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On April 28th, 2025 Pelin Kasap has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Towards Building an Isogenic Human Neurovascular Unit-on-a-Chip to Study the Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Disease”. The TKI congratulates her on this accomplishment!

A Porttrait of Britta Engelhardt in the magazine of the University of Bern

Britta Engelhardt has been interviewed for the the magazine of the University of Bern "Uni aktuell". She talks about her research on MS, her engagements and career so far.

Research Prize of the Swiss MS Society for Prof. Britta Engelhardt

A particular highlight of this year's "MS State of the Art Symposium" was the presentation of the second research prize of the Swiss. MS Society. The award, endowed with 100,000 Swiss francs, honors personalities for outstanding contributions to MS research. The 2025 winner is Prof. Dr. Britta Engelhardt, Professor of Immunobiology and Director of the Theodor Kocher Institute at the University of Bern.

TKI Retreat 2024

We celebrated 20 years of research and teaching under the leadership of Britta Engelhardt at the TKI with a two days educational retreat in Eggiwil that also included introductions to Swiss traditions like making of “Züpfe”, Emmentaler Cheese and Alphörner.

Congratulations to Prof. Britta Engelhardt for the Keynote Lecturer Award

During the 5th Cutting Edge Pathology Congress taking place in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain from August 28-31, 2024 Britta Engelhardt received the Journal of Comparative Pathology Education Trust ESVP/ECVP KEYNOTE LECTURER AWARD.

12th InterAcademy Workshop: KAST/UniBern

On June 27th to June 28th 2024 at the Gurten Park im Grünen, in Bern, the Theodor Kocher Institute co-organized the 12th InterAcademy Workshop: KAST/UniBern Networking Conference for Scientific Leaders with the topic Vascular and Neuroimmune Interactions. During this two-day workshop, several leading scientists from Asia, Europe and the United States presented research related to vascular biology, lymphatic clearance mechanisms of the central nervous system and meningeal biology. The event was co-organized by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology represented by Prof. Gou Young Koh and Prof. Aree Moon and the University of Bern represented by Prof. Britta Engelhardt and Dr. Steven Proulx.

Adrian has successfully defended his Phd thesis

On July 9th, 2024 Adrian Madarasz has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Pathways and Dynamics of Erythrocyte Efflux in Murine Models of Hemorrhagic Stroke”. The TKI congratulates him to this achievement!

Camillo Golgi Lecture

Britta Engelhardt was invited to give the prestigious «Camillo Golgi Lecture» at the 10th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology in Helsinki on June 30th, 2024.

Javier has successfully defended his Phd thesis

On June 6th, 2024 Javier Pareja has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Unveiling the cellular and molecular pathways of CD8+ T cells migration across the CNS barriers”. The TKI congratulates him to this achievement!

Congratulations to Dr. Steven Proulx on achieving his Habilitation in Neuroimmunology!

Go watch the introductiory video on Dr. Proux and his research

Irene has successfully defended her Phd thesis

On January 10th, 2024 Irene Spera has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Advanced imaging approaches to investigate cerebrospinal fluid outflow pathways in mice”.

The TKI congratulates her to this achievement!

Kristina has successfully defended her Phd thesis

On January 10th, 2024 Kristina Berve has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Mechanisms of myeloid cell recruitment and polarization in the CNS during immune surveillance and neuroinflammation”.

The TKI congratulates her to this achievement!

ENTRAIN Symposium 9th of January 2024

We congratulate Kristina Berve for obtaining funding and oragnizing a final meeting for the students of the ITN ENTRAIN at the TKI with Dr. Robert Thorne (Denali Therapeutics, South San Francisco, USA) as Keynote Speaker.