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D-BSSE, ETH Zurich
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This is the official account of the ETH-Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE). https://bsse.ethz.ch
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📍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!
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🚀 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
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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🎗️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
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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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.
eccb-europe.bsky.social European Conference on Computational Biology @eccb-europe.bsky.social · 9d
📣 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.
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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🚀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
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Curious about studying #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics?
👇🏽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
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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
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Welcoming some 60 participants (plus 60 online attendees) at today’s public seminar organised by the #NextGenBioeng partnership @ethz.ch #Roche #IHB_Research #pRED: Prof Florian Markowetz #UniversityCambridge on clinical prediction models & patient impact.
More events > u.ethz.ch/1Qv7X
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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🚨 Public Seminar – on 27 Oct in Basel:
Prof. Florian Markowetz (UCambridge) will speak on making clinical prediction models impactful for patients.
Hosted by the ETH Zürich @ethz.ch - #Roche #NextGenBioengineers partnership.
> u.ethz.ch/AGI8P
#Bioengineering #Oncology #ETHZurich #Basel #teamIHB
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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👉🏾 #JobAlert in the Bio-Engineering Systems for Therapeutics #BEST postdoc programme of the #NextGenBioeng partnership of @ethz.ch and #Roche | #pRED
> u.ethz.ch/wFHsm
Thanks for sharing / RT !
October 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Nominated for the #SparkAward @ethz.ch 🏆
Re-inventing #DrugDiscovery at micro-scale! A promising invention of the Bioanalytics Lab: Petra Dittrich, Maximilian Breitfeld and Claudius Dietsche
> u.ethz.ch/RUnBJ
Microdroplets for drug discovery: Nominated for the Spark Award
What is the best ETH invention of 2025? Join us at ETH Zurich @ Open-i where we unveil the winner of the Spark Award. One of the finalists miniaturised the handling of liquids in drug discovery. The i...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Tanja Stadler @tanjastadler.bsky.social @ethz.ch awarded prestigious #DoronPrize for pioneering work in computational evolution and public health. Big congrats, Tanja!
> u.ethz.ch/IxSY8
October 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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🎓 New PhD projects in #nanobiology, #nanochemistry & #nanophysics at the SNI PhD School! Apply now to join our #interdisciplinary community. 🧪
📌 Info: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung...
@unibas.ch @biozentrum.unibas.ch @eth-bsse.bsky.social
@psich.bsky.social @scisonja.bsky.social #nanoscience
August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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D-BSSE in the media @nzz.ch
Winzige Organe aus dem Labor retten schon heute Leben. Und Forscher sehen in ihnen noch mehr Potenzial #organoid #BarbaraTreutlein
> www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft...
Organoide: wie Mini-Organe aus dem Labor die Medizin revolutionieren
Ein winziges Stückchen Hirn, ein Mini-Tumor: Forscher können immer originalgetreuere Gewebe im Labor herstellen. Sie ermöglichen ein tieferes Verständnis vieler Krankheiten, individuelle Behandlungen ...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Minimising biases in #viralsurveillance data from #wastewater: A study led by the groups of Niko Beerenwinkel and Tanja Stadler @ethz.ch as well as their collaborators at @eawag.bsky.social developed a mathematical tool to factor in 'shedding' >https://u.ethz.ch/zUQBP
September 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Earlier this evening the inaugural lecture of our new faculty staff member Na Cai, Head of the Computational Medical Genomics group, took place at @ethz.ch. Na spoke on the genetics of depression (find the recording here > u.ethz.ch/1byi4). Great to have you at the D-BSSE!
September 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Today’s site visit of the #NextGenBioeng programme @ethz.ch | #Roche #teamIHB explored the D-BSSE based Good Manufacturing Practice (#GMP) facility and quality control unit. Big thanks to the Head of Facility Paul Zajac 🙏🏽 our 10 fellows enjoyed this exciting tour!
September 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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A warm welcome to our 76 new Master students at D-BSSE in #Basel @ethz.ch, enrolled in our #Biotechnology (36 students) and #Computational Biology & #Bioinformatics (40) Master’s degree programmes. Have a great start and enjoy your time at D-BSSE!
> u.ethz.ch/6DY3f
September 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Looking forward to welcoming young science enthusiasts at our labs in Basel 🤩 Don't miss the registration on 1- 5 September!
ethz.ch ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · Aug 27
Der Nationale Zukunftstag am 13. November macht dieses Jahr auch Halt am D-BBSE in Basel. Melden Sie jetzt ihr Kind an, sodass es sieht, wie spannend die Berufswelt von morgen ist!

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@eth-bsse.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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AI is revolutionising palaeontology | New @NatureRev paper by @ethz.ch & UZH shows how #AI tools are transforming the analysis of complex fossil data and evolutionary patterns – unlocking new insights across deep time > u.ethz.ch/BjDtR
@tanjastadler.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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🧬Gene editing is going in vivo: A review from Randall Platt’s lab explores the potential of #CRISPR use inside living organisms – enabling real-time insights into how genes work in biological systems. A massive shift for basic science and medical breakthroughs > u.ethz.ch/Y4Y5F
#GeneEditing #CRISPR
August 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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At their annual retreat, fellows of the
@ethz.ch & #pRED #teamIHB #Roche | #NextGenBioeng programme showcased how organoids, CRISPR screens & spatial omics are reshaping translational #bioengineering. A hub of ideas, data & new collaborations🚀 > u.ethz.ch/1gMXI
August 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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👁🧠 NEW: The human retina has its own built-in timing fix!
A Nature Neuroscience study led by @ethz.ch | BEL Lab, IOB Basel, @unibas.ch shows that photoreceptor signals – even those that travel farther – arrive in sync! >https://u.ethz.ch/S4DvU
#Retina #Neuroscience #Bioengineering #ETHZurich
August 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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🚨 #breaking technology developed by the group of #BarbaraTreutlein 👇🏽
ethz.ch ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · Jul 11
For the first time, researchers have successfully produced hundreds of different types of nerve cell from human stem cells in Petri dishes. In the future, it will thus be possible to investigate neurological disorders using cell cultures instead of animal testing.
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Over 400 different types of nerve cell have been grown – far more than ever before
For the first time, researchers at ETH Zurich have successfully produced hundreds of different types of nerve cell from human stem cells in Petri dishes. In the future, it will thus be possible to inv...
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July 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Exciting journey from bio-technological innovation at @ethz.ch to a successful company: read the inspiring interview with our alumnus Marc Gitzinger, CEO of D-BSSE spinoff company #Bioversys 👇🏽

www.venturelab.swiss/From-Lab-Ben...
From Lab Bench to Bell Ring – Marc Gitzinger on BioVersys' road to IPO
Marc Gitzinger's path with BioVersys didn't begin on the trading floor—it began in the Swiss startup trenches. As a student at ETH Zurich, he joined the Venture Challenge semester course in 2007 to le...
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July 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM