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| HEST.PULSE (01/2021) |
Dear reader
Welcome to the first newsletter HEST.PULSE of the Department of Health Sciences and Technology!
We are pleased to report from now on regularly on the most important news about the activities in our department. Department members receive this first edition automatically. All interested persons are welcome to subscribe as well.
We are spread over several locations and teach and research in different areas. We hope that HEST.PULSE will help us to know each other better and to understand what other teams and research groups are doing. This is even more important in times like these when we can hardly see each other.
Some content will be presented in German, some in English. We hope that you will find your way around and that you will enjoy reading HEST.PULSE!
Kind regards
Stephen J. Ferguson
Head of the Department of Health Sciences and Technology
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| Introducing: Department Management |
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For those who know our Head and Deputy Head of Department only by name, we are happy to present portrait photos of them here! The members of the department's senior management are elected by the department conference for a period of two years. Head and Deputy Head of Department are confirmed by the President of ETH Zurich after the election. Elected until end of January 2022 are Stephen J. Ferguson and Laura Nyström.
As Deputy Head of Department, Laura Nyström is the current trusted intermediary ("Vertrauensperson") for the members of D-HEST. |
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| Wir stellen vor: Departementsstab |
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| Wer ist eigentlich für die operative Leitung und die Administration unseres Departements zuständig? Wer kontrolliert die Finanzen, wer organisiert die Studiengänge, wer ist Ansprecherson für das Doktorat? Wir stellen den Departementsstab vor. |
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| Welcomes, farewells and anniversaries |
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| Welcome Carlo Menon ... |
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| Carlo Menon started on February 1st as Full Professor of Biomedical and Mobile Health Technology. A warm welcome to him and his group! |
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| ... und Veronika Hall |
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| Veronika ist für die Administration in Carlo Menons Lab verantwortlich und seit Anfang Jahr an der ETH Zürich. Willkommen! |
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| Prof. Erich J. Windhab feiert Geburtstag... |
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| ... und wird nach fast 30 Jahren an der ETH Zürich als Professor für Lebensmittel-Verfahrenstechnik emeritiert! |
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| HONORS & AWARDS |
| James Mitchell Award for Excellence in Collaborative Science |
The annual prize is given in remembrance of the late Professor James R. Mitchell (1971 - 2020), a pioneer in the healthy aging field, who conducted research at both Harvard University and ETH Zurich. The James Mitchell award honors an early career researcher who has fostered a groundbreaking collaborative research project in the fields of aging research, nutrition, metabolism, or related areas of health sciences.
We are pleased to announce the name of the first awardee of this prize: Dr. Gabriele Fontana, postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Toxicology. Gabriele Fontana will be awarded at a ceremony on 8 June which will be broadcast live from the Audimax. He will give a public talk about his latest research. Congratulations! |
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| HONORS & AWARDS |
| Weitere Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen |
Wir gratulieren zu folgenden Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen:
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ETH Tenure Committee
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The President of ETH Zurich has appointed Viola Vogel as chair of the ETH Tenure Committee. The department thanks Viola for serving in this important body and congratulates her on the appointment! More about the ETH Tenure Committee |
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Bachelor-Förderpreis
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Das D-HEST zeichnet mit diesem Preis die zwei besten Resultate der Basisprüfung im Studiengang Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie (HST) und das beste Resultat im Studiengang Lebensmittelwissenschaften aus. Preisträgerinnen der Basisprüfung 2020/21 sind:
• HST: Frau Michelle Gröbli und Frau Rahel Wombacher
• Lebensmittelwissenschaften: Frau Flavia Meyer
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National Academy of Sciences
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Die amerikanische National Academy of Sciences hat zwei ETH-Professorinnen und einen ETH-Professor mit einer Mitgliedschaft ausgezeichnet - darunter Viola Vogel vom D-HEST. Mehr |
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| RESEARCH |
| Research highlights |
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| ImmunoPhage - University Medicine Zurich project about to start |
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| On June 1, 2021, the University Medicine Zurich flagship project "ImmunoPhage" will officially start. The groups of D-HEST food science professors Emma Wetter Slack and Martin Loessner are involved, as well as researchers from the University of Zurich. |
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| Increased bone formation in dynamic compression bioreactors |
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| Time-lapsed imaging of nanocomposite scaffolds reveals increased bone formation in dynamic compression bioreactors - paper by Schädli et al., Laboratory for Bone Biomechanics, published in Nature biology communications. |
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| Public willingness to participate in personalised health research |
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| A team of researchers (Caroline Brall, Claudia Berlin, Marcel Zwahlen, Kelly E. Ormond, Matthias Egger and Effy Vayena) found largely positive attitudes towards personalised health research participation, but also concerns about data privacy and re-use. |
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| Prothese als leichter empfinden dank Neurofeedback |
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| Amputierte nehmen eine Prothese als schwer wahr, obwohl sie leichter ist als eine natürliche Gliedmasse. Wie Preatoni et al., Professur für Neuroingenieurwissenschaften, zeigen, verringert sensorisches Feedback die subjektive Wahrnehmung des Prothesengewichts. |
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| MITTELBAU |
| HAS is looking for volunteers |
Are you a doctoral student, Post-Doc or Scientific Assistant? Would you like to be more involved within the D-HEST? HAS is the D-HEST’s Association of Scientific Staff. We represent the interests of our community in Departmental Conferences and support our member’s professional development by organizing workshops, symposiums and social events!
Find out more by pushing the HAS button, or contact us directly at haoss@ethz.ch to start your HAS journey! |
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| ETH COMMUNITY |
| PCR-Speicheltests aus dem Selecta-Automaten |
| Die ETH Zürich hat am 20. April mit regelmässigen PCR-Speicheltests begonnen, die sich in erster Linie an Studierende und Mitarbeitende richten, die auf physische Präsenz am Campus angewiesen sind. Sie können die Testkits aus dem Selecta-Automaten im Hauptgebäude der ETH beziehen. Initiiert und umgesetzt wurde das Projekt unter der Leitung von Jörg Goldhahn, Titularprofessor am D-HEST, in Zusammenarbeit mit mehreren Partnern. |
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| ETH COMMUNITY |
| 150 Jahre Agrarwissenschaften |
| Das Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften feiert 150 Jahre Agrarwissenschaften an der ETH Zürich. Das D-HEST gratuliert! Auf der Jubiläumswebsite gibt es viel Spannendes zur Geschichte zu lesen, und im Quiz kann man spielerisch sein agrarhistorisches Wissen testen. |
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| Master-Feier |
03.06.2021
Master-Feier der Agrar- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften, live übertragen aus dem Audimax, ab 17:00. Website zur Master-Feier |
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| Award Ceremony |
08.06.2021
James Mitchell Award for Excellence in Collaborative Science award ceremony, live broadcast from 16:15. More about the award |
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| Abschiedsvorlesung |
21.09.2021
Abschiedsvorlesung von Prof. Erich J. Windhab, Labor für Lebensmittelverfahrenstechnik. Details folgen. |
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| Last, but not least... |
| ... we wish everybody a successful end of FS 2021 and a relaxing summer break! |
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