People

Principal Investigator

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Randall J Platt

- 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

Cindy Malnasi

Laboratory Manager

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Federica Filice

  • 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

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Rick Farouni

Bioinformatics Scientist

  • PhD, Applied Statistics, Ohio State University
  • MS, Mathmatical Statistics, Ohio State University
  • BS, Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Klotz

Alexander Klotz

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
Szilard-Sajgo

Szilard Sajgo

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
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Florian Schmidt

Oberassistent I

  • Roche fellow
  • PhD, Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
  • MS, Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University
  • BS, Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University

Postdocs

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Alejandro Asensio

  • PhD, Molecular Biosciences, National Center for Biotechnology, Autonomous University of Madrid
  • MS, Biotechnology, Autonomous University of Madrid
  • BS, Biotechnology, University of Zaragoza
olivier

Olivier Belli

  • PhD in Biosystem Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
  • D. Ing., Biotechnology, École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg
  • MS, High-Throughput Approaches for Biology, University of Strasbourg 
  • BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Lorraine
mariia-c

Mariia (Masha) Cherepkova

  • 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

 

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Katherine (Katie) Guzzetta

  • PhD, Anatomy & Neuroscience, APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
  • BA, Biochemistry / Molecular Biology, Hamilton College
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Georgios Kalamakis

  • Novartis Postdoctoral Scholar
  • PhD, Molecular Neurobiology, German Cancer Research Center
  • MS, Neural and Behavioural Sciences, University of Tübingen
  • BS, Molecular Biology and GeneticsDemocritus University of Thrace
YL

Yingjun Liu

  • PostDoc, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich
  • PhD, Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • BS, Bioengineering, South-Central Minzu University  
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Christopher Reinkemeier

  • 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
antonio

António Santinha

  • PhD, Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
  • MS, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Coimbra
  • BS, Biochemistry, University of Coimbra
Konstantin schneider

Konstantin Schneider-Heieck

  • PhD, Biochemistry, Biozentrum University of Basel
  • MS, Biochemistry, University of Ulm
  • BS, Biochemistry, University of Ulm
alessio-strano

Alessio Strano

  • 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

Graduate Students

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Marcos Manero Carranza

  • MS, Biotechnology, ETH Zurich
  • BS, Biotechnology, University of Zaragoza
Gouley

Mélanie Gouley

  • 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
sandra-lagler

Sandra Lagler

  • MS, Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
  • BS, Food Science, ETH Zurich
Sophie loidolt

Sophie Loidolt

  • MS, Cancer, Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Utrecht University
  • BS, Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
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Ab Meijs

  • MS, Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • BS, Biomedical Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology
raj

Raghavendra (Raj) Ramachanderan

  • MS, Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University
  • BS, Chemistry, University of Regensburg
Ricardo Rodriguez Ricaurte

Ricardo Rodriguez Ricaurte

  • MS, Bio­logy, ETH Zurich
  • BS, Mo­lecu­lar and Cel­lu­lar Bio­logy, ETH Zurich

 

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Tanmay Tanna

(Co-advised by Gunnar Rätsch, Dept. of Computer Science, ETH Zurich)

  • MS, Biology, ETH Zurich
  • BS, Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Research Associates

Kyriaki Karava

  • MS, Biotechnology, ETH Zürich
  • BS, Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Masters Students

Matyas Bende

 - BSc, Biological Sciences, Imperial College London

Pia Ergezinger

 - BSc, Molecular and Applied Biotechnology, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Florian Hugi

 - BSc, Biology, ETH Zürich

Moritz Ullhofen

 - BSc, Chemistry, University of Vienna

Alumni

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