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GRAMMER European Spine Journal Award for Co-Me Scientists
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November 2009 ---
At the recent EuroSpine 2009 Congress in Warsaw, members of the
research group of PD Dr. Stephen Ferguson were presented with the
prestigious Grammer European Spine Journal Award, granted for the best
basic science paper published during the previous year in the journal.
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Award for Hans-Florian Zeilhofer
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November 2009 ---
Co-Me congratulates Professor
Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Dr. h. c. Hans-Florian Zeilhofer. He received
the "Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 for Excellence in Computer Aided
Surgery around the Head" at the 6th International Conference on
Computer Aided Surgery around the Head. The award ceremony took place
at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
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Co-Me Scientists Win Venture Kick Grant
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September 2009 ---
Congratulations to Matthias Peterhans and Professor Stefan Weber from
the Center for Computer Assisted Surgery CCAS at ARTORG Center,
University of Bern. They have passed the first stage of the Venture
Kick competition with their startup project 'CAScination'. The team
has been awarded a CHF 10'000 grant for the development of their
business idea, a navigation system for soft tissue surgery.
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Lutz Nolte Leads the MedTech Initiative of the CTI
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September 2009 ---
Professor Lutz P. Nolte, Co-Director of the NCCR Co-Me, has accepted
the position of Head of the MedTech Initiative of the Innovation
Promotion Agency (CTI). He is replacing Gilberto Bestetti who has
recently stepped down. Lutz P. Nolte is Director of the Institute for
Surgical Technology & Biomechanics at the University of Bern and
Director of the ARTORG Research Center for Biomedical Engineering
Research.
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Marco Caversaccio elected Professor for ENT Surgery
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August 2009 ---
The NCCR Co-Me congratulates Marco Caversaccio. He has been elected
full professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern and
Head of the Department of Ears, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery at
the University Hospital Bern.
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Break through in non-invasive neurosurgery
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June 2009 ---
The Magnetic Resonance Center of the University Children's Hospital
Zurich has achieved a world first break through in MR-guided,
non-invasive neurosurgery. Ten patients have been successfully treated
by means of transcranial high-intensity focused ultrasound. This novel
technology now opens up new horizons allowing to develop non-invasive
intervention procedures for a variety of brain diseases including
brain tumors.
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Swede Dates in Bern
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March 2009 ---
The first Swiss-Swedish R&T Workshop on Image Processing,
Visualization and Modeling took place from the 9th-10th of March at
the ARTORG Center of the University of Bern.
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Honorary Doctorate for Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
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January 2009 ---
Professor Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, leader of Co-Me project
7 and head of MIRALab,
University of Geneva, received a Dr. Honoris Causa in Natural Sciences
from the Leibniz University of Hannover on 22nd of January 2009. She
was honoured for her outstanding and pioneering work on virtual
humans.
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