In order to achieve breakthroughs in the understanding and development of materials, new and advanced analysis methods are crucial. Especially, looking at the µm to atomic scale, which is still challenging, helps to understand fundamental mechanisms behind macroscopic phenomena. This understanding, in turn, can help to improve manufacturing processes and in the design of new […]

The main goal with this research project will be to investigate the effects of strain on cardiac tissue using in-vitro studies. This proposed research will look to analyze high levels of strain in cardiac tissue using equipment that can stretch cells, which was designed and is currently being used in the physiology lab at Bern […]

Brain activity can be recorded by an electroencephalogram (EEG). When investigating the data, it is notoriously difficult to extract neural dynamics related directly to e.g., a visual stimulus in an experiment, from the ‘background’ brain activity. A similar problem arises in fluid dynamics, when ordered dynamics, so-called coherent structures, are extracted from measurement data. There, […]

L’évolution de la résistance aux antimicrobiens est une crise sanitaire émergente qui menace notre capacité à contrôler les infections bactériennes. Les progrès dans les traitements médicaux dépendent de notre capacité de lutter contre les infections au moyen d’antibiotiques. Plus précisément, ce projet se concentrera sur la protéine dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS, E. coli folP), qui est […]

Heat stress causes significant economic losses to the poultry industry. Several bioactive substances have reported heat stressmitigative properties. However, the conventional routes of bioactive substance delivery, i.e., via the feed or water, limit their efficacy. Delivering these substances via the in ovo route might help overcome the limitations of the conventional delivery routes. This delivery […]

My project explores the relationship between a type of philosophy called Continental philosophy and Christian mystical theology. This project develops upon a growing body of scholarship that seeks to understand how Christian theology in general has impacted the development of Continental philosophy. My project, building upon the work of Dr. Louise Nelstrop as well as […]

En raison du vieillissement actuel de la population et du haut taux de maladie coronarienne chez les aînés, des interventions doivent être développées afin de favoriser leur santé. Notamment, les personnes âgées devraient être accompagnées dans l’adoption de saines habitudes de vie au moyen d’interventions accessibles et qui répondent à leurs besoins. À cet effet, […]

La robotique collaborative est une condition préalable à l’industrie 4.0. La tendance actuelle est de produire et de programmer des robots qui ont la capacité de travailler ensemble, ou à proximité, avec des humains dans un environnement partagé. La suppression d’une barrière physique (ou virtuelle) pour le robot entraîne de nombreux défis, dont le plus […]

Over the last three decades, with the development of the Internet and information and communication technologies (ICT), the number of ways of collecting and processing personal data has exploded. In the digital age, privacy issues have become more internationalised, more technically complex and therefore less transparent to non-experts. As a result, the traditional privacy regulation […]

Certaines protéines peuvent réguler les parcours moléculaires dans le cerveau. Ces protéines pourraient avoir un impact sur la fonction cérébrale associé aux maladies d’Alzheimer, à l’épilepsie et à la schizophrénie. Cependant, il est actuellement impossible de vérifier ces hypothèses avec les outils modernes. Pour mieux comprendre l’impact des protéines sur le cerveau et développer ainsi […]

In most flows around a structure or object, the flow behind the object is characterized by a region of unsteady reverse flow. This unsteady fluid motion in the object wake induces a force upon the object or structure, which can cause flexible structures to vibrate. An ongoing engineering challenge is to understand how the wake […]

Plants utilize their sophisticated innate immune system to fight against pathogens. They have abundant immune receptors to detect the pathogen attack and initiate defense. However, the molecular mechanisms of how these receptors signal downstream of pathogen recognition are largely unknown. Recently, modern metabolomics approach has been developed that allows for unbiased identification of substrates and […]