansformations through the Alliance of Domain Knowledge and AI) is a new interdisciplinary network at the University of Bern that promotes digital discovery across disciplinary boundaries and supports sustainable adaptation to current and future scientific transformations. The inaugural conference takes place August 24–25, 2026 at UniS

Events Artificial Intelligence

24. August 2026

PhD Defense: Gabriela Gerber Proposes Frameworks to Improve Computational Bone Modelling

On June 02, 2026, Gabriela Gerber successfully defended her PhD thesis: “Computational Modelling of Bone Across Multiple Time-Scales: From Immediate Rate-Dependent Behaviour to the Estimation of Long-Term Loading History.”

People MSB – Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Biomechanics

02. June 2026

Dr. Amith J. Kamath and ContourAId receive BRIDGE Proof-of-Concept Grant

Dr. Amith J. Kamath, senior researcher at ARTORG’s Medical Image Analysis (MIA) research group, received a BRIDGE Proof-of-Concept Grant for his project ContourAId, which he has been developing as part of his University of Bern Venture Fellowship.

Grants & Awards MIA – Medical Image Analysis Artificial Intelligence

03. June 2026

ARTORG spin-offs GoRehab and PolaSight win STAGE UP Business Creation Competition

On May 19th, 2026, the ARTORG and University of Bern MedTech spin-offs GoRehab and PolaSight won first and second place at the STAGE UP Business Creation Competition 2026 in Bern, an annual competition organized by the Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Bern.

Grants & Awards AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging GER – Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation Artificial Intelligence Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering

19. May 2026

ARTORG Center Spin-Off LEM Surgical wins MedTech Innovation of the Year 2026 at MedTech World Awards

At the 2026 MedTech World Awards, the ARTORG Center spin-off company LEM Surgical, a product of the Image-Guided Therapy (IGT) research group, won the MedTech Innovation of the Year 2026 Award.

Grants & Awards IGT – Image-Guided Therapy (former) Surgical Technologies

11. May 2026

ARTORG Start-Up PeriVision received Funding from Swiss Data Science Center

The ARTORG start-up PeriVision, a product of the Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging Laboratory (AIMI), is one of four data science projects supported by the Swiss Data Science Center and the Canton of Vaud in their second call for Vaud projects.

Grants & Awards AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence

12. May 2026

Dr. Negin Ghamsarian and ARTORG Start-Up SurgExplore receive Gebert Rüf Stiftung InnoBooster Grant

Dr. Negin Ghamsarian, co-founder of SurgExplore, a digital health start-up of ARTORG’s Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging (AIMI) Laboratory, is one of three recipients of the Gebert Rüf Stiftung’s InnoBooster Grant.

Grants & Awards AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence

04. May 2026

ARTORG Start-Up selected for Digital Health Accelerator healthtech support program

On May 11, 2026, Tenity and the digital health center bülach (dhc) announced the 9 start-ups chosen for the fourth batch of their Digital Health Accelerator support program. Among the nine recipients is GoRehab, a young start-up growing out of ARTORG’s Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation (GER) research group.

Grants & Awards GER – Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering

11. May 2026

From Incorporation to Exit: Carlos Ciller shares insights on building RetinAI / Ikerian

CEO Carlos Ciller reveals how, in nine years, the company has grown from developing its first algorithms for OCT scan analysis into one of the largest providers of MDR-approved AI solutions for ophthalmology and access to the US market. Following the acquisition by EssilorLuxottica, the founding team aims to further shape the global ophthalmology and oculomics market.

People AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence

13. May 2026

ARTORG Day 2026 — A Celebration of 18 Years of MedTech Innovation!

On Wednesday, 27 May 2026, the ARTORG Center celebrated its successes of the last 18 years with an all-day event featuring presentations from researchers, start-ups, MedTech companies and representatives from the canton, the university and the medical faculty of Bern.

Events Artificial Intelligence Biomechanics In-Vitro & Organs-on-Chip Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering Robotics Surgical Technologies Virtual & Augmented Reality

01. June 2026

ARTORG Center: From Idea to Product

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bern is home to one of the University's strategic centers: the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research. For 18 years, clinical practice, research and technology have been converging here to improve patient care. Read the full uniAKTUELL article.

Media Artificial Intelligence Biomechanics In-Vitro & Organs-on-Chip Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering Robotics Surgical Technologies Virtual & Augmented Reality