Life Sciences Engineering 2022-23

Master project

Courses
Language
MP Autumn
l
e
p
MP Spring
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p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Master project in Life Sciences Engineering
BIO-597 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
-
-
900h
-
-
900h
Winter/Summer session
Oral
30

Block "Core courses"

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
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p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Genomics and bioinformatics
BIO-463 / Section SV
Luisier, Rougemont
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
During the semester
4
Stem cells and organoids
BIO-447 / Section SV
Radtke, Suter
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
3
Topics in life sciences engineering
BIO-411 / Section SV
Gönczy, McCabe, Naef
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4

Group 1

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Applied biomedical signal processing
EE-512 / Section EL
Lemay
EN
2h
-
2h
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
4
Applied biostatistics
MATH-493 / Section MA
Goldstein
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
During the semester
5
Applied data analysis
CS-401 / Section SC
West
EN
2h
-
2h
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
8
Applied probability & stochastic processes
MGT-484 / Section MTE
Sutter
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
4
Biomicroscopy I
MICRO-561 / Section SV
Altug
EN
3h
-
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Winter session
Written
3
Dynamical system theory for engineers
COM-502 / Section SC
Thiran
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
Summer session
Written
4
Image processing I
MICRO-511 / Section MT
Unser, Van De Ville
EN
3h
-
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
3
Machine learning
CS-433 / Section IN
Flammarion, Jaggi
EN
4h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
8

Group 2 : Options

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
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 / Section SV
Fantner, Guiducci, Radenovic
EN
-
-
-
-
-
4h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Analysis and modelling of locomotion
BIOENG-404 / Section SV
Aminian, Courtine, Ijspeert
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
During the semester
4
Artificial neural networks/reinforcement learning
CS-456 / Section IN
Gerstner
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
5
Bioimage informatics
BIO-410 / Section SV
Sage, Seitz
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
2h
Summer session
Written
4
Biomechanics of the cardiovascular system
ME-481 / Section GM
Stergiopulos
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
Written
3
Biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system
ME-482 / Section GM
Pioletti
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
During the semester
5
Biomedical optics
BIOENG-445 / Section SV
Wagnières
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Winter session
Oral
3
Biomicroscopy II
MICRO-562 / Section SV
Altug, Seitz
EN
-
-
-
1h
1h
2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Biophysics : physics of biological systems
PHYS-302 / Section PH
Rahi
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
4
Biophysics : physics of the cell
PHYS-301 / Section PH
Manley
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
Summer session
Written
3
Biostatistics
MATH-449 / Section MA
Stensrud
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
5
Brain-like computation and intelligence
NX-414 / Section NX
Mathis
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
4
Cancer biology I
BIO-471 / Section SV
Lingner, Oricchio
EN
3h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
During the semester
5
Cancer biology II
BIO-472 / Section SV
De Palma, Hülsken
EN
-
-
-
3h
2h
-
Summer session
During the semester
5
Causal thinking
MATH-352 / Section MA
Stensrud
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
5
Computational cell biology
BIOENG-455 / Section SV
Shillcock
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Computational motor control
CS-432 / Section SV
Ijspeert
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
4
Computational neurosciences: biophysics
NX-450 / Section NX
Romani, Schürmann
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
5
Computational neurosciences : neuronal dynamics
NX-465 / Section NX
Gerstner
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
5
Controlling behavior in animals and robots
BIOENG-456 / Section SV
Ramdya
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
During the semester
4
Deep learning (pas donné en 2022-23)
EE-559 / Section EL
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
4
Digital epidemiology
BIO-512 / Section SV
Salathé
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
During the semester
4
Frontiers in chemical biology
CH-412 / Section CGC
Aye
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
-
Summer session
Written
3
Fundamentals of biomedical imaging
PHYS-438 / Section PH
Gruetter
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
Written
4
Fundamentals of biophotonics
BIO-443 / Section SV
Radenovic
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
During the semester
3
Fundamentals of biosensors and electronic biochips
EE-515 / Section EL
Guiducci
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Winter session
Written
3
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-510 / Section SV
McCabe
EN
3h
3h
6h
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
12
IGEM lab (Inscription sur dossier d'application, merci de vous inscrire sur ISA qu'après avoir reçu l'accord de la section. iGEM lab can only be taken by students who validated iGEM as a bachelor project)
BIO-511 / Section SV
McCabe
EN
-
-
6h
-
-
6h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
6
Image analysis and pattern recognition
EE-451 / Section EL
Thiran
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
2h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Image processing II
MICRO-512 / Section MT
Liebling, Sage, Unser, Van De Ville
EN
-
-
-
3h
-
-
Summer session
Written
3
Imaging optics
MICRO-421 / Section MT
Psaltis
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
Summer session
During the semester
3
Immunoengineering
BIOENG-399 / Section SV
Tang
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
Written
4
Immunology - advances and therapeutic implications
BIO-479 / Section SV
Ablasser
EN
3h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
Written
5
Infection biology
BIO-477 / Section SV
Blokesch
EN
-
-
-
3h
2h
-
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
Written
5
Introduction to natural language processing
CS-431 / Section IN
Bosselut, Chappelier, Rajman
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
4
Lab immersion academic (outside EPFL)
BIO-504 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
-
-
22h
-
-
22h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
22
Lab immersion I
BIO-501 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
-
-
8h
-
-
8h
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
8
Lab immersion II
BIO-502 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
-
-
8h
-
-
8h
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
8
Lab immersion III
BIO-503 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
-
-
12h
-
-
12h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
12
Lab immersion in industry
BIO-506 / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
-
-
22h
-
-
22h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
22
Linear models
MATH-341 / Section MA
Panaretos
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
5
Management of intellectual property (Special schedule. See the MTE website: https://go.epfl.ch/mte)
MGT-404 / Section MTE
de Rassenfosse
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
1h
Summer session
Oral
3
Mechanobiology: how mechanics regulate life
ME-480 / Section GM
Persat, Sakar
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Methods: from disease models to therapy
BIOENG-518 / Section SV
Chrast, Knott, Pojer, Schneider, Seitz, Sordet-Dessimoz, Turcatti, Warot
EN
-
-
-
1h
-
3h
Summer session
Written
4
Methods: omics in biomedical research
BIOENG-519 / Section SV
Chrast, Garcia, Guex, Iseli, Mangeat, Pavlou, Pojer
EN
1h
-
3h
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
4
Micro/Nano robotics
ME-436 / Section GM
Sakar
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
Summer session
During the semester
3
Modern natural language processing
CS-552 / Section IN
Bosselut
EN
-
-
-
3h
2h
1h
Summer session
During the semester
6
Molecular endocrinology
BIO-450 / Section SV
Brisken
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
During the semester
4
Nanobiotechnology and biophysics
CH-413 / Section CGC
Fierz
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
Summer session
Written
3
Neural interfaces
NX-422 / Section NX
Lacour
EN
4h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
6
Neural signals and signal processing
NX-421 / Section NX
Micera, Van De Ville
EN
4h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
6
Neuroengineering of vision (MA3 only)
BIOENG-457 / Section SV
Ghezzi
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
4
Neuroscience: behavior and cognition
BIO-483 / Section SV
Blanke, Herzog, Sandi Perez
EN
-
-
-
3h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
5
Neuroscience: cellular and circuit mechanisms
BIO-482 / Section SV
Crochet, Petersen
EN
3h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
Neuroscience: from molecular mechanisms to disease
BIO-480 / Section SV
Gräff, Lashuel, Schneider
EN
3h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
5
Neuroscience
BIO-311 / Section SV
Mathis, Ramdya
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
New tools & research strategies in personalized health
BIO-491 / Section SV
Trono
EN
-
-
-
3h
1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
During the semester
4
Nutrition: from molecules to health (Integrated and holistic systems approach from molecules to health - For MSc students only)
BIO-441 / Section SV
Descombes, Hager, Rezzi
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
During the semester
4
Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
BIO-478 / Section SV
Firsov, Kellenberger
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
-
Summer session
Written
2
Physics of life
PHYS-468 / Section PH
Stahlberg
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
4
Principles and applications of systems biology (pas donné en 2022-23)
ChE-411 / Section CGC
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Randomness and information in biological data
BIO-369 / Section SV
Bitbol
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
4
Sensors in medical instrumentation
EE-511 / Section EL
Chételat, Ionescu
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
Written
3
Single cell biology
BIOENG-420 / Section SV
D'Angelo, Deplancke
EN
-
-
-
3h
-
-
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
During the semester
4
Software engineering
CS-305 / Section IN
Candea
EN
2h
1h
1h
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Statistical physics of biomacromolecules
PHYS-441 / Section PH
De Los Rios
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Oral
4
Statistics for data science
MATH-413 / Section MA
Davison
EN
4h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
6
Structural biology
BIO-315 / Section SV
Dal Peraro
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Molecular Health
Summer session
During the semester
4
Structural mechanics for SV
ME-231(b) / Section SV
Fantner
EN
3h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Health
Winter session
Written
4
Synthetic biology
BIOENG-320 / Section SV
Aye, Barth
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
4
Translational neuroengineering
NX-423 / Section NX
Blanke, Courtine, Hummel, Micera
EN
-
-
-
3h
3h
-
Summer session
Written
6
Understanding statistics and experimental design
BIO-449 / Section SV
Herzog
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
4

Group 3

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Industry internship (Minimum 8 weeks mandatory internship. Registration through the internship portal)
BIOENG-596 / Section SV
Profs divers
FR
-
-
320h
-
-
320h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
8

Group 4

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Scientific literature analysis in bioengineering (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-467 / Section SV
Cao, Merten, Tang
EN
1h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific literature analysis in computational molecular biology (Only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-468 / Section SV
Barth, Dal Peraro
EN
1h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific literature analysis in neuroscience (Only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIOENG-451 / Section SV
McCabe, Sandi Perez
EN
1h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific project design in cell and developmental biology (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-464 / Section SV
Gönczy, Oates
EN
1h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific project design in drug discovery (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-494 / Section SV
Auwerx
EN
1h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific project design in integrative neurosciences (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-493 / Section SV
Petersen
EN
1h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific project design in translational neurosciences (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-487 / Section SV
Gräff, Le Coutre
EN
1h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Scientific project design in translational oncology (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-488 / Section SV
De Palma, Radtke
EN
1h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4

Group 5

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Entrepreneurship in food & nutrition science
BIO-498 / Section SV
Feige, Lê Bur, Van der Beek
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
During the semester
4
Entrepreneurship in life sciences
BIO-490 / Section SV
Merten
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Innovation management
MGT-411 / Section MTE
Peters
EN
-
-
-
3h
-
-
Summer session
During the semester
4
Introduction to law and ethics
BIO-455 / Section SV
Barazzetti, Marks Sultan
FR
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Oral
4

Groupe 6

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
HSS : Introduction to project
/ Section SHS
Divers enseignants
FR/EN
-
-
-
-
-
-
Winter session
3
HSS : Project
/ Section SHS
Divers enseignants
FR/EN
-
-
-
-
-
-
Summer session
3