Universität Bern<p>Neue Studie mit Beteiligung der <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/unibern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unibern</span></a> zeigt: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bodenmikroorganismen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bodenmikroorganismen</span></a> verschieben ihren jahreszeitlichen <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rhythmus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rhythmus</span></a> als Reaktion auf die <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Klimaerw%C3%A4rmung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klimaerwärmung</span></a> stärker als <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pflanzen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pflanzen</span></a>. Dies könnte wesentliche Prozesse von <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%C3%96kosystemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ökosystemen</span></a> stören. <a href="https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/medienmitteilungen/2025/medienmitteilungen_2025/klimaerwaermung_stoert_zusammenspiel_von_pflanzen_und_bodenmikroorganismen/index_ger.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediarelations.unibe.ch/medien</span><span class="invisible">mitteilungen/2025/medienmitteilungen_2025/klimaerwaermung_stoert_zusammenspiel_von_pflanzen_und_bodenmikroorganismen/index_ger.html</span></a></p>
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Die #unibern ist Partnerin von CREATES, einem Forschungszentrum in Senegal. CREATES verbindet wissenschaftliche Forschung mit dem Alltag der Menschen vor Ort und setzt dabei auf neue Herangehensweisen in der Forschung.
https://www.creates.ngo/en/home
Wer #KI nutzt, sollte ihre Ergebnisse sorgfältig überprüfen. Denn grundsätzlich haften die Arbeitnehmenden, sagt Flora Stanischewski, Lehrbeauftragte für #Arbeitsrecht #unibern. Mehr erfahren im Kurzformat «Frage an»: https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/hafte_ich_wenn_meine_buero_ki_fehler_macht/index_ger.html
The #microbiome plays an important role in immune defense - but #diet is more important than we thought:
Researchers at #unibern & #Inselspital in collaboration with @ChariteBerlin show that the composition of the diet 
in early life significantly influences antibody diversity in the gut, surprisingly independently of the microbiome 
https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2025/media_releases_2025/nutrition_in_early_life_shapes_intestinal_immunity/index_eng.html
Das #Mikrobiom spielt eine wichtige Rolle für die #Immunabwehr – die Ernährung ist jedoch wichtiger als gedacht:
Forschende der #unibern & #Inselspital in Zusammenarbeit mit @ChariteBerlin zeigen, dass die Zusammensetzung der #Nahrung im frühen Leben die Antikörpervielfalt im Darm massgeblich beeinflusst, und überraschenderweise unabhängig vom Mikrobiom
https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/medienmitteilungen/2025/medienmitteilungen_2025/ernaehrung_im_fruehen_leben_praegt_die_darmimmunitaet/index_ger.html
Wie wird an der #unibern mit Tieren geforscht? Wie wird ein #Tierversuch durchgeführt, und was unternimmt die #unibern für das #Tierwohl? Heute ist Nationaler Informationstag des Versuchstiers #NIDEA. An einem Infostand präsentieren Berner Forschende heute ihre Arbeit mit Tieren. Kommen Sie vorbei!
A new research study from #HUG, #UNIGE, #UPD and #unibern shows that #sleep-wake regulation often remains intact in patients with #insomnia. The findings underline the importance of cognitive behavioral therapy to sustainably improve sleep quality 
: https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2025/media_releases_2025/wake_perception_during_sleep_is_common_and_healthy/index_eng.html.
Drei Berner Zimmereien zeigen, wie die #Holzwirtschaft nachhaltig transformiert werden kann: sie setzen in #Randregionen regionalen Rohstoff in Wert und bieten dabei zukunftsweisende #Arbeitsmodelle. Das zeigt eine Forschungsarbeit der Wirtschaftsgeographie der #unibern: https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/moderne_holzwirtschaft_im_bernbiet/index_ger.html.
Three #carpentry businesses in Bern show how the #timber sector can be sustainably transformed: they valorise regional raw materials in #fringe regions and offer forward-looking #workingmodels. This shows a research project by the Economic Geography group at #unibern: https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/modern_timber_industry_in_the_bern_region/index_eng.html
Very interesting keynote by Mirjam Stieger
If we have this as a goal, "Can Digital Interventions Change Our Personality?"
Explanation of conceptual framework
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40359-018-0257-9
Self-selecting increasing conscientious or #Openness to experience
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1002/per.2267
#SingleGroup
#RCT on self-selected #Big5 change
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2017548118
with 12month follow up:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jopy.12898
SpringerLinkPEACH, a smartphone- and conversational agent-based coaching intervention for intentional personality change: study protocol of a randomized, wait-list controlled trial - BMC PsychologyBackground This protocol describes a study that will test the effectiveness of a 10-week non-clinical psychological coaching intervention for intentional personality change using a smartphone application. The goal of the intervention is to coach individuals who are willing and motivated to change some aspects of their personality, i.e., the Big Five personality traits. The intervention is based on empirically derived general change mechanisms from psychotherapy process-outcome research. It uses the smartphone application PEACH (PErsonality coACH) to allow for a scalable assessment and tailored interventions in the everyday life of participants. A conversational agent will be used as a digital coach to support participants to achieve their personality change goals. The goal of the study is to examine the effectiveness of the intervention at post-test assessment and three-month follow-up. Methods/Design A 2x2 factorial between-subject randomized, wait-list controlled trial with intensive longitudinal methods will be conducted to examine the effectiveness of the intervention. Participants will be randomized to one of four conditions. One experimental condition includes a conversational agent with high self-awareness to deliver the coaching program. The other experimental condition includes a conversational agent with low self-awareness. Two wait-list conditions refer to the same two experimental conditions, albeit with four weeks without intervention at the beginning of the study. The 10-week intervention includes different types of micro-interventions: (a) individualized implementation intentions, (b) psychoeducation, (c) behavioral activation tasks, (d) self-reflection, (e) resource activation, and (f) individualized progress feedback. Study participants will be at least 900 German-speaking adults (18 years and older) who install the PEACH application on their smartphones, give their informed consent, pass the screening assessment, take part in the pre-test assessment and are motivated to change or modify some aspects of their personality. Discussion This is the first study testing the effectiveness of a smartphone- and conversational agent-based coaching intervention for intended personality change. Given that this novel intervention approach proves effective, it could be implemented in various non-clinical settings and could reach large numbers of people due to its low-threshold character and technical scalability.
Getting ready for my keynote on "Evidence-Based Professional Practice and Randomised Controlled Trials" where we will look a bit into #PragmaticTrials across #MentalHealth and #Education.
Lots of resources to read up on Pragmatic Trials around, eg. at #NIH
https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/
The Peto in the quote below is Richard, e.g.: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/795448/
Summer Course 2025 under way with a presentation on #DataManagement and #OpenData practices by Christine Krebs ( @unibe.ch ), e.g.,
Author compliance with #DataSharing statements
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35654271/
Journal mandated data sharing
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0311493
Data, #CodeSharing, citations
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0311493
PubMedMany researchers were not compliant with their published data sharing statement: a mixed-methods study - PubMedEven when authors indicate in their manuscript that they will share data upon request, the compliance rate is the same as for authors who do not provide the DAS, suggesting that the DAS may not be sufficient to ensure data sharing.
More equality, more freedom? Not always. A new #unibern study shows that in countries like Sweden and Switzerland, men feel more pressure to uphold their group’s status — compared to less gender-equal nations: https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2025/media_releases_2025/men_face_more_social_status_pressure_when_gender_equality_is_high/index_eng.html.