News & Events
Pioneer in synthetic biology receives ETH Honorary doctorate
On 16 November, ETH Zurich celebrated its 169th ETH Day. Upon the proposal of D-BSSE, Sven Panke, Head of the Department, presented this year’s ETH Honorary doctorate to Jason Chin, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the University of Cambridge. By encoding non-canonical amino acids and rewriting entire chromosomes into proteins he reimagined the biochemistry of living systems.
Roman Vetter was awarded the Golden Owl in recognition of his excellent teaching - for the second time!
The Golden Owl honours lecturers distinguished by exceptional teaching and motivates them to continue with their excellent teaching. The Owl is awarded by ETH Zurich’s student association. This year, the Owl was awarded to Roman Vetter at D-BSSE, Lecturer and Senior Research Associate in the Computational Biology lab. Roman was honoured with this prestigious prize already in 2022. Big congrats, Roman!
Using CRISPR to decipher whether gene variants lead to cancer
Researchers around Randall Platt, Professor of Biological Engineering, have combined two gene editing methods. This enables them to quickly investigate the significance of many genetic mutations involved in the development and treatment of cancer.
Upcoming Event: Next-gen Seminar
On 25 November, the next public seminar organised by the ETH Zürich - Roche Partnership Next-gen Bioengineers will take place at ETH Basel premises. Dr Felix Schumacher, Programme Leader Targeted Therapeutic at Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED) will talk about drug delivery to the brain. The seminar will start at 11:30am and will be live-streamed.
Meet Noémie Lefrancq developing scalable phylodynamic tools to analyse large-scale genomic datasets
The French Biologist will focus in her research on the development of mathematical models that help shed light on the underlying transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. Noémie loves all kinds of sport activities. Inspired by the Basel triathlon held in September, she might give it a go in 2025.