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Congratulations to our 2023 graduates!
On 24 May, 22 Biotechnology and 33 CBB (Computational Biology and Bioinformatics) students celebrated their graduation together with families and friends, in total some 180 guests. Special congrats go to this year’s awardees of the ETH Medals for outstanding master’s thesis and the Willi Studer Prize!
Book publication on the great potential of analysing data from sequenced genomes
Tanja Stadler, head of the Computational Evolution group, and members of her team published a book for students and researchers who aim to analyse genomic sequence data or develop statistical and computational approaches for such analyses. Entitled “Decoding Genomes: From Sequences to Phylodynamics”, the book focusses on how to uncover information about past evolutionary and population dynamic processes based on genomic samples.
Opening ceremony of the BSS building: Celebrating the new Basel location of ETH Zurich
On 16 May 2024, ETH Zurich celebrated the official opening of its new teaching and research building BSS in Basel. The different speakers unanimously emphasised that over the past 17 years the ETH-Department Biosystems Science and Engineering has become an important partner in the Basel life science hub.
Prisca Liberali becoming D-BSSE faculty member
At today's meeting of the ETH Executive Board, Prisca Liberali, currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Basel and Senior Group Leader at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, was appointed as Full Professor of Multicellular Systems at D-BSSE. A warm welcome, Prisca!
Sylke Poehling first Professor of Practice at D-BSSE
Sylke Poehling, Global Head and Senior Vice President for Therapeutic Modalities at Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (Roche pRED) and Member of the Supervisory Boards of Roche Diagnostics GmbH and Roche Deutschland Holding GmbH, has been appointed the first Professor of Practice at our department. A warm welcome, Sylke!
Barbara Treutlein promoted to full Professor
The Executive Board of ETH Zurich communicates today the promotion of Barbara Treutlein, currently Associate Professor at D-BSSE, to Full Professor of Quantitative Developmental Biology. Big contrats, Barbara!
Registration closes soon: Latsis Symposium on Genome and Transcriptome Engineering
Genome and transcriptome engineering has revolutionised fundamental research and is bringing cutting-edge therapies to patients. Please register for an exciting two-day symposium on 13-14 June with speakers from academia and industry at the forefront of the field. Topics will span brand new research results and applications in the real world; the abstract submission deadline is on 31 May.
ETH Public Tour: Open doors at the Systems Physiology Laboratory
On 4 June, at 6:15 PM, the public is invited to learn about how cancer cells communicate with their environment. After a short introduction by Dr Xenia Ficht, Senior researcher in the lab of Professor Andreas Moor, you will go into the labs and discuss with young scientists their research and experimental set ups. Please register for this tour as seats are limited (in German)!
An architectural gem and cutting-edge research facility in Basel
Press release
ETH Zurich’s new BSS teaching and research building on the Schällemätteli life science campus in Basel will officially open its doors today. The building will host ETH researchers from the fields of experimental biology, bioinformatics, and bioengineering as they work together with outside partners on innovative medical solutions.
ETH Medal for excellent research: Insights from human organoids and axolotls
Ashley Maynard from the Quantitative Developmental Biology group of Barbara Treutlein receives the ETH medal for her excellent doctoral thesis on the molecular landscape of neurogenesis in the vertebrate brain. Big congrats!