PhD Summer School in Translational Biology

6 - 10 July 2015, Hotel Interlaken, Switzerland

 

The EPFL-ETHZ joint summer school in translational biology is a five-day program, focused on the interface between fundamental biology and cutting-edge technologies, and their impact on human health. The 2-ECTS summer school will bring together leading scientists to share the latest trends in bench to bedside research. The school will consist of lectures given by speakers from academia and pharmaceutical industry, time for outdoor activities as well as a roundtable panel discussion. Participants of the summer school will be required to prepare a poster presentation and a 2-minutes flash talk about their research.

 

Highlights:

• From basic to translational biology - Cancer and Stem cell therapy
• Accelerating drug discovery through technologies - Lead generation to candidate development and microfluidics
• Advances in diagnostic sciences - Biosensors and Next-Generation-Sequencing
• Advances in biologics - Tissue engineering, gene and protein-base therapy
• Innovations in medical technology - Functional proteome analysis
• Personalized healthcare - Nutrition and Medicine
• Round-table discussion on future trends of translational research
• Opportunities to network with experts from the academic and industry
• Outdoor activites in Interlaken

 

 Confirmed speakers:

• Jean-Paul Thiery (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
• Matthias Lutolf (EPF Lausanne, Switzerland)
• Paolo De Coppi (University College London, UK)
• Alexey Rak (Sanofi, France)
• Martin Fussenegger (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
• Christian Gilissen (Radboud University, Netherland)
• Ralph Schiess (ProteoMediX AG, Switzerland)
• Ruedi Aebersold (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
• Sebastian Maerkl (EPF Lausanne, Switzerland)
• Jim Kaput (Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Switzerland) 
• Catharina Svanborg (Lund University, Sweden) 
• Dario Neri (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
• Rudolf Griss (EPF Lausanne, Switzerland)
• Effy Vayena (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
• Raj Lehal ( Cellestia Biotech, Switzerland)

  

Application (Closed):

The summer school is open to all PhD students. To allow maximum interaction, participation is limited to a maximum of 30 PhD students.  

 

The participation fee of CHF 250.- (exclusive of 8% VAT), payable upon acceptance, includes accommodation (twin-sharing rooms) and meals. Travel costs are not covered. 

 

Scientific advisers:

Prof. Freddy Radtke (ISREC, EPFL)

Prof. Wolfgang Langhans (D-HEST, ETHZ)

Summer School Organizers:

Wen-bin Alfred Chng (EPFL)

Allan Lamontanara (EPFL)

Oleg Mikhajlov (EPFL)

Aleksandra Vancevska (EPFL)

Nino Jejelava (ETHZ)

Natalie Russi (ETHZ/UZH)