Department of Biomedical Engineering | University of Basel

Global Impact of Julia Wolleb’s Paper on Diffusion Models for Medical Anomaly Detection! Two years after its publication at the MICCAI 2022 conference in Singapore, Dr Julia Wolleb’s paper ‹Diffusion Models for Medical Anomaly Detection› has become one of the most influential contributions in the field of Medical Image Analysis. Details: https://lnkd.in/e9PuZPUr #medicalimageanalysis #diffusionai

Rauter (new) Member of DBE Executive Board, Sinues (again) Head of Teaching Commission. On the DBE Assembly on 22 October 2024, Prof. Dr. Georg Rauter was elected as new member of the DBE Executive Board. He follows Prof. Dr. Eva Scheurer who left due to her new role as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Dr. Pablo Sinues was re-elected as Head of the DBE Teaching Commission. Details: https://lnkd.in/ekWhyVwG

Making AI Fit for Ethnic Diversity in Dermatology Prof. Alexander Navarini, together with Philippe Gottfrois, PhD student in Navarini’s research group "Digital Dermatology" at the DBE, are training algorithms for the diagnosis of skin diseases in Africa. Collaborating with researchers in Madagascar, Malawi and Guinea, they just presented their finding at the ‹International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2024› in Marrakesh. Details: https://lnkd.in/eksFRMSt #digitaldermatology

More Students Than Ever in the Master Program in Biomedical Engineering – and More Mobility! For the first time, the master program has more than 100 students, 106, to be precise, which are currently enrolled. This growing number shows that bright young people have a clear sense of the potential of biomedical engineering for their careers. And these students now have even more options to get mobile – by joining the Swiss-European Mobility Program with the Master in Healthtech at the University of Strasbourg. Details: https://lnkd.in/eMUHHhgi

Swiss Robotics Day 2024 in Basel! This year, the most important Swiss event on robotics will take place in Basel – co-organized by Georg Rauter and Nicolas Gerig of the BIROMED-Lab. Register Now! for a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in medical and non-medical robots: - In-depth presentations and discussions from leading experts in the robotics field - Networking opportunities with industry leaders, researchers, and fellow enthusiasts - Insights into emerging technologies and future trends in robotics Details: https://lnkd.in/gj8BW-B Agenda: https://lnkd.in/eiuttakB Registration: https://lnkd.in/eGpr6F6H NCCR Robotics; Innosuisse; Innovation Booster - Robotics; EPFL

Ten Years of Electrifying Knowledge Transfer on DBE Research Days. Bring clinical and engineering experts together and things get genuinely exciting! Novel ideas are being born at a spectacular rate, addressing unheard ways to solve a complex range of problems. For 10 years now, DBE Research Days guarantee for exactly this. This year, 210 participants experienced 24 presentations on topics ranging from rehabilitation robots and pharmacogenetics in forensic science to the integration of tissue engineering and 3D printing. Any participant at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, in a way, appeared as an ambassador of their respective field and expertise, ready to make new friends abroad and to dive into new endeavors. The 10th birthday of this event also provided the opportunity to look back and forward in time. Head of DBE Philippe Claude Cattin remembered the very first and very humble beginnings of this event. DBE co-founder Hans-Florian Zeilhofer recaptured the rocket-like rise of biomedical engineering research in Basel, laser physicist Ferda Canbaz dared to look into the future by speculating about the next exciting ten years of bringing clinical and engineering research experts together on the DBE research day. The event was celebrated with an apèroch riche provided by Restaurant du Coeur in Basel. A more in-depth report on the RDX with pictures and video follows soon. Stay tuned! University of Basel #biomedicalengineering #biomedicalresearch

DBE Annual Report 2023! Some years are so good that even the reporting is fun. 2023 is one of those years, in which the Department of Biomedical Engineering was thriving in its new home at Hegenheimermattweg 167. Maybe you feel the excitement of more people, more labs, more gear, more interaction, more papers and proposals while reading our Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/eHmkxW5R

The 24th of May was a very special day at the DBE with our PhD Day. Together with 30 of our fellows from various research groups, we had the opportunity to network in a relaxed atmosphere – just the right way to get creative! Welcomed by Prof. Dr. Philippe Claude Cattin, we started into the day with games to get to know each other. In a workshop on "Science Communication", Dr. Eisha Mhatre (scientist, scientific writer, and founder of the scientific communication platform The Experimentalist) and Jana Tischer from the Science Slam Club Basel presented various techniques to communicate science to the general public. In a second workshop, Anna Wirz from the New Media Center of the University of Basel gave important pointers on research video making. She also presented the resources to produce a research video at the university's media center.  In the afternoon, our participants saved the world in a DBE custom-made escape game. Navigating through the four different puzzles put their problem-solving skills and teamwork to a test. After two intense hours, all teams could solve the riddle, congratulations! The event continued with inspiring talks by DBE-alumni Dr. Eva Schnider, Dr. Griffin Rodgers and Dr. Sandra Drusová, PhD. Their stories and advice provided valuable guidance and motivation for the current PhD students. We concluded the event in the evening with a delicious BBQ and cheerful music. The Experimentalist: https://lnkd.in/eEb78Hgp Science Slam Club Basel: https://lnkd.in/eEmjXXFF University of Basel New Media Center: https://nmc.unibas.ch/en/

The Functional Biomechanics research group (Prof. Dr. Annegret Mündermann) invites applications for a Research Associate Position within an Innosuisse project focusing on inertial measurement unit based motion capture. The project will be carried out at the new CADENCE Core Facility at the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the University of Basel in collaboration with industry and academic partners and will start in September 2024. The project aims to identify clinically relevant parameters based on wearable sensors, to test their reliability and construct and clinical validity, and to determine the minimum set of wearable sensors for orthosis fitting and clinical applications. The Research Associate will be responsible for all aspects of the project, including experiments on humans. Details: https://lnkd.in/eDrBt9Mk

Georg Rauter and Philippe Claude Cattin on Swiss National Radio. Swiss Radio and Television SRF visited the DBE to find out why Switzerland is so successful in medical technology innovation. Professors Georg Rauter and Phillippe Cattin provided answers and presented examples from robotics and artificial intelligence. Find the link here: https://lnkd.in/eu24xYEw #medtech #biomedicalengineeering #medicalrobotics #medicalai