Tumorbank Leader
Prof. George Thalmann
Director and Chairman
Urology Department
Inselspital
Bern University Hospital

Co-Leader
Prof. Rolf Jaggi
Group Leader
Molecular Biology
Dept. of Clinical Research
University of Bern

Welcome to our website

We collect high quality clinical samples since 2003 for translational research
selected by expert pathologists under controlled conditions of normal and
diseased tissue from different origin.

The Tumor Bank is approved by the Ethical Commission of Bern,
we only collect samples with written informed patient consent.

TBB is financed by the Bernese Cancer League, sponsored by the
Department of Clinical Research, the Institute of Pathology of the
University of Bern and the Inselspital - Bern University Hospital

Tumorbank Bern TBB
Department of Clinical Research - DCR - University of Bern
Institute of Pathology
Lab L 640 - Murtenstrasse 31
CH-3010 Bern - Switzerland
Universität Bern - Bernische Krebsliga - Inselspital



Tumorbank Bern TBB
13`000 samples 
from 3100 Patients

Origin of Tissue
- Thoracic Surgery
- Gynecology
- Urology
- Visceral Surgery
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Head and Neck Surgery
- Neurosurgery

Open Access Repository
Please contact us
to check
if we have
samples
for your
field of research

How to find us