Bio Engineering Laboratory
@bel-bsse.bsky.social
BEL is rooted in Engineering and Physics and is performing interdisciplinary research and education relevant to biology and medicine. Our activities include the development and application of microsensor, microfluidic, and microelectronic technologies.
New Postdoc opening in our group: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Postdoc position in Development of in vitro skin model including sensory perception
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December 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
New Postdoc opening in our group: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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🧠 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
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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
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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
BEL group contribution to new collaboration paper: Preconfigured neuronal firing sequences in human brain organoids | Nature Neuroscience share.google/Zt9NCjahymPR...
Preconfigured neuronal firing sequences in human brain organoids - Nature Neuroscience
Examining human brain organoids and ex vivo neonatal murine cortical slices demonstrates that structured neuronal sequences emerge independently of sensory input, highlighting the potential of brain o...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
BEL group contribution to new collaboration paper: Preconfigured neuronal firing sequences in human brain organoids | Nature Neuroscience share.google/Zt9NCjahymPR...
New group paper: "A microfluidic platform for the co-culturing of microtissues with continuously recirculating suspension cells". www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A microfluidic platform for the co-culturing of microtissues with continuously recirculating suspension cells - Microsystems & Nanoengineering
Microsystems & Nanoengineering - A microfluidic platform for the co-culturing of microtissues with continuously recirculating suspension cells
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October 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New group paper: "A microfluidic platform for the co-culturing of microtissues with continuously recirculating suspension cells". www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ranked eleventh, ETH Zurich is once again placed among the world’s best universities in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) World #University #Rankings. This means it remains the highest-ranked university outside the Anglo-Saxon sphere.
ETH Zurich maintains its top position in THE rankings
Ranked eleventh, ETH Zurich is once again placed among the world’s best universities in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. This means it remains the highest-ranked uni...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Ranked eleventh, ETH Zurich is once again placed among the world’s best universities in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) World #University #Rankings. This means it remains the highest-ranked university outside the Anglo-Saxon sphere.
New comprehensive review article of our laboratory "Advances in large-scale electrophysiology with high-density microelectrode arrays" in Lab on a Chip (RSC Publishing) share.google/kdt6BbPHwigb...
Advances in large-scale electrophysiology with high-density microelectrode arrays
A detailed functional characterization of electrogenic cells, such as neurons and cardiomyocytes, by means of high-density microelectrode arrays (HD-MEAs) has emerged as a powerful approach for inferr...
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August 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New comprehensive review article of our laboratory "Advances in large-scale electrophysiology with high-density microelectrode arrays" in Lab on a Chip (RSC Publishing) share.google/kdt6BbPHwigb...
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🧠👁️ How does your eye prevent seeing a scrambled world? @anbucci.bsky.social and @ffranke.bsky.social reveal the eye's secret "clockwork": bigger axons = faster signals = perfect visual timing!
📖 Full paper nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02011-3
#Vision #AcademicSky #Neuroscience #Retina
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📖 Full paper nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02011-3
#Vision #AcademicSky #Neuroscience #Retina
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August 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🧠👁️ How does your eye prevent seeing a scrambled world? @anbucci.bsky.social and @ffranke.bsky.social reveal the eye's secret "clockwork": bigger axons = faster signals = perfect visual timing!
📖 Full paper nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02011-3
#Vision #AcademicSky #Neuroscience #Retina
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📖 Full paper nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02011-3
#Vision #AcademicSky #Neuroscience #Retina
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🔬 Thrilled to share that our latest research on how the retina synchronizes visual signals has been featured by Medical Xpress! 🧠👁️
It’s exciting to see our work reaching a broader audience. Huge thanks to Medical Xpress for highlighting it!
#neuroskyence #retina #VisualProcessing
It’s exciting to see our work reaching a broader audience. Huge thanks to Medical Xpress for highlighting it!
#neuroskyence #retina #VisualProcessing
August 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🔬 Thrilled to share that our latest research on how the retina synchronizes visual signals has been featured by Medical Xpress! 🧠👁️
It’s exciting to see our work reaching a broader audience. Huge thanks to Medical Xpress for highlighting it!
#neuroskyence #retina #VisualProcessing
It’s exciting to see our work reaching a broader audience. Huge thanks to Medical Xpress for highlighting it!
#neuroskyence #retina #VisualProcessing
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Some nerve cells are very long, others are not. There are also differences in the length of nerve cells in the eye. Nevertheless, visual stimuli arrive in the brain simultaneously, regardless of this length. A research team from Basel has now discovered why.
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How the eye keeps time: New study reveals synchronisation mechanism in the human retina
A new study published in Nature Neuroscience reveals how our brains achieve the remarkable feat of synchronising visual signals that travel at different speeds –even within the small nervous system of...
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August 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Some nerve cells are very long, others are not. There are also differences in the length of nerve cells in the eye. Nevertheless, visual stimuli arrive in the brain simultaneously, regardless of this length. A research team from Basel has now discovered why.
bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...
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Excited to share our Nature Neuroscience paper!
We explored how the human #retina keeps signals in sync despite big differences in axon length.
Great collaboration with @iobswiss.bsky.social + @bel-bsse.bsky.social — special thanks to @ffranke.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
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We explored how the human #retina keeps signals in sync despite big differences in axon length.
Great collaboration with @iobswiss.bsky.social + @bel-bsse.bsky.social — special thanks to @ffranke.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
🧠👁️⏱️
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The human brain synchronizes visual signals by adjusting axonal conduction speed in the retina—revealing a previously
unknown mechanism for precise perceptual timing
@anbucci.bsky.social @ffranke.bsky.social @iobswiss.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
unknown mechanism for precise perceptual timing
@anbucci.bsky.social @ffranke.bsky.social @iobswiss.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Synchronization of visual perception within the human fovea - Nature Neuroscience
Combining behavioral data, electrophysiology and modeling, the authors show that the human brain synchronizes visual signals by adjusting axonal conduction speed in the retina, revealing a previously ...
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July 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Excited to share our Nature Neuroscience paper!
We explored how the human #retina keeps signals in sync despite big differences in axon length.
Great collaboration with @iobswiss.bsky.social + @bel-bsse.bsky.social — special thanks to @ffranke.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
🧠👁️⏱️
bsky.app/profile/natn...
We explored how the human #retina keeps signals in sync despite big differences in axon length.
Great collaboration with @iobswiss.bsky.social + @bel-bsse.bsky.social — special thanks to @ffranke.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
🧠👁️⏱️
bsky.app/profile/natn...
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The human brain synchronizes visual signals by adjusting axonal conduction speed in the retina—revealing a previously
unknown mechanism for precise perceptual timing
@anbucci.bsky.social @ffranke.bsky.social @iobswiss.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
unknown mechanism for precise perceptual timing
@anbucci.bsky.social @ffranke.bsky.social @iobswiss.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Synchronization of visual perception within the human fovea - Nature Neuroscience
Combining behavioral data, electrophysiology and modeling, the authors show that the human brain synchronizes visual signals by adjusting axonal conduction speed in the retina, revealing a previously ...
www.nature.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The human brain synchronizes visual signals by adjusting axonal conduction speed in the retina—revealing a previously
unknown mechanism for precise perceptual timing
@anbucci.bsky.social @ffranke.bsky.social @iobswiss.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
unknown mechanism for precise perceptual timing
@anbucci.bsky.social @ffranke.bsky.social @iobswiss.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper from longterm collaboration with IOB demonstrating the power of HD-MEAs: Synchronization of visual perception within the human fovea | Nature Neuroscience share.google/LTt7PPBSw5cu...
Synchronization of visual perception within the human fovea - Nature Neuroscience
Combining behavioral data, electrophysiology and modeling, the authors show that the human brain synchronizes visual signals by adjusting axonal conduction speed in the retina, revealing a previously ...
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July 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
New paper from longterm collaboration with IOB demonstrating the power of HD-MEAs: Synchronization of visual perception within the human fovea | Nature Neuroscience share.google/LTt7PPBSw5cu...
PhD Opening in Bioengineering in our group: Microfluidic in-vitro Barrier Models for Bacterial Lung and Bladder Infections
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PhD Opening in Bioengineering: Microfluidic in-vitro Barrier Models for Bacterial Lung and Bladder Infections
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July 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
PhD Opening in Bioengineering in our group: Microfluidic in-vitro Barrier Models for Bacterial Lung and Bladder Infections
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New HD-MEA paper of collaborators and our group: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Homophilic wiring principles underpin neuronal network topology in vitro
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July 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New HD-MEA paper of collaborators and our group: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Congratulations to Manon: bsse.ethz.ch/bel/news/bel...
2024 Swiss 3Rs Young Investigator Award to Manon Murdeu
Swiss 3Rs Young Investigator Award by the Swiss 3R Competence Center to Manon Murdeu for her work on
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July 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Interesting article: share.google/WZG5R5QYeNnL...
How Switzerland Transformed Itself Into A Deep Tech Global Leader
New data suggests Switzerland can now stake a claim to being Europe's leading ecosystem for deep tech start-up and scale-up businesses
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Annual SwissChips Event 2025
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Annual SwissChips Event 2025
We are excited to announce our first SwissChips Annual Event will take place on Monday, June 30 at the Landesmuseum in Zurich 👉 Program and Registration: https://lnkd.in/euu2P78D The event will highli...
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June 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Annual SwissChips Event 2025
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Contribution to a workshop: www.orchestra-project.eu/fourth-biome...
4. BioMEMS and Microfluidic Tec... | Orchestra
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May 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Contribution to a workshop: www.orchestra-project.eu/fourth-biome...
New group paper: A low-cost multimodal testbed for array-based electrophysiological microelectrodes" in Sensors 2025: www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25...
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May 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
New group paper: A low-cost multimodal testbed for array-based electrophysiological microelectrodes" in Sensors 2025: www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25...
New group paper: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Seamless integration of CMOS microsensors into open microfluidic systems
As traditional two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures offer limited predictive capabilities for drug development, three-dimensional (3D) tissue models, such as spherical microtissues, have been introduced...
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March 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New group paper: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...