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Bioingénierie - master 2020-21

Master project

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Specialisation
MP Autumn 
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MP Spring 
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Exam
 
Credits
 
 
 
 
 
Master project in Bio-engineering and Biotechnology
BIO-599 
SV 
Profs divers  
 
 
 
900h 
 
 
900h 
 
 
Oral
30
 

Group 1

Courses
Code
 
Programs
 
Lecturers
 
Specialisation
Master 3 
l
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Master 4 
l
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Exam
 
Credits
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis and modelling of locomotion
BIOENG-404 
SV 
Aminian
Courtine
Ijspeert  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Biomicroscopy I
MICRO-561 
SV 
Altug  
 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
3
 
 
 
 
Fundamentals of neuroengineering
BIOENG-448 
SV 
Micera
Shokur  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Principles and applications of systems biology
ChE-411 
CGC 
Hatzimanikatis  
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
3
 
 
 
 
Stem cell biology and technology
BIO-447 
SV 
Lütolf
Radtke
Suter  
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
3
 

Group 2

Courses
Code
 
Programs
 
Lecturers
 
Specialisation
Master 3 
l
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Master 4 
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Exam
 
Credits
 
 
 
 
 
Advanced bioengineering methods laboratory (The course is held in an amended format giving more freedom to students to learn plan and perform research)
BIOENG-444 
SV 
Fantner
Guiducci
Radenovic  
 
 
 
 
 
 
4h 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Analog circuits for biochip
EE-518 
EL 
Carrara
Dehollain
Skrivervik Favre  
 
 
 
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Applied biostatistics
MATH-493 
MA 
Goldstein  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Applied data analysis
CS-401 
SC 
West  
 
2h 
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
Written
6
 
 
 
 
Applied probability & stochastic processes
MGT-484 
MTE 
Kiyavash  
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Artificial neural networks
CS-456 
IN 
Gerstner  
 
 
 
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Bioimage informatics
BIO-410 
SV 
Sage
Seitz  
 
 
 
 
2h 
 
2h 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Biomaterials
BIOENG-442 
SV 
Ghezzi
Lütolf  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Biomechanics of the cardiovascular system
ME-481 
GM 
Stergiopulos  
 
 
 
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system
ME-482 
GM 
Pioletti  
 
 
 
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Biomedical optics
BIOENG-445 
SV 
Wagnières  
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
 
 
 
Oral
3
 
 
 
 
Biomedical signal processing
EE-512 
EL 
Vesin  
 
4h 
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
Written
6
 
 
 
 
BioMEMS
MICRO-560 
MT 
Renaud  
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oral
2
 
 
 
 
Biomicroscopy II
MICRO-562 
SV 
Altug
Seitz  
 
 
 
 
1h 
1h 
2h 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Biomolecular structure and mechanics
BIO-315 
SV 
Dal Peraro  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Biophysics : physics of biological systems
PHYS-302 
PH 
Rahi  
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Computational cell biology
BIOENG-455 
SV 
Shillcock  
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Computational motor control (pas donné en 2020-21)
CS-432 
SV 
 
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Controlling behavior in animals and robots
BIOENG-456 
SV 
Ramdya  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Dynamical system theory for engineers
COM-502 
SC 
Thiran  
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Economics of innovation in the biomedical industry (pas donné en 2019-20)
MGT-403 
MTE 
 
 
 
 
 
3h 
 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Flexible bioelectronics
MICRO-514 
MT 
Lacour  
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Frontiers in chemical biology
CH-412 
CGC 
Aye
Ferreira De Sousa Correia  
 
 
 
 
2h 
 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Fundamentals of biomedical imaging
PHYS-438 
PH 
Gruetter  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Fundamentals of biophotonics
BIO-443 
SV 
Radenovic  
 
 
 
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
During the semester
3
 
 
 
 
Fundamentals of biosensors and electronic biochips
EE-515 
EL 
Guiducci  
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Genomics and bioinformatics
BIO-463 
SV 
Rougemont  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Image analysis and pattern recognition
EE-451 
EL 
Thiran  
 
 
 
 
2h 
 
2h 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Image processing I
MICRO-511 
MT 
Unser
Van De Ville  
 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Image processing II
MICRO-512 
MT 
Liebling
Sage
Unser
Van De Ville  
 
 
 
 
3h 
 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Immunoengineering
BIOENG-399 
SV 
Tang  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Introduction to law and ethics
BIO-455 
SV 
Barazzetti
Marks Sultan  
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
 
 
 
Oral
3
 
 
 
 
Lab immersion academic (outside EPFL)
BIO-504 
SV 
Profs divers  
 
 
 
22h 
 
 
22h 
 
 
During the semester
22
 
 
 
 
Lab immersion I
BIO-501 
SV 
Profs divers  
 
 
 
8h 
 
 
8h 
 
 
During the semester
8
 
 
 
 
Lab immersion II
BIO-502 
SV 
Profs divers  
 
 
 
8h 
 
 
8h 
 
 
During the semester
8
 
 
 
 
Lab immersion III
BIO-503 
SV 
Profs divers  
 
 
 
12h 
 
 
12h 
 
 
During the semester
12
 
 
 
 
Lab immersion in industry
BIO-506 
SV 
Profs divers  
 
 
 
22h 
 
 
22h 
 
 
During the semester
22
 
 
 
 
Lab methods : animal experimentation (Registration with letter of interest and short CV with Xavier Warot and Raphael Doenlen. Attendance to the course is mandatory. A minimum of 8 participants is required.)
BIOENG-511 
SV 
Doenlen
Warot  
 
 
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
2
 
 
 
 
Lab methods : bioactive compounds screening (Présence aux cours obligatoire )
BIOENG-512 
SV 
Chambon
Turcatti  
 
 
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
2
 
 
 
 
Lab methods : biosafety (Inscriptions sur dossier auprès du responsable du cours; présence aux cours obligatoire )
BIOENG-513 
SV 
Profs divers  
 
 
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
2
 
 
 
 
Lab methods : flow cytometry (Inscriptions sur dossier auprès du responsable du cours; présence aux cours obligatoire )
BIOENG-514 
SV 
Garcia  
 
 
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
2
 
 
 
 
Lab methods : histology (Inscriptions sur dossier auprès de la responsable du cours; présence aux cours obligatoire )
BIOENG-516 
SV 
Sordet-Dessimoz  
 
 
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
2
 
 
 
 
Lab methods : proteomics (Inscriptions sur dossier auprès du responsable de cours, présence aux cours obligatoire)
BIOENG-517 
SV 
Chiappe
Paz Montoya
Schmid  
 
 
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
2
 
 
 
 
Nanobiotechnology and biophysics
CH-413 
CGC 
Fierz  
 
 
 
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Neuroengineering of vision (MA3 only)
BIOENG-457 
SV 
Ghezzi  
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Numerical methods in biomechanics
ME-484 
GM 
Terrier  
 
 
 
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
BIO-478 
SV 
Firsov
Kellenberger
Zufferey  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Seminar in physiology and instrumentation
MICRO-568 
MT 
Aminian
Renaud  
 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
2
 
 
 
 
Sensorimotor neuroprosthetics (MA3 only)
BIOENG-486 
SV 
Courtine
Micera  
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Sensors in medical instrumentation
EE-511 
EL 
Aminian  
 
 
 
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Signal processing for functional brain imaging
MICRO-513 
MT 
Van De Ville  
 
 
 
 
2h 
1h 
 
 
Written
3
 
 
 
 
Single cell biology
BIOENG-420 
SV 
Deplancke
Suter  
 
 
 
 
3h 
 
 
 
During the semester
4
 
 
 
 
Statistical physics of biomacromolecules
PHYS-441 
PH 
De Los Rios  
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
Oral
4
 
 
 
 
Stochastic models in communication
COM-300 
SC 
Thiran  
 
4h 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
6
 
 
 
 
Structural mechanics for SV
ME-231(b) 
SV 
Fantner  
 
3h 
1h 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Tissue engineering
BIOENG-449 
SV 
Lütolf
Tang  
 
 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
Written
4
 
 
 
 
Understanding statistics and experimental design (pas donné en 2019/20 - The course is for MA students and in particular for PhD students.)
BIO-449 
SV 
 
 
2h 
2h 
 
 
 
 
 
Written
4
 

Group 3

Courses
Code
 
Programs
 
Lecturers
 
Specialisation
Master 3 
l
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p
Master 4 
l
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p
MP Autumn 
l
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p
MP Spring 
l
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p
Exam
 
Credits
 
 
 
 
 
Industry internship in bioengineering (Minimum 8 weeks mandatory internship. Registration through the internship portal)
BIOENG-596(a) 
SV 
Profs divers  
 
 
 
320h 
 
 
320h 
 
 
320h 
 
 
320h 
 
 
During the semester
8
 

Group 4

Courses
Code
 
Programs
 
Lecturers
 
Specialisation
Master 3 
l
e
p
Master 4 
l
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p
Exam
 
Credits
 
 
 
 
 
Scientific literature analysis in bioengineering (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-467 
SV 
Altug
Barth
Tang  
 
2h 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Scientific literature analysis in computational molecular biology (MA3 only - only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-468 
SV 
Bucher  
 
2h 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Scientific literature analysis in neuroscience (Only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIOENG-451 
SV 
McCabe
Sandi Perez  
 
2h 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Scientific project design in cell and developmental biology (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-464 
SV 
Gönczy
Oates  
 
2h 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Scientific project design in drug discovery (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-494 
SV 
Auwerx  
 
2h 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Scientific project design in integrative neurosciences (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-493 
SV 
Petersen
Schürmann  
 
2h 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Scientific project design in synthetic biology (iGEM) (Only a limited number of students will be selected based on their application file (max. 12). Participants of iGEM team will register on IS-Academia in BA6/MA3.)
BIO-318 
SV 
McCabe  
 
2h 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Scientific project design in translational neurosciences (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-487 
SV 
Gräff
Le Coutre  
 
2h 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
5
 
 
 
 
Scientific project design in translational oncology (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-488 
SV 
De Palma
Hanahan
Radtke  
 
2h 
3h 
 
 
 
 
 
During the semester
5
 

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