Innovation in Basel-Land: Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Today, on 24 August 2015, the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ opened the Department of Biomedical Engineering in Allschwil. This marks the university’s first organizational unit to be sited in the supporting Canton Basel-Land. The new department takes an interdisciplinary approach to the latest medical developments and technologies, working across institutions.
24 August 2015
The new Department of Biomedical Engineering (DBE) will have 60 members of staff working in 10 research groups with a focus on medical imaging and image-guided therapies, materials science, tissue engineering, orthopedics and biomechanics. In the field of teaching, the DBE will establish a new PhD program and offer two training programs at Master’s level.
Unique research platform
“The DBE’s interdisciplinary approach brings together experts from medicine, natural sciences, engineering and humanities, and represents a unique research platform,” says Prof. Philippe Cattin, head of the department. In close collaboration with the University Hospital of Basel and the University Children’s Hospital of Basel, dialog between institutions and research areas will be encouraged to connect fundamental science, clinical medicine and the medical device industry. The goal is to develop innovations from basic research as quickly as possible to benefit patients.
“Biomedical engineering is becoming increasingly important and the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ will be at the forefront as the driving force,” stressed the new Rector, Prof. Andrea Schenker-Wicki, at the opening ceremony. “This department also shows that the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ is an attractive partner for industry and private investors.”
First organizational unit in Basel-Land
The DBE marks the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½’s first organizational unit to be sited in the canton of Basel-Land. With the establishment of the medtech innovation campus in Allschwil, the canton is host to one of the most promising university departments. “As the supporting cantons, Basel-Land and Basel-Stadt have made a significant contribution in recent years to the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½’s status as a world leader. The fact that we chose Allschwil as the location for this new department demonstrates an important step in the bi-cantonal partnership of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½,” says Rector Andrea Schenker-Wicki.
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Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom -
Opening of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Image: ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Peter Schnetz)link.zoom
The newly established department builds on the focal area Clinical Morphology and Biomedical Engineering, which was founded 10 years ago in the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½’s Faculty of Medicine. This will now be established as an independent department and will have the opportunity to expand as necessary at the site of the Swiss Innovation Park Region Northwestern Switzerland in Allschwil.
Further information
Matthias Geering, Head of Communications & Marketing, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, phone: +41 61 267 35 75, mobile: +41 79 269 70 71, email: matthias.geering@unibas.ch
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