Life Sciences Engineering 2021-22

Master project

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

Group 1

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
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p
Master 2
l
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p
Specialization
Exam
Credits
Applied biostatistics
MATH-493 / Section MA
Goldstein
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Computational Biology
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
During the semester
5
Applied data analysis
CS-401 / Section SC
West
EN
2h
-
2h
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Computational Biology
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Winter session
Written
6
Applied probability & stochastic processes
MGT-484 / Section MTE
Sutter
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Computational Biology
Winter session
Written
4
Biomedical signal processing
EE-512 / Section EL
Vesin
EN
4h
-
2h
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Computational Biology
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Winter session
Written
6
Biomicroscopy I
MICRO-561 / Section SV
Seitz
EN
3h
-
-
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
Written
3
Biomicroscopy II
MICRO-562 / Section SV
Altug,Seitz
EN
-
-
-
1h
1h
2h
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
During the semester
4
Dynamical system theory for engineers
COM-502 / Section SC
Thiran
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
4
Fundamentals of biomedical imaging
PHYS-438 / Section PH
Gruetter
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
4
Image processing I
MICRO-511 / Section MT
Unser,Van De Ville
EN
3h
-
-
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Computational Biology
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
Written
3
Image processing II
MICRO-512 / Section MT
Liebling,Sage,Unser,Van De Ville
EN
-
-
-
3h
-
-
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Computational Biology
Summer session
Written
3
Machine learning
CS-433 / Section IN
Flammarion,Jaggi
EN
4h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Computational Biology
Winter session
Written
7
Numerical methods in biomechanics
ME-484 / Section GM
Terrier
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
Written
3
Understanding statistics and experimental design
BIO-449 / Section SV
Herzog
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Computational Biology
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
Written
4

Group 2 : Options

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialization
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
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
During the semester
4
Analog circuits for biochip
EE-518 / Section EL
Carrara,Schmid,Skrivervik Favre
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
3
Analysis and modelling of locomotion
BIOENG-404 / Section SV
Aminian,Courtine,Ijspeert
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
During the semester
4
Artificial neural networks
CS-456 / Section IN
Gerstner
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Computational Biology
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
5
Bioimage informatics
BIO-410 / Section SV
Sage,Seitz
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
2h
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Computational Biology
Summer session
During the semester
4
Biological modeling of neural networks
BIO-465 / Section SV
Gerstner
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Computational Biology
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
4
Biomaterials and tissue engineering
BIOENG-460 / Section SV
Ghezzi,Tang
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
4
Biomechanics of the cardiovascular system
ME-481 / Section GM
Stergiopulos
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
Written
3
Biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system
ME-482 / Section GM
Pioletti
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
During the semester
5
Biomedical optics
BIOENG-445 / Section SV
Wagnières
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
Winter session
Oral
3
BioMEMS
MICRO-560 / Section MT
Renaud
EN
2h
-
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Winter session
Oral
2
Biomolecular structure and mechanics
BIO-315 / Section SV
Dal Peraro
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Computational Biology
Summer session
During the semester
4
Biophysics : physics of biological systems
PHYS-302 / Section PH
Rahi
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Winter session
Written
4
Biophysics : physics of the cell
PHYS-301 / Section PH
De Los Rios,Manley
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
3
Cancer biology I
BIO-471 / Section SV
Lingner,Oricchio
EN
3h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Winter session
During the semester
5
Cancer biology II
BIO-472 / Section SV
Hülsken
EN
-
-
-
3h
2h
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Summer session
During the semester
5
Computational cell biology
BIOENG-455 / Section SV
Shillcock
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Computational Biology
Winter session
During the semester
4
Computational motor control
CS-432 / Section SV
Ijspeert
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Computational Biology
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
4
Controlling behavior in animals and robots
BIOENG-456 / Section SV
Ramdya
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
During the semester
4
Deep learning
EE-559 / Section EL
Fleuret
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Computational Biology
Summer session
Written
4
Flexible bioelectronics
MICRO-514 / Section MT
Lacour
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
During the semester
4
Frontiers in chemical biology
CH-412 / Section CGC
Aye,Ferreira De Sousa Correia
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
-
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
3
Fundamentals of biophotonics
BIO-443 / Section SV
Radenovic
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
3
Fundamentals of biosensors and electronic biochips
EE-515 / Section EL
Guiducci
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Winter session
Written
3
Fundamentals of neuroengineering
BIOENG-448 / Section SV
Micera,Shokur
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
4
Genomics and bioinformatics
BIO-463 / Section SV
Rougemont
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Computational Biology
Summer session
During the semester
4
Hydrodynamics
ME-444 / Section GM
Gallaire
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
Summer session
Written
5
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
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Computational Biology
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
During the semester
4
Imaging optics
MICRO-421 / Section MT
Psaltis
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
Summer session
Oral
3
Immunoengineering
BIOENG-399 / Section SV
Tang
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
4
Immunology - advances and therapeutic implications (pas donné en 2021-22)
BIO-479 / Section SV
EN
3h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Winter session
Written
5
Infection biology
BIO-477 / Section SV
Blokesch
EN
-
-
-
3h
2h
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Summer session
Written
5
In silico neuroscience
BIOENG-450 / Section SV
Romani,Schürmann
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Computational Biology
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer 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
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
8
Lab immersion II
BIO-502(a) / Section SV
Profs divers
EN
-
-
8h
-
-
8h
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
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
-
-
-
-
-
4h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Methods: omics in biomedical research
BIOENG-519 / Section SV
Chrast,Garcia,Iseli,Mangeat,Pavlou,Pojer
EN
1h
-
3h
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Micro/Nano robotics
ME-436 / Section GM
Sakar
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
Summer session
During the semester
3
Molecular endocrinology
BIO-450 / Section SV
Brisken
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Winter session
During the semester
4
Nanobiotechnology and biophysics
CH-413 / Section CGC
Fierz
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
3
Nanomaterials
MSE-477 / Section MX
Tileli
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Winter session
During the semester
3
Neuroengineering of vision (MA3 only)
BIOENG-457 / Section SV
Ghezzi,Palanker
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
Written
4
Neuroscience: behavior and cognition
BIO-483 / Section SV
Blanke,Herzog,Sandi Perez
EN
-
-
-
3h
2h
-
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
5
Neuroscience: cellular and circuit mechanisms
BIO-482 / Section SV
Crochet,Petersen
EN
3h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
During the semester
5
Neuroscience: from molecular mechanisms to disease
BIO-480 / Section SV
Gräff,Lashuel,Schneider
EN
3h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
Written
5
New tools & research strategies in personalized health
BIO-491 / Section SV
Trono
EN
-
-
-
3h
1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
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,Lê Bur,Rezzi,Wiederkehr
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Summer session
During the semester
4
Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
BIO-478 / Section SV
Firsov,Kellenberger
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Summer session
Written
2
Principles and applications of systems biology
ChE-411 / Section CGC
Hatzimanikatis
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Computational Biology
Winter session
During the semester
3
Randomness and information in biological data
BIO-369 / Section SV
Bitbol
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Computational Biology
Summer session
Written
4
Seminar in physiology and instrumentation (Pas donné en 2021-22)
MICRO-568 / Section MT
FR/EN
2h
-
-
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Winter session
Written
2
Sensorimotor neuroprosthetics (MA3 only)
BIOENG-486 / Section SV
Courtine,Micera
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
During the semester
4
Sensors in medical instrumentation
EE-511 / Section EL
Aminian
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
3
Signal processing for functional brain imaging
MICRO-513 / Section MT
Van De Ville
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Computational Biology
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
3
Single cell biology
BIOENG-420 / Section SV
D'Angelo,Deplancke
EN
-
-
-
3h
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Computational Biology
Summer session
During the semester
4
Statistical physics of biomacromolecules
PHYS-441 / Section PH
De Los Rios
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
Winter session
Oral
4
Stem cell biology and technology
BIO-447 / Section SV
Lütolf,Radtke,Suter
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Winter session
Written
3
Stochastic models in communication
COM-300 / Section SC
Thiran
FR
4h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Computational Biology
Winter session
Written
6
Structural mechanics for SV
ME-231(b) / Section SV
Fantner
EN
3h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
Winter session
Written
4
Synthetic biology
BIOENG-320 / Section SV
Barth,Hatzimanikatis
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Computational Biology
Summer session
Written
4

Group 3

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialization
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
Specialization
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
2h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
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
2h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
Scientific literature analysis in neuroscience (Only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIOENG-451 / Section SV
McCabe,Sandi Perez
EN
2h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
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
2h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
Scientific project design in drug discovery (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-494 / Section SV
Auwerx
EN
2h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
Scientific project design in integrative neurosciences (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-493 / Section SV
Petersen,Schürmann
EN
2h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
Scientific project design in translational neurosciences (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-487 / Section SV
Gräff,Le Coutre
EN
2h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
5
Scientific project design in translational oncology (only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course)
BIO-488 / Section SV
De Palma,Radtke
EN
2h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
5

Group 5

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialization
Exam
Credits
Entrepreneurship in the 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
Specialization
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