Support and Platforms

A wide range of facilities in the department and at the ETH Zurich is available to D-BIOL researchers, lecturers and students to assist them in their daily work for their research and teaching activities.

D-BIOL support and platforms

The Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy Platform (BNSP) provides the researchers of the D-BIOL and the ETH with access to know-how, technology, and state-of-the-art infrastructure for the study of proteins or biological complexes in solution using the latest NMR techniques.

Link to the BNSP-Plattform

The Center for Active Learning (CAL) is a unit of the Department of Biology that provides services for D-BIOL lecturers to foster interactivity and active student engagement in the biology curriculum.
Learn more about the Center for Active Learning, its services and active learning courses on the CAL website.

The D-BIOL Shop is the departmental source for products that are needed in everyday laboratory practice.

Link to the D-BIOL-Shop

The Information Centre Chemistry¦Biology¦Pharmacy is the library geared at the specific knowledge needs of biologist, chemists and pharmaceutical researchers.

https://infozentrum.ethz.ch/en/

The IT Services Group (ISG) is responsible for the IT infrastructure in the Department of Biology.
The ISG is the first point of contact for all IT matters and supports students and staff of the department in using the IT infrastructure.

Link to the IT Services Group

ETH support and platforms

The Cryo-EM Knowledge Hub (CEMK) provides access to cryo-EM methods for all groups of ETH. CEMK collaborates with users on cryo-EM projects using single particle cryo-EM and cryo-electron tomography.
The Cryo-EM Knowledge Hub facilitates interactions within the cryo-EM community of ETH by providing a platform for knowledge transfer, organising seminars and, teaching cryo-EM methods.

Link to the Cryo-EM Knowledge Hub

The ETH Phenomics Center (EPIC) consolidates ETH Zurich’s laboratory animal facilities in a central location (HPL building). It complies with the latest international standards in species-appropriate breeding, welfare and treatment of mice used for experimental research.

http://www.epic.ethz.ch/

The ETHZ Flow Cytometry Facility provides flow cytometry based services such as multi-color analysis and cell sorting, flow cytometry training as well as support in designing and analysis of experiments to all ETHZ investigators and the local scientific community.

https://facs.ethz.ch/

The Functional Genomics Center Zurich (FGCZ) is a research and training facility of ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. It provides latest technologies and expert support for Omics research and carries out research projects and technology development in collaboration with the Zurich Life Science research community.

external pagehttp://www.fgcz.ch/

The Genetic Diversity Centre Zurich (GDC) is a shared facility to provide its users a managed laboratory for DNA/RNA/protein extraction and quantification, DNA amplification, sequencing, and genotyping as well as data analysis mostly for non-model organisms.

http://www.gdc.ethz.ch/

The Genome Engineering and Measurement Lab (GEML) is a Knowledge Hub primarily aimed at syncing the scientific community with the rapidly evolving genome engineering methods and techniques. Its goal is not only to provide access to state of the art genome engineering tools and techniques, but also to develop and optimize new genome engineering methods and approaches.

https://geml.ethz.ch/

Through its current Personalized Medicine ICT and Theragnostics Discovery Units, the technology platform Nexus offers a series of genomic data management and analysis technologies, robotic systems and genome-scale and chemical biology tools to define and interfere with cell circuits in disease.

http://www.nexus.ethz.ch/

The Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM) is a central scientific technology platform of ETH Zurich providing resources and services in light and electron microscopy (and related areas) as well as direct access to state-of-the-art microscopy and sample preparation equipment.

http://www.scopem.ethz.ch/

The Department of Biology has a Service Level Agreement in place to provide his members with access to the services of Scientific IT Services (SIS). Assistance is provided in any of the following areas:

OpenBIS and derived applications
Workflow/Pipeline development and high performance computing
Bespoke tool development