Course Schedule
Autumn Semester 2023
Mondays 10.15 - 12.00, HG F26.5
Fridays 14.15 - 16.00, HG F26.5
Presentation Dates
Monday 18.09.2023
Start of semester; no lectures
Friday 22.09.2023
INTRODUCTION, on zoom, Viola Vogel, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zürich
Monday 25.09.2023
NANO-CHARACTERIZATION, Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy, Miriam Lucas, Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM), ETH Zürich
Friday 29.09.2023
TISSUE ENGINEERING challenges: micro- and nanoengineered cell environments, Mario Benn, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zurich
Monday 02.10.2023
NANOCHARACTERIZATION, 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
Friday 06.10.2023
NANOSTRUCTURES, Fabrication and Characterization, Silke Schön, FIRST Center for Micro- and Nanoscience, ETH Zürich
Monday 09.10.2023
NANOMEDICINE, Nanoparticle-based (bio)materials for drug delivery and 3D printing, Mark Tibbitt, Macromolecular Engineering Laboratory, D-MAVT, ETH Zurich
Friday 13.10.2023
NANO-BIOTECHNOLOGY: Droplet-Based Microfluidics: Applications in Ultra-High-Throughput Biology, Andrew deMello, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, D-CHAB, ETH Zurich
Monday 16.10.2023
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Micro/Nanofluidics for Research and Diagnostics in the Life Sciences, Emmanuel Delamarche, Spiden AG, Pfäffikon
Friday 20.10.2023
BIOTECHNOLOGY, Motor Proteins Integrated into Devices, Viola Vogel, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zürich
Monday 23.10.2023
NANO-BIOTECHNOLOGY, Nanotechnology to study the functions of blood cells, Sebastian Lickert, Laboratory of Applied Mchanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zurich
Friday 27.10.2023
BIOLOGICAL NANOSYSTEMS,Cryo-electron microscopy of ATP-driven motor proteins, Takashi Ishikawa, Paul Scherrer Institute & D-BIOL, ETH Zürich
Monday 30.10.2023
MEDICAL APPLICATION: Targeting of nanostructures in diseases for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, Martin Behé, Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, PSI Villigen
Friday 03.11.2023
NANOMATERIALS in our daily life – interactions with the human body, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, BioNanomaterials, Adolphe Merkle Institute
Monday 06.11.2023
NANOSYSTEMS, Active and passive micro/nanoparticle systems for targeted drug delivery, Metin Sitti, D-ITET, ETH Zurich
Friday 10.11.2023
NANOMEDICINE: Multifunctional Nanotherapeutics, Inge Herrmann, Nanoparticle Systems Engineering Lab, D-MAVT, ETH Zürich
Monday 13.11.2023
NANOMEDICINE, Drug Delivery with Nanosized Systems, Marilena Bohley, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, D-CHAB, ETH Zurich
Friday 17.11.2023
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Bio-hybrid systems for medical applications: from active surfaces up to artificial cells, Cornelia Palivan, Department of Chemistry, University of Basel
Monday 20.11.2023
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Micro- and Nanofluidics for Single Cell Analysis, Petra Dittrich, Bioanalytics, D-BSSE, ETH Zurich
Friday 24.11.2023
BIOTECHNOLOGY: Dealing with forces: approaches and tools for the mechano-mediated regulation of cellular function, Fabrizio Pennacchio, Laboratory of Applied Mchanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zurich
Monday 27.11.2023
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Functional implications of stretching proteins: mechanobiology, Viola Vogel, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zurich
Friday 01.12.2023
BIOTECHNOLOGY: Design and fabrication of engineered living materials, Anton Kan, Complex Materials Lab, D-MATL, ETH Zürich
Monday 04.12.2023
Presentation of Final Projects
Friday 08.12.2023
Presentation of Final Projects
Monday 11.12.2023
Presentation of Final Projects
Friday 15.12.2023
NANOSYSTEMS, Bioinspired Wood Materials, Ingo Burgert, Wood Materials Science, D-BAUG, ETH Zürich
Monday 18.12.2023
TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Human microphysiological systems for disease modelling, drug development and personalized medicine, Dilara Perver, Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, D-HEST, ETH Zürich
Friday 23.12.2022
End of semester, no lecture