The TOM laboratory draws together the expertise of researchers from the Biomedical Sciences, the Biomedical Engineering (Medical Faculty) but also from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery from the Insel University Hospital.
Group Head
Benjamin Gantenbein, Prof Dr, PhD, Biologist
Scientific Team
- Yamina Baumgartner, Lab technician, University of Bern
- Paola Bermudez-Lekerika, PhD candidate, Biomedical Sciences, “Disc4all”
- Shuimu Chen, PhD candidate, University of Bern
- Cassandra Chetty, Master Student of Biomedical Sciences , University of Bern
- Slavko Ćorluka, MD-PhD candidate, University of Bern
- Katherine Crump, PhD candidate, University of Bern
- Georg Erbach, Trainee, Department of Orthopeadic Surgery & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
- Artem Klimov, Medical student, Department of Orthopeadic Surgery & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
- Niklas Rutsch, Trainee, Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
- Leon Schlagenhof, PhD candidate, University of Bern
- Willy Hofstetter, Prof. Dr., Group Leader Bone Biology
- Dr. med Sebastian Wangler, Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
Clinical Collaborators at Insel Hospital
- Prof. Dr. med Klaus Siebenrock, Hip surgeon, Director of Orthopaedics & Traumatology
- PD Dr. med. Christoph Albers, Spine Surgeon, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
- Dr. med Sebastian Bigdon, Spine Surgeon, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
- Dr. med Moritz Deml, Spine Surgeon, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
- Dr. med Michael Künzler, Shoulder team, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
- Dr. med Michael Schär, Shoulder team, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
- Dr. med Sonja Häckel, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Insel University Hospital
External Collaborators (some examples as the list is by far not complete)
Prof. Dr. Paul F. Heini, Spine Surgeon, Sonnenhof Hospital, Lindenhofgruppe, Bern
Prof. Dr. med Lorin Benneker, Spine Surgeon, Sonnenhof Hospital, Lindenhofgruppe, Bern
PD Dr. med Ulrich Berlemann, Spine Surgeon, Das Rückenzentrum, Thun
Prof. Dr. Stephen Ferguson, Biomechanical Engineer
Institut für Biomechanik, ETH, Zürich
Dr. Alessandro Bertolo, PhD Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
Dr. Sibylle Grad, Group Leader, Cartilage and Intervertebral Disc,
AO Research Institute, Davos
Dr Marcel Egli, Luzerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Engineering & Architecture CC Aerospace Biomedical Science and Technology
PD Dr. med Daniel Haschtmann, Schultheiss Clinic, Zürich
Prof Fabian Ile , University of Applied Sciences and Arts Engineering & Architecture CC Aerospace Biomedical Science and Technology
Prof. Dr. Patric Eberle, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Engineering & Architecture CC Aerospace Biomedical Science and Technology
PD Dr. Jivko Stoyanov, Molecular Biologist Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
Prof. Dr. Karin Wuertz-Kosak, Prof. Dr., R.Ph., Ph.D., MBA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester, NY. US.
Dr. Stefan Dudli, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rheumatology, Balgrist University Hospital, Balgrist Campus, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Christine Le Maitre, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
