University of Bern, Institute of Anatomy, Bern, Switzerland
The Institute of Anatomy belongs to the medical faculty of the university of Bern. Its scope of duties comprises preclinical teaching in human, dentist and veterinary medical curricula as well as in many other paramedical fields. Research topics include base science in the fields of the cardiovascular system, skeletal and smooth muscle, the lung, and image analysis tools such as stereology.
Wt1 Genes Can Induce a Cardiomyocyte to Epicardial-like Cell Fate Transition
From this study, it was concluded that Wt1 plays a yet undescribed role for cardiomyocyte differentiation by repressing chromatin opening at specific genomic loci and that sustained ectopic expression…Read article
Safe High Pressure Freezing of Infectious Microorganisms
Especially in core EM-facilities one is confronted with material (microorganisms and cells) which are infectious. It is a must to follow the safety rules according to the National regulations. However…Read article
Dry Ultrathin Sectioning Combined With High Pressure Freezing
We have used cultured UMR106-01 osteoblastic cells to investigate the process of bone mineralization. UMR106-01 cells as well as primary calvarial bone cells assembly spherical extracellular…Read article