Funded projects, MCID Project Funding Call 2024

As a result of the MCID Project Funding Call 2024, 8 projects have been awarded funding for the period 2025/2026 to 2028/2029 For details regarding the funding call, see here.

Tackling pneumococcal diseases with interspecies bacterial peptides

Lead Applicant: PD Dr. Lucy Hathaway (Cluster: Microbiology)

Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK), UniBE

Co-Applicant: Prof. Dr. med. Yok-Ai Que (Cluster: Patient-Focused Research)

Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital / Department of Biomedical Research, UniBE

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Immune response during liver-stage parasitic infections

Lead Applicant: Prof. Dr. Britta Lundström-Stadelmann (Cluster: Neglected Diseases)

Institute of Pathology, UniBE

Co-Applicant: Prof. Dr. Philippe Krebs (Cluster: Immunity)

Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology, UniBE

Co-Applicant: Prof. Dr. Deborah Stroka (Cluster: Neglected Diseases)

Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital / Department of Biomedical Research, UniBE

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Broad-spectrum morbillivirus antivirals targeting the fusion protein for human and veterinary health

Lead Applicant: Prof. Dr. Philippe Plattet (Cluster: Microbiology)

Clinical Neuroscience Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, UniBE

Co-Applicant: Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Fotiadis (Cluster: Microbiology)

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UniBE

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Knowledge generation during times of crisis: modelling to inform policy

Lead Applicant: Dr. Rachel Cassidy (Cluster: Economics)

KPM Center for Public Management

Co-Applicant: PD Dr. Caroline Schlaufer (Cluster: Society and Law)

KPM Center for Public Management

Harnessing targeted protein degradation to unravel Theileria-induced pathology

Lead Applicant: Prof. Sven Rottenberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVP (Cluster: Neglected Diseases)

Institute of Animal Pathology, UniBE

Co-Applicant: Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis Reymond (Cluster: Patient-Focused Research)

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP), UniBE

Strongyloides stercoralis – prevalence and co-infection in pet dogs and people in Switzerland

Lead Applicant: Prof. Dr. med. vet. Simone Schuller (Cluster: Epidemiology)

Small Animal Clinic, Vetsuisse Faculty, UniBE

Co-Applicant: PD Dr. med Cedric Hirzel (Cluster: Immunology)

Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital

Co-Applicant: Prof. Dr. med. vet. Walter Ubaldo Basso (Cluster: Neglected Diseases)

Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology (DIP), Institute of Pathology, UniBE

Co-Applicant: med. vet. Silja Griss (Cluster: Epidemiology)

Veterinary Public Health Institute, UniBE

LeishMa-Swi-Gui: A Comprehensive Study of Leishmaniasis Cases in Bern and an Investigation of Endemicity in Guinea, West Africa, focusing on Clinical and Xenosurveillance Methods

Lead Applicant: PD Dr. Cornelia Staehelin (Cluster: Neglected Diseases)

Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital

Co-Applicant: Dr. Alexander Oberli (Cluster: Microbiology)

Institute of Infectious Diseases, UniBE

Co-Applicant: Prof. Dr. med. Ronald Wolf (Cluster: Patient-Focused Research)

Department of Dermatology, Bern University Hospital

Co-Applicant: Dr. med. David Leuenberger (Cluster: Neglected Diseases)

Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital

Deciphering the Dynamics of Swine Influenza A Virus in Switzerland

Lead Applicant: PD Dr. Ronald Dijkman (Cluster: Microbiology)

Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK)

Co-Lead Applicant: Dr. Jenna Kelly (Cluster: Microbiology)

Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) / Vetsuisse, UniBE

Co-Applicant: Prof. Dr. Heiko Nathues (Cluster: Epidemiology)

Swine Clinic, Vetuisse, UniBE