D-BSSE, ETH Zurich
This is the official account of the ETH-Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE). https://bsse.ethz.ch
- 🧠 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
- 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
- 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
- 📅 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!
- A mechanical view on #metastasis and the role of #tumour cell viscosity www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #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
- #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
- 👉🏾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
- 🚀 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...
- 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
- 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! 👏🏽
- 📍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!
- 🚀 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
- 🎗️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
- Reposted by D-BSSE, ETH ZurichSIB 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.
- 📣 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.
- 🚀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
- Curious about studying #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics? 👇🏽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
- 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
- 🚨 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
- 👉🏾 #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 !
- 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
- 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
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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...
- 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
- 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!
- 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!
- 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
- Looking forward to welcoming young science enthusiasts at our labs in Basel 🤩 Don't miss the registration on 1- 5 September!
- 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
- 🧬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
- 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
- 👁🧠 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
- 🚨 #breaking technology developed by the group of #BarbaraTreutlein 👇🏽
- 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...
- 🧠 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
- Congratulations, Mustafa Khammash, on receiving an Advanced Grant for the third time!!! Looking forward to your achievements in designing novel genetic controllers 🧬⏱️ @ethz.ch #ERCAdG > u.ethz.ch/HBxAi
- Antibiotic resistance needs innovative solutions resulting from strong interdisciplinary & interinstitutional collaborations, this is the great strength of @nccr-antiresist.bsky.social ! Thanks for visiting the D-BSSE @ethz.ch and the Cleanroom Facility Basel 🦠
- Great advancements in personalized cancer treatments 👇🏽 *Tumour Profiler Study* Part of the consortium: the #Beerenwinkel Lab and the #GenomicsFacilityBasel
- Assessing genetic heterogeneity in circulating #tumour cells (CTCs) | Researchers #NikoBeerenwinkel in collab. with colleagues #NicolaAceto, characterise the composition of #CTC clusters in liquid #biopsies which may eventually replace traditional tissue biopsies > u.ethz.ch/tADrD @ethz.ch
- Huge congrats to our 2024 Graduates 🎉 and the ETH Medal and Willi Studer Prize Awardees 👏🏽 > u.ethz.ch/RqsZ4 Wishing you a bright future ✨ 🫶 Happy to hear back from you! @ethz.ch @vmb-eth.bsky.social
- Continuing a wonderful tradition: today, the faculties have come together at the annual “D-BSSE ❤️ Biozentrum” meeting, to learn about the research of new group leaders on campus and to foster collaboration and innovation. Thank you, @biozentrum.unibas.ch for your visit & the fruitful exchanges!
- 👏🏽 Big congrats to Costanza Borrelli who studied cell-cell interactions in the Lab of @andreasmoor.bsky.social, and Antonio Santinha from the lab of Randall Platt, inventor of a novel technology for single-cell CRISPR screening, received the 2024 #ETHmedals🤩 > u.ethz.ch/ZOnc3 @ethz.ch
- Public Event @ethz.ch and #Swiss3RCC: Animal models and their alternatives in neuroscience | The event on 21 June features engaging lectures, amongst the speakers: Barbara Treutlein working on brain 🧠 organoids 🧬 > u.ethz.ch/gBEeC
- Two groundbreaking open-access papers on integrated atlases of human #organoids are out: researchers at #Roche |s Institute of Human Biology(#teamIHB), @ethz.ch, @www.helmholtz-munich.de, and collaborators have built detailed atlases of #brain, #gut, and #lung organoids > u.ethz.ch/6Rjq
