Labore

Laboratory for Oral Molecular Biology

About us

PD Dr. Martin Degen, PhD, Head of Laboratory

EXPERIENCE

Since 2016: Lab Head, Oral Molecular Biology, Dental Research Center, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2015 - 2016: Visiting Scientist, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

2012 - 2014: Research Investigator II, Department of Musculoskeletal Diseases, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc., Basel, Switzerland

2008 - 2012: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Skin Disease Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

EDUCATION

2018 - 2019: CAS in Research Management, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2003 - 2007: PhD in Cell Biology, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4356-3714

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/martin-degen-38455b15

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Degen

zmk bern - Zahnmedizinische Kliniken
Laboratory for Oral Molecular Biology
SITEM Insel AG / O2.422
Freiburgstrasse 3
CH-3010 Bern
Tel.: + 41 31 684 05 90
Mail: martin.degen@unibe.ch
Office: O2.109

Silvia Rihs, Laboratory Technician

EXPERIENCE

Since 2020: Research Technician, Laboratory for Oral Molecular Biology, Dental Research Center, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2018-2020: Research Technician, Endocrinology Research, Department of Biomedical Reserarch DBMR, University Childrens Hospital, Insel Gruppe AG, Bern, Switzerland

2001-2018: Research Technician, Mucosal Immunology, Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

1997-2001: Laboratory Technician, Clinical Cytopathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

1993-1997: Research Technician, Institute of Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

1989-1993: Research Technician, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research SIAF, Davos, Switzerland

1988: Research Technician, Neuroimmunology Research, Swiss Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland

1987-1988: Laboratory Technician, General Hospital, Davos, Switzerland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvia-rihs-a04001a9/

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Silvia_Rihs

Tel.: + 41 31 684 05 91
Mail: silvia.rihs@unibe.ch
Office: O2.422

Ludovica Parisi, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher

EXPERIENCE

Since 2019: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory for Oral Molecular Biology, Dental Research Center, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2018-2019: Osteology Research Scholar, Laboratory for Oral Cell Biology, Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2017: Visiting PhD Student, Penn Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2015: Visiting PhD Student, School of Dentistry, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brasil

2014-2015: Graduate Student Researcher, Laboratory for Biomaterial and Tissue Engineering, Dental School, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

2014: Undergraduate Student Researcher, BIOtech - Centre for Biomedical Technologies, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

EDUCATION

2015-2019: PhD in Molecular Medicine, Laboratory for Biomaterial and Tissue Engineering, Dental School, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

2012-2014: MSc in Medical, Veterinarian and Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

2009-2012: BSc in Biomolecular Sciences and Technology, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-3176

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludovica-parisi-642b3191/

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ludovica_Parisi

Mail: ludovica.parisi@unibe.ch
Office: O2.102

Farah Mansour, MSc, PhD Student

EXPERIENCE

2020-2021 Master's internship, Department of Pathology and Immunology, CMU, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

EDUCATION

Since 2022: PhD Student, Laboratory for Oral Molecular Biology, Dental Research Center, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2019-2022: MSc in Biology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, CMU, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

2016-2019: BSc in Biochemistry, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farah-mansour98

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farah_Mansour5

Mail: farah.mansour@unibe.ch
Office: O2.102