Course Schedule

Autumn Semester 2024
Mondays 10.15 - 12.00, HG F26.5
Fridays 14.15 - 16.00, HG F26.5

Presentation Dates

Monday 16.09.2024
Start of semester; no lectures

Friday 20.09.2024
INTRODUCTION: Viola Vogel, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zürich

Monday 23.09.2024
Cryo-electron microscopy of ATP-driven motor proteins, Takashi Ishikawa, Paul Scherrer Institute & D-BIOL, ETH Zürich

Friday 27.09.2024
2D materials safety: What cells and tissues inform us about their bio-interactions, Peter Wick, Particles-Biology Interactions Lab, EMPA, St. Gallen

Monday 30.09.2024
Drug Delivery with Nanosized Systems, Padryk Merkl, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich

Friday 04.10.2024
Fabrication and Characterization, Silke Schön, FIRST Center for Micro- and Nanoscience, ETH Zürich

Monday 07.10.2024
Targeting of nanostructures in diseases for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, Martin Behé, Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, PSI Villigen

Friday 11.10.2024
Multifunctional Nanotherapeutics, Inge Herrmann, Nanoparticle Systems Engineering Lab, D-MAVT, ETH Zürich

Monday 14.10.2024
Nanoscale printing techniques for high-precision tissue biomanufacturing, Xiao-Hua Qin, Institute of Biomechanics, D-HEST, ETH Zürich

Friday 18.10.2024
Design and fabrication of engineered living materials, Anton Kan, Complex Materials Lab, D-MATL, ETH Zürich

Monday 21.10.2024
Nanoparticle-based (bio)materials for drug delivery and 3D printing, Mark Tibbitt, Macromolecular Engineering Laboratory, D-MAVT, ETH Zürich

Friday 25.10.2024
Human microphysiological systems for disease modelling, drug development and personalized medicine, Dilara Perver, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zürich

Monday 28.10.2024
Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy, Miriam Lucas, Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM), ETH Zürich

Friday 01.11.2024
Nanopore Sensors for DNA Sequencing and Protein Sensing, Morteza Aramesh, D-ITET, ETH Zürich

Monday 04.11.2024
Tissue Engineering Challenges - micro- and nanoengineered cell environments, Mario Benn, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zürich

Friday 08.11.2024
Bio-hybrid systems for medical applications: from active surfaces up to artificial cells, Cornelia Palivan, Department of Chemistry, University of Basel

Monday 11.11.2024
Bioinspired Wood Materials, Ingo Burgert, Wood Materials Science, D-BAUG, ETH Zürich

Friday 15.11.2024
Dealing with forces: approaches and tools for the mechano-mediated regulation of cellular function, Fabrizio Pennacchio, Laboratory of Applied Mchanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zürich

Monday 18.11.2024
Motor Proteins Integrated into Devices, Viola Vogel, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zürich

Friday 22.11.2024
Nanomaterials in our daily life – interactions with the human body, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, BioNanomaterials, Adolphe Merkle Institute

Monday 25.11.2024
Micro- and Nanofluidics for Single Cell Analysis, Petra Dittrich, Bioanalytics, D-BSSE, ETH Zürich

Friday 29.11.2024
Frontiers of sub-micron to nanometer level characterizations in 3-Dimensions, Stephan Gerstl, Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM) & D-MATL, ETH Zürich

Monday 02.12.2024
Challenges in Design and Fabrication of Living Materials for Biohybrid Robotics, Robert Katzschmann, Soft Robotics Laboratory, D-MAVT, ETH Zürich

Friday 06.12.2024
Droplet-Based Microfluidics: Applications in Ultra-High-Throughput Biology, Andrew deMello, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich

Monday 09.12.2024
Functional implications of stretching proteins: mechanobiology, Viola Vogel, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zürich

Friday 13.12.2024
Presentation of Final Projects

Monday 16.12.2024
Presentation of Final Projects

Friday 20.12.2024
Presentation of Final Projects

Monday 23.12.2024
End of semester, no lecture