The role of the Department for BioMedical Research is to provide its 13 Research Programs with about 100 participating individual labs and several Independent Research Labs, with an optimal infrastructure and scientific support. The lab members are from clinics of the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and internal DBMR groups, who are involved in the scientific support and coordination of equipment and infrastructure on a daily basis. The DBMR is responsible for operating 6 Technology Core Facilities.