New ARTORG Venture Fellows: Samuel Knobel and Amith Kamath

The fourth cohort of the Venture Fellowship program at the University of Bern and the Inselspital were chosen - among them, two of ARTORG's own. Dr. Samuel Knobel, researcher of the Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation group, and Amith Kamath, PhD student of the Medical Image Analysis group, are two of five recipients of the Fellowship.

Grants & Awards GER – Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation MIA – Medical Image Analysis Artificial Intelligence Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering Surgical Technologies

03. April 2025

PhD Defense: Lorenzo Ferrari Assesses Hemodynamics of Heart Valve Prostheses

On March 24, 2025, Lorenzo Ferrari successfully defended his PhD thesis: Experimental Flow Field Assessment of Surgical Valve Prostheses with Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry: Impact of Model, Size and Cardiac Output.

People CVE – Cardiovascular Engineering Biomechanics

24. March 2025

PhD Defense: Fei Wu Tackles Annotation Scarcity through AI

On March 28, 2025, Fei Wu successfully defended his PhD thesis: Alleviating the issue of Annotation Scarcity in Semantic Segmentation using Active Learning.

People AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence

28. March 2025

Ultrasound and cilia to clean implanted stents and catheters

Led by PD Dr. Francesco Clavica from ARTORG's Urogenital Engineering Group and Prof. Daniel Ahmed from the Acoustic Robotics Systems Lab at ETH Zurich, researchers have developed an innovative technology which can clean implanted medical devices such as ureteral stents and catheters non-invasively, using ultrasound activation through the skin.

Research ARSL – Acoustic Robotics Systems Lab UGE – Urogenital Engineering Biomechanics

29. April 2025

16th Annual Biomedical Engineering Day - Friday, May 02, 2025

On Friday, May 02, 2025 it is our pleasure to welcome you again at the auditorium Ettore Rossi on the Inselspital campus for the 16th annual BME Day!

Events Biomechanics

07. April 2025

AI-supported detection of cardiac abnormalities

A team of researchers at Inselspital led by Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Gräni, Director of Cardiac Imaging, and Dr. Isaac Shiri, Head of Research for Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Medicine, has developed an AI-based tool for the detection and classification of anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries (AAOCA) - a very rare congenital heart defect - using coronary CT angiography images.

Research CVE – Cardiovascular Engineering Artificial Intelligence

03. April 2025

Language courses to improve Equal Opportunities at ARTORG: Interview with Julia Spyra and Dr. Silje Ekroll Jahren

As an equal opportunity employer and educator, the ARTORG Center recognizes and fosters diversity and strives to create an inclusive environment with team members coming from different professional and cultural backgrounds. We interviewed Dr. Silje Ekroll Jahren, postdoctoral researcher and equal opportunities officer, and Julia Spyra, program coordinator for our master's programs, about their effort to further equality at ARTORG through language courses.

Grants & Awards People

31. March 2025

PhD Defense: Aurelia Bucciarelli Investigates In Vitro Microvascular Networks

On March 19, 2025, Aurelia Bucciarelli successfully defended her PhD thesis: Dynamics of Red Blood Cell Partitioning and Flow in In Vitro Microvascular Networks: The Roles of Lingering Red Blood Cells and Pericyte Activation.

People CVE – Cardiovascular Engineering In-Vitro & Organs-on-Chip

19. March 2025

PhD Defense: Christina Wapp Develops Fragility Hip Risk Calculator

On March 18, 2025, Christina Wapp successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: “The Development of a Personalised Fragility Hip Risk Calculator.” In this work, Christina presents a novel hip fracture risk calculator based on a mechanic stochastic framework. By combining an existing model used to describe the occurrence of a fall with a stochastic distribution, she could identify the fall events resulting in a fracture and calculate the fracture risk.

People MSB – Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Biomechanics

18. March 2025

Nic Krummenacher receives UniBE INNO Grant for DextEgg Project

The second round of UniBE INNO Grant recipients includes Nic Krummenacher, PhD student in the Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation group! His winning project, DextEgg, is a new, interactive, sensor-based rehabilitation system to train fine motor skills in clinic and at home.

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

15. January 2025

Prof. Dr. Brice-Olivier Demory joins ARTORG as interfaculty member

We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Dr. Brice-Olivier Demory has joined the ARTORG Center as an interfaculty member! He is currently an affiliated professor with the university's Center for Space and Habitability (CSH).

People Research MSL – Medical Sensing Laboratory Artificial Intelligence

17. March 2025

Annual Report 2024

Our Annual Report 2024 has just come out! Read what our 12 specialized research groups were working on last year, what we have achieved in our commitment to advance healthcare innovation and check out our 14 graduates who defended their PhD thesis in 2024!

Media Research AIHN – AI in Health and Nutrition AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging CBE – Computational Bioengineering CVE – Cardiovascular Engineering GER – Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation HRL – Hearing Research Laboratory MDP – Mechanical Production Workshop MIA – Medical Image Analysis MSB – Musculoskeletal Biomechanics NRG – Neuro Robotics Group OOC – Organs-on-Chip Technologies UGE – Urogenital Engineering Artificial Intelligence Biomechanics In-Vitro & Organs-on-Chip Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering Robotics Surgical Technologies Virtual & Augmented Reality