Life Sciences Engineering 2020-21

Group 3

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

Master project

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

Group 1 (Minimum 15 crédits ECTS)

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
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
Kiyavash
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
Altug
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
Written
4
Dynamical system theory for engineers
COM-502 / Section SC
Thiran
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter 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,Dehollain,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
Written
4
Biological modeling of neural networks
BIO-465 / Section SV
Gerstner
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Computational Biology
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
4
Biomaterials
BIOENG-442 / Section SV
Ghezzi,Lütolf
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • 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
During the semester
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,Simanis
EN
3h
2h
-
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Winter session
Written
5
Cancer biology II
BIO-472 / Section SV
De Palma,Hülsken,Meylan
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 (pas donné en 2020-21)
CS-432 / Section SV
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
Written
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
During the semester
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
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
4
Hydrodynamics
ME-444 / Section GM
Gallaire
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
Summer session
Written
5
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
Written
3
Immunoengineering
BIOENG-399 / Section SV
Tang
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
Summer session
Written
4
Immunology
BIO-479 / Section SV
Ablasser
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
Interfaces in biology and nanoscience (pas donné en 2020-21)
MICRO-391 / Section SV
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
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
8
Lab immersion II
BIO-502 / 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
Lab methods : animal experimentation (Pas donné en 2020-2021. 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 / Section SV
EN
-
-
2h
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
During the semester
2
Lab methods : bioactive compounds screening (Pas donné en 2020-2021. Présence aux cours obligatoire )
BIOENG-512 / Section SV
EN
-
-
2h
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Winter session
During the semester
2
Lab methods : biosafety (Pas donné en 2020-2021. Due to the necessity to be on site for the practicals, the course won't be given in 2020-21)
BIOENG-513 / Section SV
EN
-
-
2h
-
-
-
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Nanoscale Bioengineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
During the semester
2
Lab methods : flow cytometry (Pas donné en 2020-2021. Inscriptions sur dossier auprès du responsable du cours; présence aux cours obligatoire )
BIOENG-514 / Section SV
EN
-
-
2h
-
-
-
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Winter session
During the semester
2
Lab methods : histology (Pas donné en 2020-2021. Inscriptions sur dossier auprès de la responsable du cours; présence aux cours obligatoire )
BIOENG-516 / Section SV
EN
-
-
2h
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Winter session
During the semester
2
Lab methods : proteomics (Pas donné en 2020-2021. Inscriptions sur dossier auprès du responsable de cours, présence aux cours obligatoire)
BIOENG-517 / Section SV
EN
-
-
2h
-
-
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Winter session
During the semester
2
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/Summer session
During the semester
3
Neuroengineering of vision (MA3 only)
BIOENG-457 / Section SV
Ghezzi
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
Written
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
Neuroscience for engineers (pas donné en 2020-21)
BIO-382 / Section SV
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
4
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,Zufferey
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Summer session
Written
4
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
-
Summer session
Written
4
Seminar in physiology and instrumentation (Pas donné en 2020-21)
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
  • Biophotonics and Bioimaging
  • 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
Tissue engineering
BIOENG-449 / Section SV
Lütolf,Tang
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Summer session
Written
4
Unsupervised & reinforcement learning in neural networks (pas donné en 2020-21)
CS-434 / Section SV
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
  • Computational Biology
  • Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
Summer session
Written
4

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
Altug,Merten,Tang
EN
2h
3h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
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 / 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 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 / Section SV
McCabe
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
Economics of innovation and IP
MGT-404 / Section MTE
de Rassenfosse
EN
-
-
-
3h
-
-
Summer session
Oral
4
Innovation management
MGT-411 / Section MTE
Peters
EN
-
-
-
3h
-
-
Summer session
Written
4
Introduction to law and ethics
BIO-455 / Section SV
Barazzetti,Marks Sultan
FR
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Oral
3
Principles of finance
MGT-482 / Section MTE
Morellec
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
5

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