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Bio-Imaging and microscopy |
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Nowadays, bio-imaging techniques including magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography and fluorescence microscopy enable us to take a look inside living tissues and cells. The current focus presents fascinating pictures and films obtained by the most modern bio-imaging techniques. Take a new and intriguing look at the living world!
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Systematic Botany and Evolution |
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Collecting, classifying and pressing plants is now (nearly) a thing of the past. The current focus introduces the modern media used at the Geobotanic Institute of the ETH Zurich for teaching systematics and reports on questions presently tackled in research. In addition you can test your knowledge in botany or send someone a romantic flower greeting.
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Mouse models for human diseases |
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Mouse models can be useful for medical research because specific characteristics of the laboratory mouse may resemble a human disease or disorder.
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Nutrition |
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We owe them our daily bread and at the same time they are our most important rivals when it comes to food: almost every aspect of our nutrition is affected by the presence of microorganisms.
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Systems biology |
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Systems biology applies interactive scientific approaches to enter new directions in biological research. Specialists from different fields including biology, medicine, chemistry, physics, informatics and statistics mutually analyze biological systems. In addition to the already existent professional competence and the established technology platform, a new professorship has been created to promote systems biology in Zurich.
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Central Nervous System: development and maintenance |
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The central nervous system is probably the most complicated system of the body. Understanding how nerve fibers find their correct targets during development and how complex brain functions such as learning and memory develop and are maintained is a challenge for neuroscientists. Various groups of the University of Zurich and the ETH Zurich do research in this area. We present here the work of the groups of Professor Isabelle Mansuy and Professor Esther Stöckli.
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Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation in Switzerland |
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Three research groups with many years of experience in the area of glycobiology and an outstanding expertise in recognition and description of the metabolic disorder Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation are located at the University of Zurich, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and at the Children's Hospital Zurich. This offers a unique opportunity for a collaboration between basic science and clinical medicine.
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Donating organs – a gift of life |
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Even though Swiss people look upon organ transplantation favorably, the gap between the number of patients in need of an organ and the number of available donor organs increases constantly. Comparing donation willingness in Europe, Switzerland is situated in the last third, resulting in waiting times of up to several years for certain organs. In the future, innovative methods, developed at the University Hospital in Zurich, may help alleviate the current shortage of donor organs.
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The role of parasites in nature’s economy |
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Presumably the majority of all organisms are parasites. Understanding how parasites and their hosts co-evolve is the ultimate challenge in explaining a large number of ecological phenomena with potential applications for many areas.
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Developmental Biology at the Institute of Molecular Biology |
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One of the most astounding biological processes is the development of a complex organism from a fertilized egg. Understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms enables new approaches in developing treatments against cancer.
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