EPFL
The Institute of Bioengineering | The Brain Mind Institute | The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research | The Global Health Institute | Other institutes
The Institute of Bioengineering
| Name | Research project |
| Aminian Kamiar | System integration and bioinspired sensors fusion for ambulatory monitoring, biomechanics and human movement models, and outcome evaluation based on long-term monitoring |
| Auwerx Johan | Nuclear and membrane receptors that control bile acid homeostasis |
| Barrandon Yann | Développement de modèles in vitro et in vivo afin d'améliorer les performances de la transplantation de cellules souches à visée thérapeutique chez l'homme |
| Dal Peraro Matteo | Developement of multiscale models and schemes able to extend the time- and size-scale of current simulations |
| Deplancke Bart | Gene regulatory networks |
| Hubbell Jeffrey | Fibrin Matrices, Targeted Drug Delivery and Synthetic ECM Analogs |
| Guiducci Carlotta | Design and application of electronic biosensors |
| Hatzimanikatis Vassily | Metabolic Control Analysis under Uncertainty |
| Ijspeert Auke | Intersection between robotics, computational neuroscience, nonlinear dynamical systems, and machine learning |
| Johnsson Kai | Development and application of methods for characterizing protein-protein interactions |
| Jolles-Haeberli Brigitte | Promote and support the transfer of findings from basic science of the laboratory to clinical application |
| Lutolf Matthias | Fate changes of adult stem cells in microarrayed artificial niches |
| Maerki Sebastian | Life Cell Imaging and Biomolecular Interactions |
| Pioletti Dominique | Techniques and technology for patient care in the musculo-skeletic system |
| Stergiopulos Nikos | Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Disease |
| Swartz Melody | Lymphatic and Cancer Bioengineering |
| Van De Ville Dimitri | Signal processing and medical imaging |
| Wurm Florian | Transient gene expression and gene transfer for the generation of high-producing cell lines |
The Brain Mind Institute
| Name | Research project |
| Aebischer Patrick | Modelling and treatment of human neurodegenerative diseases in rodents |
| Blanke Olaf | Functional and neural mechanisms of body perception, corporeal awareness, and self consciousness |
| Fraering Patrick | Molecular & Cellular Biology of Alzheimer's Disease |
| Gerstner Wulfram | Models of spiking neurons and spike-timing dependent plasticity |
| Hadjikhani Nouchine | Visual cortex organization: migraine, emotion perception and autism |
| Herzog Michael | Basic mechanisms of visual processing in human observers |
| Hirling Harald | Membrane trafficking of AMPA receptors |
| Lashuel Hilal | Molecular Neurobiology and Functional Neuroproteomics: structural basis of amyloid-associated toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease |
| Luthi-Carter Ruth | Molecular study of polyglutamine diseases, such as Huntington's disease |
| Magistretti Pierre | Cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain energy metabolism |
| Markram Henry | Structure, function and plasticity of the microcircuitry of the neocortex |
| Moore Darren | Molecular pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) |
| Petersen Carl | Synaptic mechanisms of sensory perception and associative learning |
| Sandi Carmen | Stress and cognitive function |
| Schneggenburger Ralf | Presynaptic mechanisms underlying short-term plasticity |
The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research
| Name | Research project |
| Aguet Michel | Identification of mediators of tumor cell invasion |
| Beard Peter | Anti-oncogenic functions of viruses |
| Beermann Friedrich | Melanocytes and transgenic mice |
| Brisken Cathrin | Genetic dissection of signaling pathways important in breast development and breast cancer |
| Bucher Philipp | Computational cancer genomics |
| Constam Daniel | Morphogenetic signaling in stem cells and early lineages of the mouse embryo |
| Duboule Denis | Principles of mammalian embryological development |
| Gönczy Pierre | Mechanisms of centrosome duplication, cell division timing and asymmetric cell division |
| Grapin-Botton Anne | Pancreas development and cancer |
| Huelsken Joerg | Role of Wnt signals in tissue homeostasis and cancer stem cells |
| Kühn Lukas | Rapid mRNA degradation and mice with conditional ferritin H deletion |
| Lingner Joachim | Telomerase and chromosome end replication |
| Naef Felix | Circadian biology, developmental patterning, transcription regulatory networks, and single cell imaging |
| Radtke Freddy | Molecular mechanisms controlling homeostasis of self-renewing organs and their dysregulation during tumorigenesis |
| Simanis Viesturs | Regulation of cell division |
The Global Health Institute
| Name | Research project |
| Blokesch Melanie | Molecular microbiology |
| Cole Stewart | Drug discovery for the treatment of tuberculosis as well as phylogeography and immunodiagnosis of leprosy |
| Harris Nicola | Intestinal immunology |
| Lemaitre Bruno | Mechanisms of microbial infection and corresponding host defense responses in Drosophila |
| McKinney John | Persistence mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Trono Didier | Retroelements as essential constituents of the human genome, potential lethal invaders and powerful research too |
| van der Goot Gisou | The physiological role and the cell biology of the anthrax toxin receptors and their partner proteins |
Other institutes
| Name | Institute | Research project |
| Quarteroni Alfio | Mathematics | Modelling and Scientific Computing |
| Thiran Jean-Philippe | Electrical Engineering | Digital image analysis |
