Horst Posthaus

Horst Posthaus

Contact:

horst.posthaus@vetsuisse.unibe.ch


Research and special interests:
Interaction of bacterial toxins with host cells, infectious diseases, comparative pathology of veterinary and human diseases



CV

1995 Veterinary Graduate, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Germany
1995 - 2002Combined residency/PhD, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern
since 2004Oberassistent, Necropsy Unit, Director Residency-training Program, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern
2005Visiting Scientist College of Veterinary Medicine, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
2010 Visiting Scientist Ghent University, Department of Bacteriology, Pathology and Poultry Diseases
2013 Venia Dozendi (Habilitation), Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Berne
since 2015Head Diagnostics and Teaching, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern


Expertise for COMPATH:

  • Domestic (non-rodent) animal models for disease

  • Spontaneous pathology in experimental non-rodent animals (mammals)