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Health Sciences and Technology
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
151-0638-00LMaP Distinguished Lecture Series on Engineering with Living Materials
This course is primarily designed for MSc and doctoral students. Guests are welcome.

Former title: MaP Distinguished Lecture Series on Soft Robotics
W1 credit2SR. Katzschmann, M. Filippi, X.‑H. Qin, Z. Zhang
AbstractThis course is an interdisciplinary colloquium on the engineering of biohybrid systems and robotics. Internationally renowned speakers from academia and industry give lectures about their cutting-edge research, which highlights the state-of-the-art and frontiers in the field of engineering with living materials and biohybrids.
Learning objectiveParticipants become acquainted with the state-of-the-art and frontiers in biohybrid systems and robotics, which is a topic of global and future relevance from the field of materials and process engineering. The self-study of relevant literature and active participation in discussions following presentations by internationally renowned speakers stimulate critical thinking and allow participants to deliberately discuss challenges and opportunities with leading academics and industrial experts and to exchange ideas within an interdisciplinary community.
ContentThis course is a colloquium involving a selected mix of internationally renowned speakers from academia and industry who present their cutting-edge research in the field of engineered systems using living materials. In particular, the course will cover fundamentals of bioengineering at a multicellular level (biofabrication), as well as examples of manufacturing and application of living cells to engineered systems for medical applications and beyond. Speakers will show how to combine living cells with non-living, synthetic materials to realize bio-hybrid systems to be applied to many fields of human life, ranging from biomedicine to robotics, biosensing, ecology, and architecture. It will be shown how bio-hybrid technologies and cutting-edge engineering techniques can support cell proliferation and even enhance their cell functions. The course will cover materials and approaches for the biofabrication of living tissue, seen as a biomedical model for pathophysiological discovery research, or as transplantable grafts for tissue regeneration. Speakers will illustrate how living species can contribute to ecological approaches in town planning (such as CO2 sequestration), sensing and processor technologies enabled by connective and signaling abilities of cells, and motile systems actuated by contractile cells (bio-hybrid robots).  The main learning objective is to learn about: materials and techniques to build intelligent biological systems for future, sustainable societies; mechanisms of cell and tissue programmability; and applications in bio-robotics, communication, sensing technologies, and medical engineering.
The self-study of relevant pre-read literature provided in advance of each lecture serves as a basis for active participation in the critical discussions following each presentation.
Lecture notesSelected scientific pre-read literature (around two articles per lecture) relevant for and discussed during the lectures is posted in advance on the course web page.
Prerequisites / NoticeThis course is taught by a selection of internationally renowned speakers from academia and industry working in the field of bio-hybrid systems and robotics. This lecture series is focusing on the recent trends in engineering with living materials.

Participants should have a background in tissue engineering, material science, and/or robotics.

To obtain credits, students need to: (i) attend 80% of all lectures; (ii) submit a one-page abstract of 3 different lectures. The performance will be assessed with a "Pass/Fail" format.

On-site attendance to the lectures is preferred to foster in-person contacts. However, for lectures given by online speakers, a Zoom link to attend remotely will be provided on Moodle.
CompetenciesCompetencies
Subject-specific CompetenciesConcepts and Theoriesassessed
Techniques and Technologiesassessed
Method-specific CompetenciesAnalytical Competenciesfostered
Media and Digital Technologiesfostered
Problem-solvingfostered
Social CompetenciesCommunicationfostered
Personal CompetenciesAdaptability and Flexibilityfostered
Creative Thinkingfostered
Critical Thinkingfostered
Integrity and Work Ethicsfostered
Self-awareness and Self-reflection fostered
Self-direction and Self-management fostered
376-0302-01LGCP Basic Course (Modules 1 and 2) Restricted registration - show details W1 credit1GG. Senti, C. Fila, R. Grossmann
AbstractThe basic course in "Good Clinical Practice" (GCP) contains of two full-time training days (Module 1 and Module 2) and addresses elementary aspects for the appropriate conduct of clinical trials and non-clinical research projects involving human beings. Successful participation will be confirmed by a certificate that is recognized by the Swiss authorities.
Learning objectiveStudents will get familiar with:
- Key Ethics documents
- (Inter)national Guidelines and Laws (e.g. ICH-GCP, DIN EN ISO 14155, TPA, HRA)
- Sequence of research projects and project-involved parties
- Planning of research projects (statistics, resources, study design, set-up of the study protocol)
- Approval of research projects by Authorities (SwissEthics, Swissmedic, FOPH)
- Roles and responsibilities of project-involved parties

Students will learn how to:
- Classify research projects according the risk-based approach of the HRA
- Write a study protocol
- Inform participating patients/study subjects
- Obtain consent by participating patients/study subjects
- Classify, document and report Adverse Events
- Handle projects with biological material from humans and/or health- related personal data
ContentModule 1:
Research and Research Ethics, Guidelines, (inter)national Legislation, Development of therapeutic products, Methodology (Study Design), Study documents (Study protocol, Investigator's Brochure, Patient Information Leaflet, Informed Consent Form)

Module 2:
Roles and Responsibilities, Approval procedures, Notification and Reporting, Study documentation, Research with biological material and health-related data, data protection, data retention
376-0304-00LColloquium in Translational Science (Spring Semester)W1 credit1KN. Cesarovic, A. Alimonti, C. Ewald, V. Falk, J. Goldhahn, K. Maniura, R. M. Rossi, S. Schürle-Finke, G. Shivashankar, E. Vayena, V. Vogel, F. von Meyenn, further lecturers
AbstractCurrent topics in translational medicine presented by speakers from academia and industry.
Learning objectiveGetting insight into actual areas and problems of translational medicine.
ContentTimely and concise presentations of postgraduate students, post-docs, senior scientists, professors, as well as external guests from both academics and industry will present topics of their interest related to translational medicine.
Prerequisites / NoticeNo compulsory prerequisites, but student should have basic knowledge about biomedical research.
376-0306-00LETHeart Joint Scientific Colloquium (Spring Semester)W1 credit1KN. Cesarovic, V. Falk, further lecturers
AbstractThe ETHeart Joint Scientific Colloquium resides at the intersection of cardiovascular medicine with biologics, bio-materials, devices, sensors, robotics, and data science. The aim of the course is to provide a basic understanding of the cardiovascular disease and underlying (patho-) physiology as well as current therapeutic challenges and novel engineering solutions.
Learning objectiveJoin this course if you want to:
• Get Engineering – Cardiovascular Medical Cross-training
• Get Basic knowledge of cardiovascular physiology and pathology
• Understand the current challenges from the medical perspective
• Join the Community of cardiovascular research enthusiasts at ETH
• Practice your Discussion and Presentation Delivery Skills
ContentThe course will include presentations on Zurich Heart and ETHeart projects, as well as lectures on chosen topics in cardiovascular medicine and research given by leading international clinical scientists, many of whom are coming from the German Heart Center of Charité Berlin.

This highly interactive, on-line course encourages participants to actively contribute, ask questions, and provide feedback during the lectures, presentations, and discussions. The course is open and welcomes students from all backgrounds as the field of cardiovascular medicine and therapy development is multidisciplinary in nature.

Timely and didacticaly stuctured presentations and lectures on chosen topics of cardiovascular medicine and research will be given by medical doctors, translational scientists and students in the field. Each presentation is followed by in depth discussion.
Prerequisites / NoticeThis course does not require any specific prerequisites, but it would be beneficial for students to have a foundational knowledge of the cardiovascular system, physiology and biomedical research. Additionally, as a requirement of the course, each participant will be expected to present their own scientific work or topic of interest (10-minute presentation) during one of the four sessions and provide a written assay (600 words) at the end of the course.
376-1347-00LBioinformatic Approaches to Regulatory Genomics and Epigenomics Restricted registration - show details W4 credits2G + 2AP.‑L. Germain
AbstractEpigenomics offers a genome-wide perspective on how changes in chromatin regulate gene expression and cellular phenotype. This course introduces the underlying biological notions through a hands-on exploration of such data, providing an introduction to (R-based) tools necessary to explore, visualize and interpret it.
Learning objectiveThe objective of the course is two-fold:

1) to enable students, if not to be wholly independent with respect to NGS chromatin data analysis, at least to be able to autonomously explore, visualize and interpret such data;

2) to understand and critically appraise, from a genomics perspective and through hands-on data exploration, the key concepts underlying chromatin regulation of transcription and its impact on various biological phenomena.
Content- Introduction to the Bioconductor ecosystem for genomic data analysis, with a focus on flexible and re-usable tools (e.g. standard data structures and visualization techniques)
- How to find and re-use data from the literature
- Basic analysis pipelines for ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, and related assays, with a focus on data manipulation, exploration and visualization, motif analysis, etc. (Single-cell ATAC-seq is presented but not included in the practicals)
- Introduction to regulatory genomics, with critical discussions of some of its conceptual issues: types of functional elements, the histone code, sequence recognition and binding specificity, transcriptor factor (TF) activation and binding, DNA accessibility, topological domains and chromatin loops, etc.
- Importance of chromatin regulation in differentiation and neurological conditions
Prerequisites / NoticeFamiliarity with R (as can be obtained from statistics courses, dedicated R courses, or some bioinformatic courses); some basic bioinformatics knowledge is beneficial but not required.
Students bring their own computer to run the analyses (in case of old computers, please contact the teachers to evaluate the need for an alternative solution).
CompetenciesCompetencies
Subject-specific CompetenciesConcepts and Theoriesassessed
Techniques and Technologiesassessed
Method-specific CompetenciesAnalytical Competenciesassessed
Decision-makingfostered
Media and Digital Technologiesassessed
Problem-solvingassessed
Social CompetenciesCommunicationfostered
Cooperation and Teamworkfostered
Personal CompetenciesAdaptability and Flexibilityassessed
Creative Thinkingfostered
Critical Thinkingassessed
376-1974-00LColloquium in Biomechanics Information W2 credits2KB. Helgason, P. Chansoria, S. J. Ferguson, R. Müller, D. K. Ravi, J. G. Snedeker, W. R. Taylor, M. Zenobi-Wong
AbstractCurrent topics in biomechanics presented by speakers from academia and industry.
Learning objectiveGetting insight into actual areas and problems of biomechanics.
376-1792-00LIntroductory Course in Neuroscience II (University of Zurich)
No enrolment to this course at ETH Zurich. Book the corresponding module directly at UZH as an incoming student.
UZH Module Code: SPV0Y020

Mind the enrolment deadlines at UZH:
https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/studies/application/deadlines.html
W2 credits2VUniversity lecturers
AbstractThis course discusses behavioral aspects in neuroscience. Modern brain imaging methods are described. Clinical issues including diseases of the nervous system are studied. Sleep research and neuroimmunology are discussed. Finally, the course deals with the basic concepts in psychiatry.
Learning objectiveThis course discusses behavioral aspects in neuroscience. Modern brain imaging methods are described. Clinical issues including diseases of the nervous system are studied. Sleep research and neuroimmunology are discussed. Finally, the course deals with the basic concepts in psychiatry.
Prerequisites / NoticeFür Doktorierende des Zentrums für Neurowissenschaften Zürich.
376-1986-00LBayesian Data Analysis and Models of Behavior (University of Zurich)
Does not take place this semester.
No enrolment to this course at ETH Zurich. Book the corresponding module directly at UZH as an incoming student.
UZH Module Code: DOEC0829

Mind the enrolment deadlines at UZH:
https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/studies/application/deadlines.html
W3 credits2SR. Polania, University lecturers
AbstractMaking sense of the data acquired via experiments is fundamental in many fields of sciences. This course is designed for students/researchers who want to gain practical experience with data analysis based on Bayesian inference. Coursework involves practical demonstrations and discussion of solutions for data analysis problems. No advanced knowledge of statistics and probability is required.
Learning objectiveThe overall goal of this course it that the students are able to develop both analytic and problem-solving skills that will serve to draw reasonable inferences from observations. The first objective is to make the participants familiar with the conceptual framework of Bayesian data analysis. The second goal is to introduce the ideas of modern Bayesian data analysis, including techniques such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques, alongside the introduction of programming tools that facilitate the creation of any Bayesian inference model. Throughout the course, this will involve practical demonstrations with example datasets, homework, and discussions that should convince the participants of this course that it is possible to make inference and understand the data acquired from the experiments that they usually obtain in their own research (starting from simple linear regressions all the way up to more complex models with hierarchical structures and dependencies). After working through this course, the participants should be able to build their own inference models in order to interpret meaningfully their own data.
Prerequisites / NoticeThe very basics (or at least intuition) of programming in either Matlab or R
Food Science
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
752-0005-00LColloquium in Food and Nutrition ScienceW1 credit2KS. J. Sturla
AbstractParticipation in weekly seminars on a variety of topics including Food Microbiology, Food Toxicology, Food Biochemistry, Food Processing, Consumer Behavior, Food Technology, and Food Materials and Technology, and oral presentation of a selected published study in one of these areas inspired by participation in the seminars.
Learning objectiveThe objectives are to become familiar with and stimulate interest in leading-edge science related to the research topics of the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health. Participants attend weekly seminars given by external and internal speakers, and are also required to deliver a presentation on a recent research article inspired by a topic from the semester presentations.
Transferable Skills
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
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851-0047-00LEthics, Science and Scientific Integrity Restricted registration - show details W1 credit1SN. Mazouz, F. Altner, M. Hampe, T. Lobo, B. Wang
AbstractIn this course, doctoral students are sensibilized to ethical issues in the sciences. After a general introduction to ethics as well as to ethics in the sciences, selected topics of scientific integrity will be dealt with in an exemplary way. Thirdly, discipline-specific problems of ethics are addressed in group work.
Learning objectiveDoctoral students receive an overview of philosophical ethics as well as of ethics in the sciences and humanities. They are supported in identifying, analyzing and dealing with ethical problems in their own scientific research. Furthermore, they can reflect on their professional role as scientific researchers.
ContentIn this course, doctoral students are sensibilized to ethical issues in the sciences. First, a general introduction to ethics as well as to ethics in the sciences will be given in a lecture and discussion format. Second, selected topics of scientific integrity will be dealt with in an exemplary way in a mixed format, consisting of lectures and discussions as well as workshops. Thirdly, specific problems of ethics and scientific integrity in certain disciplines will be addresses in group work in a workshop format.
851-0094-00LIntroduction to Practical Philosophy for PhD's
This course is open to PhD students only. BA and MA students enroll for the course "851-0101-01L Introduction to Practical Philosophy".
W1 credit2GL. Wingert
AbstractPractical philosophy deals in a descriptive and evaluative way with the realm of the practical, that is, with action, practices, norms of action, and values held by people and societies. Ethics and political philosophy are branches of practical philosophy. This introductory course will treat some of the main questions and introduce students to the thinking of central figures in the field.
Learning objectiveThis course will be a mixture of lecture and seminar. Credits will be earned after consultation with the instructor by submitting a small written paper on topics related to ethics.
ContentEthics is an account and instruction of the good, that could be reached by conscious, intentional behaviour (=action). Ethics is an essential part of practical philosophy. Therefore one of those central questions, which will be discussed in the course, is:

1. What is the meaning of words like "good" and "bad", used in ethical language? What is meant by "good", if one says: "Working as a volunteer for the <Red Cross> is good"? Does one mean, that doing so is useful, or that it is altruistic, or that is fair?

Further questions, to be discussed in the course, are:

2. Are moral judgements apt to be justified, e.g. judgments like "Lower taxes for rich foreigners in the <Kanton Zug> are unjust" or "Every person ought to be entitled to leave any religious community"? If so, how far a moral judgment's justification can reach? Is one right in arguing: "It is possible to show the truth of the proposition (a):The emissions of nitrogen dioxide in Zurich is far beyond the permissible limit (80 mg/m3). But it is not possible to verify the proposition (b): In our times, the inequal global distribution of wealth is far beyond the permissible limit. Proposition (a) states an objective fact, whereas (b) expresses a mere subjective evaluation, though that evaluation might be widely spread.

3. What are just laws, and what is the relationship between law and morality?

4. Is freedom of a person, though presupposed by criminal law and morality, nevertheless an illusion?

These questions will be partly discussed with reference to seminal authors within the western philosophical tradition (among else Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Immanuel Kant). Contemporary philosophers like Jürgen Habermas, Thomas Nagel, Ernst Tugendhat or Bernard Williams will be included, too.

5. A part of the course will examine the question of what "good" research ethics and intellectual probity mean.
LiteratureZur Vorbereitung:

-Dieter Birnbacher, Analytische Einführung in die Ethik, 2. Aufl. Berlin: de Gruyter Verlag 2006.
- Simon Blackburn, Denken, Darmstadt: Primus Verlag 2001, Kapitel 3 und 8.
- Philippa Foot, <Tugenden und Laster> sowie <Moral, Handlung und Ergebnisse> beide in: dies., Die Wirklichkeit des Guten. Moralphilosophische Aufsätze, Frankfurt/M.: Fischer Taschenbuch 1997.
- H.L.A. Hart, <Der Positivismus und die Trennung von Recht und Moral> (1958), in: ders., Recht und Moral, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1971, S. 5-57.
- Detlef Horster, Rechtsphilosophie zur Einführung, Hamburg: Junius Verlag 2002
- Robert Kane, <Introduction: The Contours of the Contemporary Free Will Debates>, in: ders., (Hg.), The Oxford Handbook of Free Will, Oxford 2002.
– Thomas Nagel, Die Grenzen der Objektivität. Philosophische Vorlesungen, Stuttgart: Reclam 1991.
- Ulrich Pothast, <Einleitung> in: ders., (Hg.), Seminar: Freies Handeln und Determinismus, Frankfurt/M.: suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft 1978, S. 7-31.
- Bernard Williams, Der Begriff der Moral. Eine Einführung in die Ethik, Reclam: Stuttgart 1976.
- Peter Winch, Die Idee der Sozialwissenschaft und ihr Verhältnis zur Philosophie, Frankfurt/M.: suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft 1974 (Kap. II: <Das Wesen sinnvollen Verhaltens>).
Prerequisites / NoticeDer Kurs wird eine Mischung aus Vorlesung und Seminar sein. Leistungspunkte können durch Essays zu vorgegebenen und zu frei gewählten Themen erworben werden.
851-0097-00LWhat Is Knowledge and Under What Conditions Are We Entitled to Claim Knowledge?
Doctoral students can receive credit for the achievements of this course in the section "Transferable Skills".
W3 credits2GL. Wingert
AbstractThe seminar aims at a clarification of the concept of knowledge, as it is built in our experiential relations to the world. An analysis is needed of the difference between knowledge and belief, of the relation between objectivity and knowledge, and of the role of reasons for having knowledge. Additionally, the legitimacy of different types of knowledge claims should be evaluated.
Learning objectiveOn will able to evaluate the arguments pro and con the thesis, that knowledge is justified, true belief. Furthermore, one will gain some insights in the role of reasons for knowledge and in the merits and misgivings of a naturalistic account of knowledge. Finally, one will be a bit more familiar with some theories of philosophical epistemology (e.g. empiricism, rationalism).
900-0100-DRLTransferable Skills Course I (1-3 days) Restricted registration - show details
Only for doctoral students.

Please select your doctoral thesis supervisor as a lecturer and prove your participation with the appropriate certificate.
W1 credit2SLecturers
AbstractAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days.
Learning objectiveAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days.
900-0101-DRLTransferable Skills Course II (1-3 days) Restricted registration - show details
Only for doctoral students.

Please select your doctoral thesis supervisor as a lecturer and prove your participation with the appropriate certificate.
W1 credit2SLecturers
AbstractAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days.
Learning objectiveAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days.
900-0102-DRLTransferable Skills Course III (1-3 days) Restricted registration - show details
Only for doctoral students.

Please select your doctoral thesis supervisor as a lecturer and prove your participation with the appropriate certificate.
W1 credit2SLecturers
AbstractAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days.
Learning objectiveAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days.
900-0103-DRLTransferable Skills Course I (1-3 days, with Poster or Talk) Restricted registration - show details
Only for doctoral students.

Please select your doctoral thesis supervisor as a lecturer and prove your participation with the appropriate certificate.
W2 credits4SLecturers
AbstractAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days. Participants need to present either a poster or a talk at this occasion.
Learning objectiveAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days. Participants need to present either a poster or a talk at this occasion.
900-0104-DRLTransferable Skills Course II (1-3 days, with Poster or Talk) Restricted registration - show details
Only for doctoral students.

Please select your doctoral thesis supervisor as a lecturer and prove your participation with the appropriate certificate.
W2 credits4SLecturers
AbstractAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days. Participants need to present either a poster or a talk at this occasion.
Learning objectiveAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days. Participants need to present either a poster or a talk at this occasion.
900-0105-DRLTransferable Skills Course III (1-3 days, with Poster or Talk) Restricted registration - show details
Only for doctoral students.

Please select your doctoral thesis supervisor as a lecturer and prove your participation with the appropriate certificate.
W2 credits4SLecturers
AbstractAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days. Participants need to present either a poster or a talk at this occasion.
Learning objectiveAcquisition of transferable skills and cross-disciplinary competences in the range of short courses or workshops with a maximum duration of 3 days. Participants need to present either a poster or a talk at this occasion.
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