D-BSSE, ETH Zurich
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🙏🏽 Many thanks to Prof. Johanna Joyce from University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research🎗️ for her stimulating talk on the #tumour ecosystem at the public #NextGenBioeng seminar @ethz.ch #Roche | #pRED #teamIHB 👇🏽
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#nextgenbioeng #pred #cancerresearch #tumour #glioblastoma | ETH-Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE)
Great to welcome over 80 participants (+60 online attendees) at the public #NextGenBioeng seminar, organised by ETH Zürich and Roche | #pRED, Institute of Human Biology
🙏🏽 Many thanks to Prof. Johanna...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
🙏🏽 Many thanks to Prof. Johanna Joyce from University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research🎗️ for her stimulating talk on the #tumour ecosystem at the public #NextGenBioeng seminar @ethz.ch #Roche | #pRED #teamIHB 👇🏽
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🧠 Scientists from the lab of #BarbaraTreutlein | @ethz.ch and colleagues from @unibas.ch and #UniversityCopenhagen created the most detailed picture yet of how early human #brain tissue responds to the chemical signals that guide brain development👇🏽
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February 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM
🧠 Scientists from the lab of #BarbaraTreutlein | @ethz.ch and colleagues from @unibas.ch and #UniversityCopenhagen created the most detailed picture yet of how early human #brain tissue responds to the chemical signals that guide brain development👇🏽
u.ethz.ch/5xOuT
u.ethz.ch/5xOuT
2025 in Review |
🚀 In 2025 we celebrated the graduation of 70 Master’s students & 35 doctoral graduates, as well as many awards, prizes & scientific milestones; we welcomed new faculty members; we saw progress in the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering – and a lot more @ethz.ch
👇🏽
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🚀 In 2025 we celebrated the graduation of 70 Master’s students & 35 doctoral graduates, as well as many awards, prizes & scientific milestones; we welcomed new faculty members; we saw progress in the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering – and a lot more @ethz.ch
👇🏽
u.ethz.ch/0KL7i
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
2025 in Review |
🚀 In 2025 we celebrated the graduation of 70 Master’s students & 35 doctoral graduates, as well as many awards, prizes & scientific milestones; we welcomed new faculty members; we saw progress in the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering – and a lot more @ethz.ch
👇🏽
u.ethz.ch/0KL7i
🚀 In 2025 we celebrated the graduation of 70 Master’s students & 35 doctoral graduates, as well as many awards, prizes & scientific milestones; we welcomed new faculty members; we saw progress in the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering – and a lot more @ethz.ch
👇🏽
u.ethz.ch/0KL7i
Another great Career Talk event for our #Roche- @ethz.ch #NextGenBioeng fellows! 👏🏽 Many thanks to #ShikshaMantri and #NikolaiKaschau for sharing your experiences and perspectives on careers in external innovation and patent attorney work.🙏🏽
Stay tuned for upcoming events next-gen-bioengineers.ethz.ch
Stay tuned for upcoming events next-gen-bioengineers.ethz.ch
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Another great Career Talk event for our #Roche- @ethz.ch #NextGenBioeng fellows! 👏🏽 Many thanks to #ShikshaMantri and #NikolaiKaschau for sharing your experiences and perspectives on careers in external innovation and patent attorney work.🙏🏽
Stay tuned for upcoming events next-gen-bioengineers.ethz.ch
Stay tuned for upcoming events next-gen-bioengineers.ethz.ch
📅 Join us on 9 February 📍 at D-BSSE for a public seminar by the #NextGenBioeng partnership @ethz.ch and #Roche. Prof. #JohannaJoyce (#UniL, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research) will discuss how tumour cell interactions impact cancer progression and treatment > u.ethz.ch/6lgee
#pRED #IHB please RT!
#pRED #IHB please RT!
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
📅 Join us on 9 February 📍 at D-BSSE for a public seminar by the #NextGenBioeng partnership @ethz.ch and #Roche. Prof. #JohannaJoyce (#UniL, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research) will discuss how tumour cell interactions impact cancer progression and treatment > u.ethz.ch/6lgee
#pRED #IHB please RT!
#pRED #IHB please RT!
A mechanical view on #metastasis and the role of #tumour cell viscosity
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#mechanicalforces #biophysics #DanielMueller #biomechanics #ValentinGensbittel
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#mechanicalforces #biophysics #DanielMueller #biomechanics #ValentinGensbittel
January 29, 2026 at 5:04 PM
A mechanical view on #metastasis and the role of #tumour cell viscosity
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#mechanicalforces #biophysics #DanielMueller #biomechanics #ValentinGensbittel
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#mechanicalforces #biophysics #DanielMueller #biomechanics #ValentinGensbittel
What’s it really like to work & study at #ETHZurich D-BSSE in #Basel?
🎬 Our new film shares first-hand insights from staff members themselves.
🎥 Full film on YouTube: youtu.be/Kw-NEcVCr1k
@ethz.ch #AcademicResearch #LifeSciences #Biotechnology #Interdisciplinary #DBSSE
🎬 Our new film shares first-hand insights from staff members themselves.
🎥 Full film on YouTube: youtu.be/Kw-NEcVCr1k
@ethz.ch #AcademicResearch #LifeSciences #Biotechnology #Interdisciplinary #DBSSE
Studying and working at ETH Zurich
YouTube video by Department of Biosystems Science, ETH Zurich
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January 29, 2026 at 7:05 AM
What’s it really like to work & study at #ETHZurich D-BSSE in #Basel?
🎬 Our new film shares first-hand insights from staff members themselves.
🎥 Full film on YouTube: youtu.be/Kw-NEcVCr1k
@ethz.ch #AcademicResearch #LifeSciences #Biotechnology #Interdisciplinary #DBSSE
🎬 Our new film shares first-hand insights from staff members themselves.
🎥 Full film on YouTube: youtu.be/Kw-NEcVCr1k
@ethz.ch #AcademicResearch #LifeSciences #Biotechnology #Interdisciplinary #DBSSE
#AI-driven study reveals that the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs caused only a modest decline in shark and ray species. These findings challenge previous understandings of how this mass extinction affected life in the oceans
> tinyurl.com/22f9bvar
@swanseauni.bsky.social @ethz.ch
> tinyurl.com/22f9bvar
@swanseauni.bsky.social @ethz.ch
January 26, 2026 at 12:22 PM
#AI-driven study reveals that the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs caused only a modest decline in shark and ray species. These findings challenge previous understandings of how this mass extinction affected life in the oceans
> tinyurl.com/22f9bvar
@swanseauni.bsky.social @ethz.ch
> tinyurl.com/22f9bvar
@swanseauni.bsky.social @ethz.ch
👉🏾Upcoming #Event:
📅On 22 January 📍at D-BSSE #Basel: the next 'Bench meets Bedside' seminar organised by the Engineering Translational Medicine (#ETM) initiative features Anne-Katrin Pröbstel and Philippe Cattin both @unibas.ch and Jörg Stelling @ethz.ch
> tinyurl.com/hy9u7e9v
📅On 22 January 📍at D-BSSE #Basel: the next 'Bench meets Bedside' seminar organised by the Engineering Translational Medicine (#ETM) initiative features Anne-Katrin Pröbstel and Philippe Cattin both @unibas.ch and Jörg Stelling @ethz.ch
> tinyurl.com/hy9u7e9v
January 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
👉🏾Upcoming #Event:
📅On 22 January 📍at D-BSSE #Basel: the next 'Bench meets Bedside' seminar organised by the Engineering Translational Medicine (#ETM) initiative features Anne-Katrin Pröbstel and Philippe Cattin both @unibas.ch and Jörg Stelling @ethz.ch
> tinyurl.com/hy9u7e9v
📅On 22 January 📍at D-BSSE #Basel: the next 'Bench meets Bedside' seminar organised by the Engineering Translational Medicine (#ETM) initiative features Anne-Katrin Pröbstel and Philippe Cattin both @unibas.ch and Jörg Stelling @ethz.ch
> tinyurl.com/hy9u7e9v
🚀 Big news from #Hephaistos ⚙️ The #ETH startup
is launching its first industrial pilot with #SpiroChem, bringing de novo designed enzymes from the lab into real-world chemical synthesis > tinyurl.com/ynyja5nk
@ethz.ch #ETHstartup #Biotech #Biocatalysis #EnzymeDesign
is launching its first industrial pilot with #SpiroChem, bringing de novo designed enzymes from the lab into real-world chemical synthesis > tinyurl.com/ynyja5nk
@ethz.ch #ETHstartup #Biotech #Biocatalysis #EnzymeDesign
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
🚀 Big news from #Hephaistos ⚙️ The #ETH startup
is launching its first industrial pilot with #SpiroChem, bringing de novo designed enzymes from the lab into real-world chemical synthesis > tinyurl.com/ynyja5nk
@ethz.ch #ETHstartup #Biotech #Biocatalysis #EnzymeDesign
is launching its first industrial pilot with #SpiroChem, bringing de novo designed enzymes from the lab into real-world chemical synthesis > tinyurl.com/ynyja5nk
@ethz.ch #ETHstartup #Biotech #Biocatalysis #EnzymeDesign
Meet #postdocs who recently joined the D-BSSE
@ethz.ch:
Mélanie Roschewitz | lab of @michaelmoor.bsky.social
advancing medical image analysis using AI tools
> u.ethz.ch/auXVR
& Anita Meier @anitafmeier.bsky.social | lab of #MartinFussenegger
working on gene therapies
> u.ethz.ch/8dFrx
@ethz.ch:
Mélanie Roschewitz | lab of @michaelmoor.bsky.social
advancing medical image analysis using AI tools
> u.ethz.ch/auXVR
& Anita Meier @anitafmeier.bsky.social | lab of #MartinFussenegger
working on gene therapies
> u.ethz.ch/8dFrx
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Meet #postdocs who recently joined the D-BSSE
@ethz.ch:
Mélanie Roschewitz | lab of @michaelmoor.bsky.social
advancing medical image analysis using AI tools
> u.ethz.ch/auXVR
& Anita Meier @anitafmeier.bsky.social | lab of #MartinFussenegger
working on gene therapies
> u.ethz.ch/8dFrx
@ethz.ch:
Mélanie Roschewitz | lab of @michaelmoor.bsky.social
advancing medical image analysis using AI tools
> u.ethz.ch/auXVR
& Anita Meier @anitafmeier.bsky.social | lab of #MartinFussenegger
working on gene therapies
> u.ethz.ch/8dFrx
Storing information inside liquids just became reality: A team from the @bioanalytics.bsky.social group has developed liquid-in-liquid printing, arranging thousands of microdroplet “pixels” to embed images, QR codes, and text directly within a liquid—without the patterns dissolving
> u.ethz.ch/YZCG8
> u.ethz.ch/YZCG8
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Storing information inside liquids just became reality: A team from the @bioanalytics.bsky.social group has developed liquid-in-liquid printing, arranging thousands of microdroplet “pixels” to embed images, QR codes, and text directly within a liquid—without the patterns dissolving
> u.ethz.ch/YZCG8
> u.ethz.ch/YZCG8
Big congrats to #RandallPlatt and Andreas Moor @andreasmoor.bsky.social on receiving #ERC Consolidator Grants for their award-winning research projects 👏🏽👏🏽!!
ETH Zurich researchers excel in the latest #European #Funding round. Here are the projects set to receive several million euros.
Four researchers awarded prestigious European Consolidator Grant
In the latest allocation of European funding for cutting-edge research, ETH Zurich scientists have performed exceptionally well. Here, we present the projects that will receive several million euros i...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Big congrats to #RandallPlatt and Andreas Moor @andreasmoor.bsky.social on receiving #ERC Consolidator Grants for their award-winning research projects 👏🏽👏🏽!!
🧠 New insights on brain development👇🏽
A new study in Nature Neuroscience, co-authored by researchers from the #Hierlemann lab, shows that the human #brain may develop fundamental patterns of activity long before it receives any external input > u.ethz.ch/gY7lz
@julianbartram.bsky.social | @ethz.ch
A new study in Nature Neuroscience, co-authored by researchers from the #Hierlemann lab, shows that the human #brain may develop fundamental patterns of activity long before it receives any external input > u.ethz.ch/gY7lz
@julianbartram.bsky.social | @ethz.ch
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🧠 New insights on brain development👇🏽
A new study in Nature Neuroscience, co-authored by researchers from the #Hierlemann lab, shows that the human #brain may develop fundamental patterns of activity long before it receives any external input > u.ethz.ch/gY7lz
@julianbartram.bsky.social | @ethz.ch
A new study in Nature Neuroscience, co-authored by researchers from the #Hierlemann lab, shows that the human #brain may develop fundamental patterns of activity long before it receives any external input > u.ethz.ch/gY7lz
@julianbartram.bsky.social | @ethz.ch
Such an inspiring #CareerEvent by the #Roche - @ethz.ch #NextGenBioeng partnership 🤩 - big thanks to the experts for sharing their journeys and to Roche for hosting this event 🙏🏽
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#nextgenbioeng #pred | Institute of Human Biology
Our Roche - ETH Zürich #NextGenBioeng fellows kicked off their first career event by connecting with experts from Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and Safety, Health & Environment. Many thanks t...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Such an inspiring #CareerEvent by the #Roche - @ethz.ch #NextGenBioeng partnership 🤩 - big thanks to the experts for sharing their journeys and to Roche for hosting this event 🙏🏽
www.linkedin.com/posts/ihb_re...
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It was great to have you with us, @elisabethbik.bsky.social 🙏🏽
Good morning from Basel, where I will give a talk, a workshop, and meet with students, staff, and faculty in the BSS building of the ETH Zürich (in Basel!).
#ResearchIntegrity
#ImageForensics
#Science
#ResearchIntegrity
#ImageForensics
#Science
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It was great to have you with us, @elisabethbik.bsky.social 🙏🏽
🧬Full lecture hall and Genomics Facility at our ETH public tour on DNA #sequencing of individual #cancer cells.
Big thanks to the participants for your interest and many questions 🤩, and to the groups of Niko Beerenwinkel @cbg.ethz.ch and Christian Beisel for making this tour happen 🙏🏽!
@ethz.ch
Big thanks to the participants for your interest and many questions 🤩, and to the groups of Niko Beerenwinkel @cbg.ethz.ch and Christian Beisel for making this tour happen 🙏🏽!
@ethz.ch
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🧬Full lecture hall and Genomics Facility at our ETH public tour on DNA #sequencing of individual #cancer cells.
Big thanks to the participants for your interest and many questions 🤩, and to the groups of Niko Beerenwinkel @cbg.ethz.ch and Christian Beisel for making this tour happen 🙏🏽!
@ethz.ch
Big thanks to the participants for your interest and many questions 🤩, and to the groups of Niko Beerenwinkel @cbg.ethz.ch and Christian Beisel for making this tour happen 🙏🏽!
@ethz.ch
Exceptional teaching award 2025 to Dr Zhisong He @zhisonghe.bsky.social, Senior Researcher and Lecturer
at the Quantitative Developmental Biology lab of Barbara Treutlein - big congrats! 👏🏽
at the Quantitative Developmental Biology lab of Barbara Treutlein - big congrats! 👏🏽
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Exceptional teaching award 2025 to Dr Zhisong He @zhisonghe.bsky.social, Senior Researcher and Lecturer
at the Quantitative Developmental Biology lab of Barbara Treutlein - big congrats! 👏🏽
at the Quantitative Developmental Biology lab of Barbara Treutlein - big congrats! 👏🏽
📍Upcoming ETH #PublicTour: How tumours constantly change - DNA sequencing of individual #cancer cells
📅 On 25 November, 6:15pm, D-BSSE again opens a lab to the public > tinyurl.com/ydm75rrr
@cbg.ethz.ch #GenomicsFacilityBasel @ethz.ch
Thanks for sharing!
📅 On 25 November, 6:15pm, D-BSSE again opens a lab to the public > tinyurl.com/ydm75rrr
@cbg.ethz.ch #GenomicsFacilityBasel @ethz.ch
Thanks for sharing!
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
📍Upcoming ETH #PublicTour: How tumours constantly change - DNA sequencing of individual #cancer cells
📅 On 25 November, 6:15pm, D-BSSE again opens a lab to the public > tinyurl.com/ydm75rrr
@cbg.ethz.ch #GenomicsFacilityBasel @ethz.ch
Thanks for sharing!
📅 On 25 November, 6:15pm, D-BSSE again opens a lab to the public > tinyurl.com/ydm75rrr
@cbg.ethz.ch #GenomicsFacilityBasel @ethz.ch
Thanks for sharing!
🚀 Meet our 2025 Excellent Scholar Thanh Truc Bui, Bioinformatician from Vietnam studying Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at D-BSSE, @ethz.ch
tinyurl.com/ye27casm
@ethfoundation.bsky.social
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@ethfoundation.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚀 Meet our 2025 Excellent Scholar Thanh Truc Bui, Bioinformatician from Vietnam studying Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at D-BSSE, @ethz.ch
tinyurl.com/ye27casm
@ethfoundation.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ye27casm
@ethfoundation.bsky.social
🎗️Innovative approach in #CancerResearch: Congratulations to Andreas Moor @andreasmoor.bsky.social | @ethz.ch on receiving the SWISS BRIDGE Award for his research on colorectal cancer progression 👏🏽
>https://tinyurl.com/a7bf49n8
>https://tinyurl.com/a7bf49n8
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🎗️Innovative approach in #CancerResearch: Congratulations to Andreas Moor @andreasmoor.bsky.social | @ethz.ch on receiving the SWISS BRIDGE Award for his research on colorectal cancer progression 👏🏽
>https://tinyurl.com/a7bf49n8
>https://tinyurl.com/a7bf49n8
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SIB is organizing the next edition of #eccb2026 (Geneva, 31.08.2026 - 04.09.2026), and we are now inviting the community to submit their tutorial and workshop proposals.
👉 A great opportunity to share tools, methods and expertise with 1,000+ international participants. Deadline: 5 January 2026.
👉 A great opportunity to share tools, methods and expertise with 1,000+ international participants. Deadline: 5 January 2026.
📣 The call for tutorials & workshops at #ECCB2026 is now open! Share your tools, methods or expertise with the community.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January 2026
👉 Submit: tinyurl.com/tw-eccb26
💡 ECCB will take place on 31 Aug–4 Sept in Geneva, gathering 1,000+ scientists from academia, industry, & healthcare.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January 2026
👉 Submit: tinyurl.com/tw-eccb26
💡 ECCB will take place on 31 Aug–4 Sept in Geneva, gathering 1,000+ scientists from academia, industry, & healthcare.
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
SIB is organizing the next edition of #eccb2026 (Geneva, 31.08.2026 - 04.09.2026), and we are now inviting the community to submit their tutorial and workshop proposals.
👉 A great opportunity to share tools, methods and expertise with 1,000+ international participants. Deadline: 5 January 2026.
👉 A great opportunity to share tools, methods and expertise with 1,000+ international participants. Deadline: 5 January 2026.
🚀Meet our 2025 Excellent Scholar Emma Craig, Chemical Engineer from South Africa studying Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at D-BSSE, @ethz.ch
> tinyurl.com/2xjvmzxr
@ethfoundation.bsky.social
> tinyurl.com/2xjvmzxr
@ethfoundation.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🚀Meet our 2025 Excellent Scholar Emma Craig, Chemical Engineer from South Africa studying Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at D-BSSE, @ethz.ch
> tinyurl.com/2xjvmzxr
@ethfoundation.bsky.social
> tinyurl.com/2xjvmzxr
@ethfoundation.bsky.social
Curious about studying #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics?
👇🏽find out about our joint Master's degree programme by @ethz.ch, #UniversityZurich and @unibas.ch
🎥 > youtu.be/tCBOLujsICA
👇🏽find out about our joint Master's degree programme by @ethz.ch, #UniversityZurich and @unibas.ch
🎥 > youtu.be/tCBOLujsICA
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Curious about studying #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics?
👇🏽find out about our joint Master's degree programme by @ethz.ch, #UniversityZurich and @unibas.ch
🎥 > youtu.be/tCBOLujsICA
👇🏽find out about our joint Master's degree programme by @ethz.ch, #UniversityZurich and @unibas.ch
🎥 > youtu.be/tCBOLujsICA
When a sperm finally reaches an egg: this is a microscopic moment of incredible strength – and it’s essential for the beginning of life. ✨
Read about the latest research coming out of the lab of Michael Nash @ethz.ch @unibas.ch > tinyurl.com/43y4s3jr
#CellBiology #Fertilization
Read about the latest research coming out of the lab of Michael Nash @ethz.ch @unibas.ch > tinyurl.com/43y4s3jr
#CellBiology #Fertilization
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When a sperm finally reaches an egg: this is a microscopic moment of incredible strength – and it’s essential for the beginning of life. ✨
Read about the latest research coming out of the lab of Michael Nash @ethz.ch @unibas.ch > tinyurl.com/43y4s3jr
#CellBiology #Fertilization
Read about the latest research coming out of the lab of Michael Nash @ethz.ch @unibas.ch > tinyurl.com/43y4s3jr
#CellBiology #Fertilization