The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC), a joint initiative of EPFL and ETH Zurich, establishes itself on the Biopôle campus. The Canton of Vaud is supporting the SDSC with CHF 7.5 million until 2028 to develop collaborative innovation projects.
The companies Givaudan, Bühler and Nestlé made it possible to create a new professorship in the field of food process engineering and nutrition. Patrick Rühs has been appointed to this promising professorship.
In the Human Cell Atlas, researchers around the world combine data on all cell types in the human body. A team of scientists led by ETH Zurich has now expanded this atlas with data on gene activity in nerve tissue. The researchers obtained their data using organoids, which are miniature tissues grown in cell culture.