Sven Rottenberg#
| Membership Number: | 7485 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.itpa.vetsuisse.unibe.ch/research/therapy_escape_of_cancer/index_eng.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2044-9844 |
| Publication Link: |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Director of the Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse, University of Bern
- 2012 - 2014 Group leader (assoc. professor), The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam
- 2010 - 2012 Associate staff scientist, Molecular Biology, NKI, Amsterdam
- 2007 - 2010 Senior postdoctoral fellow, Molecular Biology, NKI, Amsterdam
- 2004 - 2007 Postdoctoral fellow, Molecular Biology, NKI, Amsterdam
- 1999 - 2004 Combined residency/PhD program, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern
- 1998 - 1999 Resident in Domestic Animal Sciences, University of Kiel, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Volume-regulated Anion Channel
- PARP Inhibitors
- Theileria-induced host cell transformation
- Animal pathology
- Mammary tumoroids
- Genetically engineered mouse models
- BRCA1/2
- DNA repair
- Loss-of-function genetic screens
- Mechanisms of anti-cancer therapy resistance
Honours and Awards
- 2023 TANDEM Award of the ISREC Foundation together with I. Labidi-Galy (CHF 550,000)
- 2023 Award of the Basser Center for BRCA (USD 100,000)
- 2022 Membership, European Academy of Cancer Sciences
- 2021 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced grant (883877): Targeting the essentialome of radiotherapy-resistant cancer (TETHER); EUR 2,500,000
- 2021 Membership, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2019 Pilot Project Award, Bern Center for Precision Medicine, Switzerland (CHF 54,000)
- 2016 European Research Council (ERC) consolidator grant (681572): Synthetic viability of homologous recombination-deficient cancers (SYNVIA); EUR 2,000,000
- 2011 VIDI Award of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research to study mechanism of chemotherapy resistance (EUR 800,000)
- 2010 American Assoc. for Cancer Research (AACR) – Translational Cancer Medicine Award
- 2004, 2005 Postdoctoral Fellowships by the Swiss National Science Foundation and Swiss Society of Medical-Biological Sciences (PBBEB-104429, PASM33-108943)
- 2003 Young Investigator Award, American Society of Veterinary Pathologists (ASVP)
- 2003 Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Award 2003
