Video Portrait: Excellence scholar Paula Wulkop
12.08.2019 – Excellence Scholar Paula Wulkop studies Robotics. In the video she explains what motivates her most about her master projects and the Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP).
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Her algorithm is helping children with cerebral palsy
22.07.2019 – ETH doctoral student Rosa Visscher is working with clinicians to research better treatment for young patients with cerebral motor impairment. Her trump card: data science.
Chemist Maksym Kovalenko wins Rössler-Prize 2019
25.06.2019 – Maksym Kovalenko is being recognised for his research on bright nanoparticles with this year’s Rössler Prize, which carries an endowment of 200,000 Swiss francs in research funding and is traditionally awarded at the Thanks Giving event of the ETH Foundation.
Video portrait: Excellence scholar Simon Hertlein
07.06.2019 – Excellence Scholar Simon Eric Hertlein studies physics and explains what the recognition through the Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) means to him and what fascinates him the most about his project.
New cryo-electron microscopy professorship and new equipment
23.05.2019 – The ETH Board has appointed Martin Pilhofer Professor of Cryo-Electron Microscopy with effect from 1 June 2019. Pilhofer previously held the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology’s Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics at ETH Zurich.
Insight into pharmacoepidemiology
22.05.2019 – In March 2018, Andrea Burden was appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Pharmacoepidemiology by the ETH Board. Yesterday she gave her introduction lecture in the Audimax. The researcher is investigating the efficacy of drugs in selected patient groups.
Countdown to CYBATHLON 2020
03.05.2019 – On 2 and 3 May 2020 – exactly one year from now – the Swiss Arena near Zurich will open its doors for the next edition of the Cybathlon. 66 teams from 26 nations are starting their intensive preparations now, so that they will be able to compete in new, even more difficult challenges… Read more »
Meet the Talent 2019
11.04.2019 – At this year’s Meet the Talent event, more than 150 donors conversed with students supported through the Excellence Scholarship and Opportunity Programme (ESOP).
Pioneers & Innovators: bringing together benefactors and beneficiaries
21.03.2019 – The Pioneer Fellowship programme is proving effective: over the past eight years, young scientists at ETH Zurich have established over 50 spin-offs, successfully transforming themselves from researchers into entrepreneurs.
Forbes “30 Under 30 Europe”: Three Pioneer Fellows are on board
15.02.2019 – Since 2006, the business magazine Forbes annually selects the most influential personalities under 30 years of age. In 2019, three Pioneer Fellows from ETH Zurich are represented in the “Science & Healthcare” category. The Pioneer Fellowship Programme supports them on their way to entrepreneurship.