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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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🚀 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
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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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
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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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
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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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
@julianbartram.bsky.social | @ethz.ch
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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🧬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
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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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! 👏🏽
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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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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🚀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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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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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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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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🧠 New light on human brain development: Using long-term live imaging, Barbara Treutlein's team reveals how brain #Organoids grow and self-organize — and how the extracellular matrix shapes regional brain identity
> u.ethz.ch/PjOni
@ethz.ch
June 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM