Search result: Course units in Autumn Semester 2023

Biology Bachelor Information
First Year Courses
First Year Examinations
First Year Examination Block 1
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
551-0125-00LFundamentals of Biology I: From Molecules to the Biochemistry of CellsO6 credits5GJ. Vorholt-Zambelli, N. Ban, R. Glockshuber, K. Locher, J. Piel
529-1001-01LGeneral Chemistry (for Biol./Pharm.Sc.)O4 credits4V + 2UJ. Cvengros
529-1011-00LOrganic Chemistry I (for Biol./Pharm.Sc./HST)O4 credits4GC. Thilgen
First Year Examination Block 2
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
402-0073-00LPhysics I Restricted registration - show details O3 credits2V + 2UT. M. Ihn
401-0291-00LMathematics I Information Restricted registration - show details O6 credits4V + 2UA. Caspar
First Year Laboratory Courses
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
535-1001-00LLaboratory Course General Chemistry (for Biology and Pharmacy) Restricted registration - show details
Information about the practical course will be given on the first day.

Register in myStudies as early as possible, because the fire protection courses take place separately before the internship starts.
O6 credits8PS. Gruber, J. Hall
Second Year Courses
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
551-0127-00LFundamentals of Biology III: MulticellularityO8 credits6GM. Stoffel, M. Künzler, O. Y. Martin, U. Suter, S. Werner, A. Wutz, S. C. Zeeman
551-1005-00LBioanalytics Information O4 credits4GP. Picotti, F. Allain, V. Korkhov, M. Pilhofer, R. Schlapbach, K. Weis, K. Wüthrich, further lecturers
252-0852-00LFoundations of Computer Science Information O4 credits2V + 2UL. E. Fässler, M. Dahinden
401-0643-13LStatistics II Restricted registration - show details O3 credits2V + 1UJ. Dambon
529-0015-00LPhysical ChemistryO3 credits2V + 1UG. Jeschke, D. Klose
529-0229-00LPractical Course Organic Chemistry (for Students of Biology and Pharmaceutical Sciences) Restricted registration - show details
Latest online enrolment is 10 days before the beginning of the semester.
Students who did not pass the first-year examinations need the lecturers' written permission to take this course.
O8 credits12PC. Thilgen
Third Year Courses
Concept Courses
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
701-2413-00LEvolutionary GeneticsW6 credits4VT. Städler, A. Widmer, S. Fior, M. Fischer, J. Stapley
551-0307-00LMolecular and Structural Biology I: Protein Structure and Function
D-BIOL students are obliged to take part I and part II (next semester) as a two-semester course
W3 credits2VR. Glockshuber, K. Locher, E. Weber-Ban
551-0309-00LConcepts in Modern Genetics
Information for UZH students:
Enrolment to this course unit only possible at ETH. No enrolment to module BIO348 at UZH.

Please mind the ETH enrolment deadlines for UZH students: Link
W6 credits4VY. Barral, D. Bopp, A. Hajnal, O. Voinnet
551-0311-00LMolecular Life of PlantsW6 credits4VS. C. Zeeman, K. Bomblies, O. Voinnet
551-0313-00LMicrobiology (Part I)W3 credits2VW.‑D. Hardt, L. Eberl, B. Nguyen, J. Piel, M. Pilhofer, A. Vagstad
551-0319-00LCellular Biochemistry (Part I)W3 credits2VU. Kutay, F. Allain, T. Kleele, I. Zemp
551-0317-00LImmunology IW3 credits2VM. Kopf, A. Oxenius
551-1299-00LBioinformatics Restricted registration - show details W6 credits4GS. Sunagawa, P. Beltrao, V. Boeva, A. Kahles, C. von Mering, N. Zamboni
529-0731-00LNucleic Acids and Carbohydrates
Note for BSc Biology students: Only one of the two concept courses 529-0731-00 Nucleic Acids and Carbohydrates (autumn semester) or 529-0732-00 Proteins and Lipids (spring semester) can be counted for the Bachelor's degree.
W6 credits3GK. Lang, P. A. Kast, S. J. Sturla, H. Wennemers
Block Courses
Registration for Block courses is mandatory. Please register under https://www.mybioportal.uzh.ch. Registration period: from 24.07.2023 - 12.08.2023

Please note the ETH admission criteria for the admission of ETH students to ETH block courses on the block course registration website under "allocation".
Block Courses in 1st Quarter of the Semester
From 19.09.2023 to 11.10.2023
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
551-1129-00LUnderstanding and Engineering Microbial Metabolism Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 6.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PJ. Vorholt-Zambelli
551-1421-00LThe Mechanisms of Natural Transformation in Competent Gram-Negative Bacteria Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 5.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PM. Hospenthal
551-1415-00LImage-Based Drug Screening in Human Blood for Personalized Medicine Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 5.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PB. Snijder, further lecturers
551-0337-00LCell Biology of the Nucleus Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 18.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PR. Kroschewski, Y. Barral, M. Jagannathan, S. Jessberger, K. Weis
551-1525-00LCancer Progression: Mechanisms, Targets and Therapeutic Approaches Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 15.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PN. Aceto, W. Kovacs
551-1149-00LPharmaceutical Discovery from Microbial Communities Information Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 3.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PA. E. Fraley, J. Piel
551-0352-00LIntroduction to Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 12.

The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PL. Gillet, P. Picotti
Block Courses in 2nd Quarter of the Semester
From 12.10.2023 to 03.11.2023
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
551-0345-00LMechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 15.

The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PW.‑D. Hardt, B. Nguyen
551-0421-00LBiology and Ecology of Fungi in Forests Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 10.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PS. Prospero, A. Gross, M. Peter Baltensweiler
551-0351-00LMembrane Biology Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 12.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PV. Korkhov, U. Kutay, S. C. Zeeman
551-1201-00LComputational Methods in Genome and Sequence Analysis Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 7.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PA. Wutz
551-1143-00LAnalysis of Human T and B Cell Responses to Infectious Agents Restricted registration - show details
Does not take place this semester.
Number of participants limited to 15.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PF. Sallusto
551-0359-00LPlant Biochemistry Information Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 11.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PS. C. Zeeman, B. Pfister
551-1609-00LSingle Molecule Biophysics Studies of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 5.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PM. Wieczorek
Block Courses in 3rd Quarter of the Semester
From 07.11.2023 to 29.11.2023
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
551-0355-00LPhytopathology Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 12.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PM. Maurhofer Bringolf, B. McDonald
529-0739-01LBiological Chemistry B: New Enzymes from Directed Evolution Experiments Information Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 12.

The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PP. A. Kast
551-0336-00LMethods in Cellular Biochemistry Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 19.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PI. Zemp, T. Kleele, V. Korkhov, U. Kutay, T. Michaels, M. Peter
551-1515-00LInsulin Signaling Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 15.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PM. Stoffel
752-4020-00LExperimental Food Microbiology for Biologists Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 12.

Prerequisites: It is recommended to attend the course Lebensmittel-Mikrobiologie (752-4005-00L) as a preparation.
The course can only be booked via the Biology Student secretariat.
W6 credits7PM. Schuppler, M. Loessner, Y. Shen
551-1517-00LProtein Change in Adaptive Evolution Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 5.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PA. P. Nayak, K. Bomblies
551-1119-00LMicrobial Community Genomics Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 10.
Prerequisites: Participants should bring their own laptop computer. Basic knowledge in [R], Python and/or UNIX is required.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PS. Sunagawa
551-1147-00LBioactive Natural Products from Bacteria Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 8.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PJ. Piel
551-0370-00LIntroduction to Ecology Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 15.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PO. Y. Martin
Block Courses in 4th Quarter of the Semester
From 30.11.2023 to 22.12.2023
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
551-0361-00LBiology of Bryophytes and Ferns Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 16.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PR. Holderegger, A. L. Bergamini
551-1309-00LRNA-Biology Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 17.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PF. Allain, J. Corn, J. Hall, M. Jinek, S. Jonas, B. Mateescu, R. Santoro, O. Voinnet
551-1511-00LParallels Between Tissue Repair and Cancer Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 20.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PS. Werner, H. Gehart, M. Schäfer
551-1403-00LImaging Bacterial Cells in a Native State by Electron Cryotomography Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 15.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PM. Pilhofer, G. Weiss
551-1417-00LIn Vivo Cryo-EM Analysis of Dynein Motor Proteins Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 5.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PT. Ishikawa
529-0019-00LCharacterization of the Aggregation Landscape of Peptide Amyloids and their Chemical Templating
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.

Number of participants limited to 6.
W6 credits7PR. Riek, J. Greenwald
Block Courses in the 1st Half of the Semester
From 19.09.2023 to 03.11.2023
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
701-2437-01LAquatic Ecology (Incl. Two Identification Courses)
The course can only be booked via the Biology Office of Student Affairs.
W12 credits3V + 6U + 4PJ. Jokela, P. Spaak, F. Altermatt, A. Narwani, F. Pomati, C. T. Robinson
529-0810-01LLaboratory Course Organic Chemistry II Restricted registration - show details
- Admittance is limited and depends on the availability of hosting research labs.
- Interested students are asked to contact Prof. C. Thilgen (thilgen@org.chem.ethz.ch) before the end of the preceding semester for further details.
- In case of admittance, the actual enrolment needs to be done via the D-BIOL study administration.
W12 credits14PC. Thilgen
Block Courses in the 2nd Half of the Semester
From 07.11.2023 to 22.12.2023
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
529-0810-01LLaboratory Course Organic Chemistry II Restricted registration - show details
- Admittance is limited and depends on the availability of hosting research labs.
- Interested students are asked to contact Prof. C. Thilgen (thilgen@org.chem.ethz.ch) before the end of the preceding semester for further details.
- In case of admittance, the actual enrolment needs to be done via the D-BIOL study administration.
W12 credits14PC. Thilgen
Block Courses during the Semester Break
NumberTitleTypeECTSHoursLecturers
551-1709-00LGenomic and Genetic Methods in Cell and Developmental Biology Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 8.
The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.
W6 credits7PA. Wutz, M. Kopf, T. Schroeder
Science in Perspective
Science in Perspective
» Recommended Science in Perspective (Type B) for D-BIOL
» see Science in Perspective: Type A: Enhancement of Reflection Capability
Language Courses
» see Science in Perspective: Language Courses ETH/UZH