Christoph Merten

Teaching & PhD PhD Students Tianhao Li, Felix Peters, Roger Diaz Codina, Eddy Leardini, Federico Visentin Past EPFL PhD Students Leonie Kolmar Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Yueyun Zhang Courses Basics in bioinstrumentation BIOENG-421 This combined practical and theoretical course will provide the basics in bioinstrumentation, including the construction of a droplet-microfluidic workstation for high-throughput, single-cell analysis. Many of the learned concepts are equally applicable to other widely used lab instruments. Entrepreneurship in life sciences BIO-490 Based on real-world examples, hypothetical or own inventions, students are provided with a skill set for translating scientific innovation into a convincing investor pitch (including a comprehensive slide deck on all relevant aspects) and applications for funding of a startup project Practical - Merten Lab BIO-631 Learn how to design & perform microfluidic droplet experiments for single-cell encapsulation. Through hands-on work, gain experience with chip operation, droplet generation & fluorescent signal acquisition. Introduction to single-cell genomics workflows & their integration with microfluidic technol. Scientific literature analysis in bioengineering BIO-467 Students are given the means to dig effectively into modern scientific literature in the multidisciplinary field of bioengineering. The method relies on granting sufficient time to become familiar with the background and hypotheses, on effective support during the analysis and on oral assessment.