SASRO GRANT 2023 to our colleague Verdiana Trappetti
Our colleague Verdiana Trappetti was awarded with the SASRO Grant 2023. Every year the Scientific Association of Swiss Radiation Oncology (SASRO) is awarding one or more reaserch grants to research projects of young SASRO members (under 35 years of age) working in Switzerland. For 2023 there was one grant of 5000.- CHF available and it was awarded to Verdiana Trappetti.
Inauguration of the High End Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility
We celebrated the new cryo-TEM Titan Krios G4 and the new cryo-FIBSEM Aquilos 2 from Thermofisher Sci in presence of Prof. Werner Kühlbrandt (MPI Biophyiscs, Frankfurt), the Rector, the Vice-Rector Research, the Dean of the Medical Faculty and several distinguished external guests.
Prof. Valentin Djonov received the title of Dr. honoris causa from the University of Kragujevac
Prof. Valentin Djonov received the title of Dr. honoris causa on 30 May. 2023 from the University of Kragujevac, Serbia.
He received the honorary doctorate for his exceptional contribution to medical science, for the newly developed tumour therapy stakes, and for his support and collaboration with several research groups at the University of Kragujevac.
Teachers of the Year x2
Gudrun Herrmann and Stefan Tschanz have been elected by the students of Medicine as Teachers of the Year for academic year two and one, respectively, as "Masters of Disaster" during the Corona period. The Institute is pleased with this double award for the Anatomy and congratulates.
SSAHE PhD Thesis and Master in Science Thesis awards 2021
The Swiss Society of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology awarded the PhD Thesis prize to Alexander Ernst for his project "New insights into epicardium formation through in vivo imaging in the zebrafish."
The Master Thesis prize went to Andrej Vianin for his work on a zebrafish xenotransplantation model for the evaluation of metastatic behavior of tumor cells. Congratulations!