People
Principal Investigator
- Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, ETH Zurich
- Associate Professor, University of Basel
- Investigator, Botnar Research Centre for Child Health
- Investigator, NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering
- Randall J. Platt is an Associate Professor of Biological Engineering at the ETH Zurich; Associate Professor at the University of Basel; Botnar Research Center for Child Health Investigator; and NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering Investigator. His aim is to develop genetic perturbation and cellular programming technologies for diagnostics and therapeutics primarily in the areas of brain science and gut microbiome.
Randy’s major research interests include biological engineering, synthetic biology, functional genomics, and molecular medicine. His core research themes include engineering microbial cells to record and manipulate intestinal physiology and the gut microbiota (Schmidt, Nature, 2018; Schmidt, Science, 2022); the development of new gene editing methods with a particular focus on in vivo and multiplexing applications (Platt, Cell, 2014; Platt, Cell Reports, 2017; Campa, Nature Methods, 2019); and high throughput forward genetic screening in vivo in animal models to identify disease drivers, diagnostic biomarkers, drug targets, and delivery vectors (Chow, Nature Neuroscience, 2017; Wang, Science Advances, 2018).
Randy’s research accomplishments have earned numerous distinctions, including the MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35, Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators, Stanisław Lem European Research Prize, EMBO Young Investigator, ETH Zurich Latsis Prize, Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact, National Science Foundation Fellowship, Whitaker International Fellowship, and Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Scholar in Residence. He is an inventor on 100+ patents and patents pending and a co-founder of a biotechnology company in the area of engineered microbes and gastrointestinal therapeutics.
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Administrative Assistant
Laboratory Manager
- PhD in Neurosciences, Department of Neuroscience and Movement Science, University of Fribourg
- MS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Turin
- BS, Life Sciences , Università della Calabria
Scientific staff
Bioinformatics Scientist
- PhD, Applied Statistics, Ohio State University
- MS, Mathmatical Statistics, Ohio State University
- BS, Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Scientist
- PostDoc, National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) AntiResist, Biozentrum, Universität Basel
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) fellow, Biozentrum, Universität Basel
- PhD, Microbiology (Organismic Interactions), Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- MA, Biology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- BA, Biology, University of Ulm
Scientist
- R&D Scientist, Marie Curie Society and Enterprise Fellow at MaxWell Biosystems AG Zurich
- Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, DANDRITE Aarhus University
- PhD, Biology, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda & Babes-Bolyai University
Oberassistent I
- Roche fellow
- PhD, Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
- MS, Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University
- BS, Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University
Postdocs
- PhD, Molecular Biosciences, National Center for Biotechnology, Autonomous University of Madrid
- MS, Biotechnology, Autonomous University of Madrid
- BS, Biotechnology, University of Zaragoza
- PhD, Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
- MS, Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Petersburg State University
- BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Petersburg State University
- PhD, Anatomy & Neuroscience, APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
- BA, Biochemistry / Molecular Biology, Hamilton College
- Novartis Postdoctoral Scholar
- PhD, Molecular Neurobiology, German Cancer Research Center
- MS, Neural and Behavioural Sciences, University of Tübingen
- BS, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace
- PostDoc, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich
- PhD, Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- BS, Bioengineering, South-Central Minzu University
- PhD, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg & Faculty of Chemistry, JGU Mainz
- MS, Life Science, University of Konstanz
- BS, Life Science, University of Konstanz
- PhD, Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
- MS, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Coimbra
- BS, Biochemistry, University of Coimbra
- PhD, Biochemistry, Biozentrum University of Basel
- MS, Biochemistry, University of Ulm
- BS, Biochemistry, University of Ulm
- PhD, Systems Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science
- MS, Life Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
- BS, Biochemical Engineering, Technion Institute of Technology
- PhD, Developmental Biology, Gurdon Institute - University of Cambridge
- MPhil, Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge
- MSci, Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
- BA (Hons), Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
- PhD, Biosystem Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
- MS, Biology, ETH Zurich
- BS, Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Warangal
Graduate Students
- MS, Medical Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Milan
- BS, Biotechnology, University of Milan-Bicocca
- MS, Biotechnology Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
- BS, Biotechnology Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
- D. Ing., Biotechnology, École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg
- MS, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Strasbourg
- BS, Biology and physiology of organisms, University of Caen
- MS, Cancer, Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Utrecht University
- BS, Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology
- BS, Biomedical Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology
Raghavendra (Raj) Ramachanderan
- MS, Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University
- BS, Chemistry, University of Regensburg
Research Associates
Kyriaki Karava
- MS, Biotechnology, ETH Zürich
- BS, Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Florian Hugi
- MS, Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, ETH Zürich
- BS, Biology, ETH Zürich
Ahmed Moselhi
- BS, Neuroscience and Immunology, University of Toronto
Masters Students
Noemie Allet
- BSc, Biology, ETH Zürich
Valentin Baumann
- BSc, Biology, ETH Zürich
Tanav Damodharan
- BSc, Biology, ETH Zürich
Athalia Fubara
- BSc, Genetics at University College Dublin
Mattia Gobbetti
- BSc in Biology, University of Lausanne (UNIL)
Shoichiro Kimura
- BEng in Biomedical engineering, University College London (UCL)
Moritz Ullhofen
- BSc, Chemistry, University of Vienna
Elia Weber
- BSc, Biology, ETH Zürich
Kexin Zhang
- BSc, Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University