News & Events
News
Krishna Kasuba defended his PhD thesis
Congratulations to Krishna, who defended his PhD thesis "Engineering novel tools for mechanotyping and mechanocontrol of neurons from the central nervous system" on 19th May 2023. As Krishna's thesis was a collaborative project with Andreas Hierlemann's group, he was also awarded a collaborative hat. Thank you very much for the great apero and party and congrats again!
Nina Blaimschein defended her PhD thesis
Congratulations to Nina on defending her PhD thesis! Nina defended her PhD thesis "Characterization of folding pathways of polytopic transmembrane proteins" on 28th April 2023. She received the our group's first recycable and edible PhD hat. Thank you very much for the apero and the real Linzertorte!
Sophie Herzog defended her PhD thesis
Congratulations to Sophie on defending her PhD thesis! On Monday, 30th January, Sophie defended her PhD thesis "Mechanical Manipulation and Characterization of Single Cells with Nanotools ". As is tradition in our group, Sophie was awarded a signature Müller Force graduation hat. Thank you, Sophie, for the delicious apéro and congrats!
Ethics in Engineering Life conference urges continuation of dialogue
The speakers at the Ethics of Engineering Life Conference held in September 2022 in Rome agreed on a pronouncement which calls for a continuation of the fruitful dialogue among different disciplines and relevant stakeholders, saying: “In a world in which engineering life is rapidly improving, and new challenges arise in its application, a common effort to disentangle the moral issues would imply universal benefits in terms of ethical admissibility and allow to find the right path forward”.
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Events
1st International Conference Ethics of Engineering Life
The first international conference Ethics of Engineering Life is taking place from 26th to 27th Septemeber 2022 in Rome, Italy.
Participating in the 72nd Locarno Film Festival
Our group enters the world-renowned Locarno Film Festival from August 7–17, 2019. NCCR members Daniel Müller, biologist Barbara Treutlein, and ethicist Ralf Stutzki will discuss "The ethical challenges of engineering life and the effects on human identity". The event will also be broadcast live on the internet and traditionally attracts considerable media attention. Participating in the festival, Selen, from our group will participate in the ‘BaseCamp laboratory of ideas’.
Ethics of Engineering Life Conference
From 16-18 November 2020 our group together with the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering (www.nccr-mse.org), the pontifical academy of life (PAL) of the Vatican, and the Babino Gesu Children Hospital, organizes an international conference on the engineering of molecular and cellular systems for a better life. Internationally outstanding experts will discuss the topic from scientific, social, historic, ethical, legal and religious perspectives.
ICMSE Conference 2017
From August 27 to 29, 2017 our NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering organizes the first biennial International Conference on Molecular Systems Engineering (ICMSE) in Basel. The ICMSE focuses on the emerging field of molecular systems engineering and will feature speakers and participants from leading international research institutions.