How are the fish?

To improve the welfare of experimental fish, FIWI researchers have developed an adaptable score sheet that can be applied to any fish species used in research.

Hot of the press

How fit is Swiss wildlife health monitoring? We're doing ok - but there are a few "blind spots" due to a lack of centralized, up-to-date data collection.

Lynx news

Public information evening on May 16 at 18:00 on current status of lynx around Bern

Student job 15-30%

Flexible job - join the wildlife team! Stepping stone for a Master's thesis in the wildlife sector.

Focus on fish welfare

Free online event to share cutting-edge knowledge and approaches to refining fish care and use, enhancing animal welfare, reproducibility and translatability.

FEBS Advanced lecture course 2024 Fish Immunology

Summer school on fish immunity and pathogen-host interaction research

Stefania Vannetti received the Faculty award for the best Thesis - Congratulation!

Stefania Vannetti from the Institute of Fish and Wildlife Health, Fish Division, has been awarded the Faculty award 2023 for her outstanding work "Amoeba species colonising the gills of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Swiss aquaculture". Congratulation!

MCID Newsletter

Read about the FIWI project "Pathogen surveillance in the wild" in the current MCID newsletter!

SNF-project funded: "DROP"

SNF funding: The project "DROP: Effects of different temperature regimes on host-pathogen dynamics in freshwater ecosystems" is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation over the next 4 years. We are looking forward to a successful project.

Rundschau 13.9.2023 - Wolfes

The health of all Swiss #wolves is examined at the FIWI @unibern after their death. Wildlife head Dr. Pewsner explains this in the @SRF #srf #srfrundschau.

NZZ am Sonntag - Wolves

Wolf health exams at FIWI also yield data about poaching and poaching attempts.

Alpine swift mortalities

Swisslos funds alpine swift research project

Interview with Dr. Pisano

Interview on mange, crayfish plague and other wildlife diseases

Feature in uni AKTUELL

Researchers at the FIWI demonstrate that genes could be altered as a result of external influences.

Rigi Workshop 2024

Registration now open for the 2024 Rigi Workshop "Exploring Epigenetics"!

Ameoba in Swiss aquaculture

Nodular gill disease is associated with amoeba infection in farmed rainbow trout

Alpine Ibex relocation

Proud to support this alpine ibex translocation project with veterinary womenpower and expertise!

Epigenetics and evolution

A FIWI study suggests that environmentally induced epigenetic variance may precede genetic diversification in wild stickleback populations.

New perch virus discovered

Description of a novel virus, Lötschberg virus (LTBV), from a European perch metatranscriptome. LTBV represents a tentative new species and genus of the mononegaviral family Filoviridae.

Book: Non-infectious diseases of coldwater fish

In chapter 4, FIWI members describe the causes of non-infectious diseases in coldwater finfish, like production problems, environmental problems, nutritional and feed-related problems, vaccination- and treatment-related problems, neoplasia and deformations.

Sarcoptic mange

Sarcoptes mites genetic variation is biogeographically determined.

Aquaculture microbiomes

Microbial communities in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are key to system success. Choosing the right method to analyse their composition is important to understand their dynamics.

Long-term storage of dried qPCR mixes

In situations where electricity or fridge capacity is limited, dried reconstitutable qPCR mixes with long shelf life might present valuable alternatives.

Sick ornamental fish - Problems in Swiss aquaristics

Long-term storage of dried qPCR mixes

In situations where electricity or fridge capacity is limited, dried reconstitutable qPCR mixes with long shelf life might present valuable alternatives.

WildGuARDs

The MCID provides funding to the wildlife health project "WildGuARDs" of Saskia Keller.

SNF grant

The project "TRIP" TRout Immune Priming receives CHF 720,000 of funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation over the next 4 years.

Teaching award

The course "Sustainability" receives funding from the Vice Rectorate for Research as part of their ESD focus.

Public discussion event on wildlife ethics

Toxpath: Program online!

Methods and diagnoses in fish toxicopathology

Information and registration for the courses WTK 1 and WTK 2

New FIWI Memberships in ParAqua

Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser and Simone Pisano now members of ParAqua

Crayfish plague factsheet published

PARAQUA Training school Activity, 16-17 May 2022

Free places available for the Training School activity on "Identification and detection methods for aquatic zoosporic parasites"!
When and where: 16-17 May 2022, at the shore of beautiful lake Stechlin in Neuglobsow, Germany.
How to apply? Very easy, just fill out and send the application form by Friday March 11th using the linked form.

Toxpath in Fish, 11.-12. July 2022

Methods and diagnoses in fish toxicopathology

FIWI participates in COST Action "ParAqua"

The COST Action CA20125 „ParAqua“ focuses on zoosporic parasites. FIWI participates in WP1 on detection and diagnostics.

SNF project funded

The FIWI and the Institute for Ecology and Evolution received a joint grant to investigate eco-evolutionary dynamics of microbiomes in aquaculture.

BKFV-Info

Topic "Spinal deformities in common nase": a current FIWI project in the BKFV-Info Newsletter

3RCC Grant

The FIWI is happy to announce that within the 2020 call, our research project in the field of eDNA and animal welfare has received a grant from the 3RCC (Swiss 3R Competence Centre). The project aims at a replacement of invasive PKD monitoring of wild fish by a non-invasive eDNA- protocol.

New phone numbers

Since 1st of May, new phone numbers apply. Check the diagnostics and team pages to find the right number.