Education

Our educational goal is to train students and young scientists in the application of modern tools of systems biology, like the high throughput technology of deep sequencing, for a better understanding of the program code of cells and to prepare them for the new upcoming area of cell-based medicine.

Courses at the ETH Zürich

551-0140-00L: Epigenetics

Lecturers: F. Thoma, U. Grossniklaus, R. Paro, O. Voinnet

Epigenetics studies mitotic and/or meiotic heritable traits that cannot be attributed to changes of the DNA sequence. The lecture will provide an overview over epigenetic phenomena and mechanisms. Furthermore, the impact of epigenetics on the development of different organisms will be discussed. The aim of the course is to gain an understanding of epigenetic phenomena and mechanisms and their impact on development.

626-0003-00L: Molecular Biology

Lecturer: Paro, R. 

This lecture course gives an in-depth view into molecular mechanisms controlling basic biological processes, ranging from genetic regulatory networks, the internal functional organization of a cell to the signaling events controlling cells in their social context.

636-0005-00L: Systems Biology

Lecturers: Beerenwinkel, N. and Paro, R.

This lecture course is an introduction to systems biology. It explores how complex biological networks are experimentally analyzed and how the resulting data is mathematically analyzed in order to derive predictive models. The biology of selected cellular processes, ranging from protein interaction networks to gene controlling systems and signaling cascades will be presented at a high level.

626-0009-00L: Interdisciplinary Biotechechnology

Lecturers: Panke, S., Beerenwinkel, N., Fussenegger, M., Hierlemann, A., Iber, D., Paro, R., Stelling, J.

Students are introduced to the basics of interdisciplinary biotechnology during a one-week block course. An overview of the knowledge needed for the bachelor in biotechnology is given with the idea to get all the students coming from different study directions to the same knowledge level.

626-0804-00L: Laboratory Course in Micro- and Molecularbiology for Biotechnologists

Lecturers: Panke, S., Beisel, C., Held, M., Merdes, G. and Paro, R.

Practical course of basic laboratory techniques of microbiology and molecular biology. The course is divided into two parts; i) isolation of plasmid vectors and transformation of cells, engineering of vectors and purification and analysis of recombinant products; ii) large scale cultivation of bacteria in fermenter and high efficiency purification of proteins.

636-0301-00L: Current Topics in Biosystems Science and Engineering

Lecturers:  Iber, D., Beerenwinkel, N., Fussenegger, M., Hierlemann, A., Müller, D. J., Panke, S., Paro, R., Stelling, J.

This seminar will feature invited lectures about recent advances and developments in systems biology, including topics from biology, bioengineering, and computational biology.

Courses at the University of Basel

17913-01: Chromatin and Epigenetics

Lecturers: Gasser, S., Bühler, M., Schübeler, D., Peters, A. and Paro, R.

General concept is to introduce basic concepts of chromatin, molecules and involved enzymatic reactions. Whenever linked to chronology of key findings and including classical experiments in order to also discuss experimental approaches. Given the breadth there will be less time for depth but the goal being to provide an overview and a basis to build on in later lectures

Seminars

BSSE Seminar

Time: Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00
Location: Science Lounge
D-BSSE, Basel

Epigenomics Group Research Seminar

Time: Thurdays 10:00 - 12:00
Location: Seminar Room Erasmus
D-BSSE, Basel

Epigenomics Group Literature Seminar

Time: Tuesdays 12:00 - 14:00 (biweekly)
Location: Seminar Room Erasmus
D-BSSE, Basel