SystemsX.ch

"With SystemsX.ch we launched a program that allows Switzerland to take a global lead in systems biology research," says the biologist Ruedi Aebersold from ETH Zurich.

Looking at the bigger picture The human body is a highly complex system. Nowadays, research not only explores the individual parts of the human body, but also tries to understand it as a ...

The microbiologist Sébastien Gagneux from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and the University of Basel is investigating resistance formation in tuberculosis in a biosafety laboratory.

Confronting super resistant bacteria An old disease is back in a new guise: tuberculosis. At one time it was thought that, thanks to modern antibiotics, the disease was by and large contained, a...

The biotechnologist Michele Fiscella from ETH Zurich examines the fundamentals of vision by means of a new microchip. The chip can register thousands of nerve signals simultaneously.

The secrets of vision The eye is a true masterpiece of the human body. It gives us sight, one of the most impressive feats of biology. The retina is comprised of over 60 different...

Gisou van der Goot from the EPFL and her team are investigating the body’s lipids and the genes that control them. The researchers are trying to understand when, how and where useful fat becomes a mortal enemy.

Smart fat When the human body functions normally, fat is not harmful but useful. Fat – or lipids, as researchers say – is vital to the human body. Each and every cell ...