EDBB Published theses

It is our pleasure to present the theses undertaken in the frame of the EPFL PhD Program in Biotechnology & Bioengineering.

2024

Exploring ion and analyte transport in beta-barrel forming biological nanopores

S. F. Mayer / M. Dal Peraro; A. Radenovic (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Accessible and highly observable gastrointestinal organoid model systems for studying host-pathogen interactions

M. Hofer / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Drug Screening in C. elegans to identify new pharmacological mitochondrial stress inducers

A. Lalou / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Advancing Cell-Free Synthetic Biology: From sustained PURE protein synthesis to an isothermal one-pot DNA replication system

L. S. Grasemann / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Quantitative characterization of the inorganic phosphate gene regulatory networks in S. cerevisiae and bottom up engineering an orthogonal gene network

S. Cheng / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Characterization of the gut-bone marrow axis through bile acid signaling

A. Alonso Calleja / K. Schoonjans; O. M. Naveiras Torres-Quiroga (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Bioengineering functional organoid models across scales

T. Hübscher / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Development and evaluation of a near-infrared photovoltaic implant for wireless neural stimulation

D. I. Medagoda / S. Lacour; D. Ghezzi (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Engineering Split HaloTag for Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy

Y-H. Lin / K. Johnsson (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Unraveling mitochondrial dynamics: exploring asymmetries and function through advanced microscopy

J. H. B. Winter / S. Manley (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Resolving bacterial cell biology: from replisome dynamics to cell wall synthesis

C. Zhang / S. Manley (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Targeting TDP-43 Proteinopathies in Neurodegeneration by its Native-State Stabilization

L. Yang / H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Advancements in Nanomechanical Characterization and Biomolecular Imaging with Atomic force Microscopy

V. Cencen / G. Fantner (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Unraveling behavior and cortical signals to guide the development of soft neuroprostheses for auditory restoration and spreading depolarization

E. C. M. Revol / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

The Slc25a47-Wars1 locus: characterization of its role in metabolic homeostasis and stress pathways

F. Pontanari / K. Schoonjans (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Engineering novel protein interactions with therapeutic potential using deep learning-guided surface design

A. Marchand / B. E. Ferreira De Sousa Correia (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Single-cell analysis of the interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and macrophages

O. Rutschmann / J. McKinney (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Dielectrophoretic Manipulation of Biological Species: Novel Microfluidic Approaches to Study Cell-Cell Interactions and the Role of Alpha-Synuclein in Neurodegeneration

T. J. Ryser / C. Guiducci; H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

ER+ breast cancer in 3D scaffold ex vivo for transcriptomics-based functional drug screening and personalized medicine

Y. Zhang / C. Brisken; C. Merten (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Multi-motif scaffolding for de novo pathogen antigen mimetics by deep generative learning

K. M. Castro Gilabert / B. Correia (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

2023

Compliance-matching vascular grafts with personalization potential

G. Rovas / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Cross-anatomical single-cell definition and characterization of human adipose progenitor niche

R. Ferrero / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Characterization of Cyclo His-Pro for the prevention and treatment of liver disease and muscular dystrophy

A. De Masi / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Development of new volcano-shaped microelectrodes for single cell electrochemistry, electrophysiology and impedance studies

N. G. Maïno / P. Renaud; A. Bertsch (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Tracking spatiotemporal localisation and interactions of the innate immune sensor STING

S. M. E. Rivara / A. Ablasser (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

How are cells instructed to form somite boundaries by the zebrafish segmentation clock?

O. F. Venzin / A. C. Oates (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Novel quantitative bioengineered tools to track human bone marrow niche cellular constituents in health and disease

R. Sarkis / B. Deplancke; O. M. Naveiras Torres-Quiroga (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Bioengineering human mini-intestines with in vivo-like complexity and function

O. Mitrofanova / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Engineering Innate and Adaptive Immunity for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy

M. Gao / L. Tang (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Countering T cell exhaustion and senescence for enhanced adoptive T cell therapies against solid tumors

Y. Zhao / L. Tang (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Nanotechnology enabled modulation of T cell immunity for cancer treatment

X. Hu / L. Tang (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Engineering Hydrogel-coated Neural Interfaces for Chronic Deep Brain Recording

N. S. A. Alwahab / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Label-free plasmonic microarray for multiplexed analysis of cells and tumor organoids

Y-C. Liu / H. Altug (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Advancing atomic force microscopy through open source instrumentation

M. Kangül / G. Fantner (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Time-Resolved Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy and Single-Molecule Spectroscopy

S. Mendes Leitão / G. Fantner (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

The Effects of Spatial Organization and Fluid Flow on the Social Interactions in Microbial Communities

J. P. H. Wong / A. L. A. Persat; T. I. Battin (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Bacterial colonization in realistic environments: how mechanics impact biofilm formation in the wild and during infection

T. Rossy / A. L. A. Persat (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Exploring the interplay of molecular pattern and valency for selective interactions at the bio-interface

K. Paloja / M. M. C. Bastings (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Identifying genetic and dietary modulators of metabolic disorders using systems genetics

X. Li / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

2022

Development of a Transient Neural Interface for Minimally Invasive Recording and Stimulation

A. Fanelli / D. Ghezzi (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Hunting for the wavefront: investigation of somite boundary positioning in zebrafish

A. Bercowsky Rama / A. C. Oates (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Molecular Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Fate during Skeletal Muscle Regeneration and Aging

S. Ancel / J. Feige; B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

In vitro endoderm emergence and self-organisation in the absence of extraembryonic tissues and embryonic architecture

S. D. Vianello / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Fabrication and validation of an intraneural interface tailored for optic nerve stimulation

E. Borda / D. Ghezzi (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Dissecting the role of biliary epithelial cells during non-alcoholic fatty liver disease progression

E. Yildiz / K. Schoonjans (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Dissecting the role of the asparagine synthesis in acute liver injury

Y. Sun / K. Schoonjans (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Engineering T Cell Trafficking and Function for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy

Y. Xie / L. Tang (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Identification of genes required for host-cell adhesion and antibiotic persistence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli via high-content screening

T. M. Simonet / J. McKinney (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Multidisciplinary Investigation of the Gut-Brain Ecosystem in a Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

A. L. Planchette / A. Radenovic; A. J. Macpherson (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mechanosensing through label-free imaging of type IV pili

L. A-L. Talà / A. L. A. Persat (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Engineering synthetic adhesins for biophysical investigation and rewiring of host-microbe interactions

X. J-Y. Pierrat / A. L. A. Persat (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Rational design of protein switches: applications in synthetic biology and cancer immunotherapy

S. Shui / B. E. Ferreira De Sousa Correia (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Sensor-integrated ultraflexible endovascular devices

L. F. Pancaldi-Giubbini / M. S. Sakar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Towards automating de novo protein design for novel functionalities: controlling protein folds and protein-protein interactions

Z. Harteveld / B. E. Ferreira De Sousa Correia (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Targeting molecular surfaces to engineer novel protein-based immunogens and inhibitors

S. Wehrle / B. E. Ferreira De Sousa Correia (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

DNA-based biomaterials for nanoscale controlled modulation of immune cells

A. Comberlato / M. M. C. Bastings (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Methods for acute and long-term imaging of the ventral nerve cord in behaving adult Drosophila

L. J. Hermans / P. P. Ramdya; M. S. Sakar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Understanding the mechanisms of non-thermal plasma treatments on seeds

A. Waskow / I. Furno (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Systematic analysis of biomolecular binding reactions using microfluidic systems

A. Shahein / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

2021

Non-invasive monitoring of key hemodynamical and cardiac parameters using physics-based modelling and artificial intelligence

V. Bikia / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Single-cell lipidomics reveals a role for cell-to-cell sphingolipid heterogeneity in fibroblast activation

L. Capolupo / G. D’Angelo (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Post-translational regulation of neuronal differentiation

J. S. Loomba / G. D’Angelo (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Towards scalable and deterministic single cell gene expression profiling

J. J. Bues / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Toward a mechanistic understanding of variable chromatin modules

G. Llimos Aubach / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Developing new tools to study and program cell fate at the single-cell level

M. Biocanin / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

The genetic architecture of complex human traits at the dawn of genomic medicine

O. N. M. Naret / J. Fellay (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Genetic, metabolic, and molecular insights into the diverse outcomes of diet-induced obesity in mouse

A. M. Bachmann / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Enhancing mitochondrial quality control to fight neuromuscular degeneration in aging and disease

M. Romani / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Circadian dynamics of RNA localisation in the mammalian liver

C. Y. S. Hurni / F. Naef (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Decoding of error-related potentials in continuous feedback protocols for personalized human computer interaction

F. Iwane / A. Billard; J. d. R. Millán Ruiz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Microfluidics and cell-free synthetic biology in the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic platforms

G. Michielin / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Towards an artificial cell: Development of a system which self-regenerates the protein components of the PURE system in microfluidic reactors

B. Lavickova / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

An autonomous microfluidic device for identification and analysis of individual clinically-relevant mammalian cells

F. L. C. R. Jammes / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Co-regulation of endothelial and myogenic cell fates through intercellular crosstalk in skeletal muscle

U. Lee / J. Feige; B. D. Cosgrove (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Towards engineering an artificial neural tube

J. Park / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Engineering next generation organoids through guided stem cell self-organisation

M. Nikolaev / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Development and applications of hyperpolarized 13C and 1H MR spectroscopy of cerebral metabolism at ultra-high field

E. I. Flatt / R. Gruetter (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Microtissue models for studying the dynamics of host-pathogen interactions in the urinary bladder

K. Sharma / J. McKinney; N. Dhar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Coordination between cell growth, division and chromosome replication cycles in mycobacteria

G. M. Vuaridel / J. McKinney; N. Dhar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Organisation and dynamics of mitochondria and their RNA.

T. H. R. Rey / S. Manley (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

KRAB zinc finger protein-mediated control of transposon-embedded regulatory sequences from human germline to early embryos

A. Iouranova / D. Trono; P. Turelli (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Biophysical applications of correlative scanning probe and super-resolution microscopy

V. Navikas / A. Radenovic (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

In situ photopolymerizable hydrogels for intracranial aneurysms treatment

O. Poupart / D. Pioletti; C. Moser (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Wireless soft microscale actuators and robotic devices to study mechanobiology

R. F. Penacho Parreira / M. S. Sakar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Mechanical principles of engineering fibrous tissues with programmable shape

E. Mailand / M. S. Sakar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Reprogramming G Protein-Coupled Receptor Structure, Function And Signaling By Computational Design

D. Kéri / P. D. Barth (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

On the exploration of novel methodological approaches for immunogen design: case studies in influenza and hepatitis C

A. Scheck / B. E. Ferreira De Sousa Correia (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

2020

Hemodynamics of ageing, ventricular-arterial coupling and noninvasive assessment of key hemodynamical and cardiac quantities

S. Z. Pagoulatou / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Multidisciplinary Approach to Treat Erectile Dysfunction

M. N. Sturny / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Metabolic rescue of muscle and muscle stem cells in muscle disease

P. Luan / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Microfluidic devices for the study of cell-cell, cell-particle and particle-particle interactions

M. C. M. Duchamp / P. Renaud; A. Harari (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

High-throughput microfluidic platforms for characterizing and engineering cell-free gene regulatory circuits

Z. N. Swank / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Microfluidic iMITOMI platform to study the architecture of low-affinity transcription factor binding site clusters

I. Istomin / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

In vitro modeling of early mouse development

M. U. Girgin / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Bioengineering Methods to Improve in vitro Adoptive Cell Therapy based on Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes

F. R. Rivest / M. Lütolf; L. L. Sohn (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Sensor and the Beast: Generalised Methods to Recognise Animal Behaviour and Quantify Energy Expenditure Using Inertial Sensors, and Applications

P. Chakravarty / K. Aminian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Gait analysis in children with cerebral palsy: bridging the gap between the laboratory and real life

L. Carcreff / K. Aminian; S. Armand (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Development of novel methods and tools to decipher the huntingtin post-translation modifications code

A. Chiki / H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Characterization of Protein-Membrane Interfaces through a Synergistic Computational-Experimental Approach

A. Prunotto / M. Dal Peraro (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Time-lapse high-resolution microscopy to study the morphogenesis of microorganisms

M. T. M. Hannebelle / G. Fantner; J. McKinney (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Quantitative approaches to unravel bone marrow adipocyte site-specificity and its implication in hematopoiesis

J. C. P. Tratwal / O. M. Naveiras Torres-Quiroga (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Functional de novo Protein Design for Targeted Vaccines and Synthetic Biology Applications

C. Yang / B. E. Ferreira De Sousa Correia (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Beneficial axis of the renin-angiotensin system: from applications to drug discovery

M. Bragina / N. Stergiopulos; M. Dal Peraro (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

2019

Integrated microfluidic tools for the characterization of protein/DNA interactions in vitro and in vivo

R. Dainese / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Metabolic and microenvironmental strategies to accelerate hematopoietic recovery post-aplasia

V. Ledebur de Antas de Campos / O. M. Naveiras Torres-Quiroga (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Tissue-specific circadian transcriptional regulation

J. Yeung / F. Naef (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Tailoring the Mechanical Properties of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds made from Decellularized Cartilage

J. Antons / D. Pioletti; L. A. Laurent-Applegate (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Application of anti-amyloid beta immunization using encapsulated cell technology in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease

V. Laversenne / B. Schneider; P. Aebischer (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Modeling hematopoietic stem cell dynamics in bioengineered niches

S. Giger / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Engineering Dynamic Hydrogels For In Vitro Organoid Culture

D. L. P. Blondel / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Bioengineering human bone marrow models to elucidate the triggers of the stem cell niche

Q. Vallmajó Martín / M. Lütolf; M. Ehrbar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Bioengineering the Human Muscle Stem-Cell Niche for Therapeutic Applications

O. Mashinchian / J. Feige; M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Optical projection tomography for whole organ imaging

D. Nguyen / T. Lasser; D. N. A. Van De Ville (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Anti-angiogenic immunotherapy for lung cancer

E. Kadioglu / M. De Palma (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Expanding beyond the natural protein repertoire to engineer targeted vaccines and diagnostics

F. Sesterhenn / B. E. Ferreira De Sousa Correia (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

The onset of cardiovascular disease in mice: an image-based, computational-experimental approach

L. Aslanidou / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Elucidating regulatory mechanisms shaping the transcriptome and proteome of the gut immune response in Drosophila melanogaster

M. V. Frochaux / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Structural and functional characterisation of the KRAB-domain associated protein 1

G. Fonti / M. Dal Peraro (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Soft multimodal neural interfaces for unravelling sensory neurological circuits

F. P. G. Michoud / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Label-free plasmonic biosensors for real-time live cell analysis

X. Li / H. Altug (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Characterization of Coenzyme Q Biosynthesis Proteins through Integrative Modeling at the Protein-Membrane Interface

D. Aydin / M. Dal Peraro (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

The role of OCT4 and SOX2 in regulating chromatin accessibility and cell fate across the cell cycle in embryonic stem cells

T. E. Friman / D. M. Suter (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

2D nanopores: fabrication, energy harvesting and field-effect sensing

M. Graf / A. Radenovic (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Single-cell studies of Mycobacterium smegmatis cell cycle using time-lapse fluorescence microscopy

J. X. Y. Ven / J. McKinney (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Microchannel-based technologies for nerve interfacing

S. Gribi / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

2018

The phenotypic impact of naturally occurring genetic and molecular mitochondrial variation in a Drosophila Genetic Reference Population

R. P. J. Bevers / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

More Medicines for Tuberculosis: Fuelling Drug Discovery against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

S-Y. C. Foo / S. Cole (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Computational and Statistical analyses of Molecular Evolution and Demography using Large-scale Sequencing Data

A. Kapopoulou / B. Deplancke; J. D. Jensen (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Genetic determinants of healthy human immune variance: from humoral response to microbiome diversity

P. Scepanovic / J. Fellay; B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Likelihood-free Inference of Population Genetic Parameters from Time-Sampled Genetic Data

H. Shim / F. G. van der Goot Grunberg (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Mitochondrial stress signalling and its impacts on physiology

A. J. L. Mottis / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Circadian clock- and feeding-dependent regulation of translation initiation and elongation in the liver

C. A. Gobet / F. Naef; K. Sakamoto (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

New roles of the lymphatic endothelium in modulating adaptive immunity: implications for immune tolerance and cancer immunotherapy

L. C. F. Potin / M. Swartz; D. Hanahan (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Development of microfluidic tools and methods for the biochemical characterization of scFv and Cas9 affinity reagents and their applications in molecular detection

E. E. Petrova / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Advancing immunotherapy for HPV-related cancers: Improving therapeutic vaccination approaches and understanding the immunosuppressive role of myeloid cells

G. Galliverti / M. Swartz; D. Hanahan (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Introducing tolerance to foreign and partly foreign proteins by erythrocyte binding and artificial glycosylations

K. L. Brünggel / M. Lütolf; J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

EPFL, 2018. 

Novel tools to dissect stem cell metabolism at single cell level

G. Nikitin / M. Lütolf; A. Meibom (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Ultra high magnetic field for glial contribution into brain metabolism studied by MR spectroscopy and CEST methods for molecular imaging of glycogen

E. M. C. Vinckenbosch / R. Gruetter (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Constrained optimization applied to multiscale integrative modeling

G. E. Tamo / M. Dal Peraro (Dir.)  

EPFL, 2018. 

Quantitative analysis of SOX2 and OCT4 expression in pluripotency and differentiation

D. Strebinger / D. M. Suter (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

In vitro fate mapping of stem cell development at the single cell level

V. Trachsel / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Electronic dura mater soft, multimodal neural interfaces : technology, integration and implementation to surface implants

A. E. Hirsch / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Modeling and analysis of parts and devices of genetic regulation

Y. Berset / V. Hatzimanikatis; J. R. van der Meer (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Quantitative analysis of gene expression and transcriptional memory in mouse embryonic stem cells

A. Mandic / D. M. Suter (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Mid-Infrared plasmonic nanoantennas for ultrasensitive detection of proteins and their secondary structure

D. Etezadi / H. Altug (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

What is the role of fish intestine as environment-organism barrier? Mechanistic investigations using fish intestinal cells on a chip

C. Drieschner / P. Renaud; K. Schirmer (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Quantitative single cell dynamics of signaling and transcriptional response in mammalian cells

O. Tidin / D. M. Suter; F. Naef (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Single-cell division and killing dynamics of bacteria exposed to isocratic and time-dependent concentrations of antibiotic

K. E. Schneider / J. McKinney; N. Dhar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

2017

Investigating the Biological Mechanisms underlying the Initiation of Autoimmunity against Beta Cell Antigens in Type 1 Diabetes

C. Cianciaruso / J. A. Hubbell; S. Baekkeskov Hanahan (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Group Decisions Influence Emergence and Regulation of Leaders during Collective Migration of Epithelial Cells

M. Vishwakarma / J. A. Hubbell; J. Spatz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Exploring the potency of normal and pathological human thymic epithelial cells

T. M. C. Arlabosse / Y. Barrandon (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Deciphering the subcapsular epithelial cells in human fetal and postnatal thymus

D. S. E. Hemon / Y. Barrandon (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Cell lineage tracing in human tissues using somatic mitochondrial mutations

P. Refinetti / S. Morgenthaler; P. O. Ekstrom (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Gene regulatory dynamics underlying brown fat cell differentiation

R. N. Pradhan / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Regulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Architecture by Protein S-Palmitoylation

P. A. Sandoz / F. G. van der Goot Grunberg (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

The therapeutic role of NAD+ modulation in fatty liver disease

K. L. Gariani / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Role of ACMSD in regulation of NAD+ metabolism and mitochondrial function

E. Katsyuba / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

A Microfluidic Brain Interface for In Vivo Recording of Neurochemical Activity

G. C. Y. Petitpierre / P. Renaud (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Microfluidic platforms for high-throughput mammalian cell printing, transfection, and dosage-dependent studies

K. P. Woodruff / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Elucidating the role of lymphatic vessels within the tumor microenvironment of breast cancer

I. M. van Mier / M. Swartz; M. De Palma (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

AAV based gene therapy for rare diseases : targeting astrocytes for functional recovery in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

C. C. Rochat / P. Aebischer; B. Schneider (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

In vitro modeling of complex microenvironmental regulation of stem cells

Y. Tabata / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Fighting preterm birth with novel surgical tools and biomaterials engineering

Y. R. Devaud / M. Lütolf; M. Ehrbar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Inferring the age and strength of mutations evolving under positive selection

N. L. Ormond / J. D. Jensen (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Advanced technologies to control stem-cell based organogenesis

N. Brandenberg / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Selective electrical and optical neuromodulation of the central nervous system with conformable microfabricated implants

A. A. Guex / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Lipid membrane characterization with second harmonic scattering : surface potentials, ionization, membrane asymmetry and hydration

C. U. Lütgebaucks / S. Roke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Computational methods and modeling of cellular function for the optimization of protein production and the study of cellular disease states

J. R. Pinto Vieira / V. Hatzimanikatis (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

The role of the polyglutamine and N-terminal domains in regulating the aggregation and structural properties of Huntingtin Exon 1

S. Vieweg / H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Human and eco-toxicological impacts of organometallic halide perovskites

R. I. Benmessaoud / L. Forró; H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Nanocapillaries combined with optical tweezers as a single molecule technique for studying DNA-protein complexes

R. Bulushev / A. Radenovic (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Evaluation of oxidation-sensitive polymersomes as vaccine nanocarriers to enhance humoral responses against arenavirus envelope glycoproteins

C. Galan Navarro / M. Dal Peraro; M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

A Microfluidic Platform Enables Large-Scale Single-Cell Screening to Identify Genes Involved in Bacterial Persistence

A. Verpoorte / J. McKinney; S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Microfluidic and Electrokinetic Manipulation of Single Cells

S. Kilchenmann / C. Guiducci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Novel systems biology approaches for design and analysis of palmitoylation networks reveal its regulatory effects on protein stability, activity and localization

T. Dallavilla / V. Hatzimanikatis; F. G. van der Goot Grunberg (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

2016

Protein engineering approaches for direct antigen targeting in CD8+ T cell inducing vaccines

V. Panagiotou / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

From the early steps of whisker formation to its evolutionary disappearance: the (curious) case of Prdm1 and its regulation

P. G. Manti / Y. Barrandon (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Novel interventions to recover the regenerative capacity of aged skeletal muscle by targeting the interactions in the stem cell niche

L. Lukjanenko / J. Feige; J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Host and pathogen genomics of severe pediatric infections

S. Asgari / J. Fellay (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Metabolic control of muscle and muscle stem cell function

H. Zhang / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Mitochondrial unfolded protein response, its molecular mechanism and physiological impact

V. Jovaisaite / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Towards brain-on-a-chip : microfluidic and microelectrode array platforms for morphological and electrophysiological observations on the propagation of Alzheimer’s disease

Y. Ren / P. Renaud (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Microwell and impedance-based approaches to isolate single cells for life sciences

G. Muller / Y. Barrandon; P. Renaud (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Integrating Gene Synthesis and MITOMI for Rapid Protein Engineering

M. C. Blackburn / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

BCI based on Neural Correlates of Anticipatory Behavior during Driving

Z. Khaliliardali / J. d. R. Millán Ruiz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Protrusion-retraction switches and traction forces in spontaneous cell polarization

A. C. Bornert / A. Verkhovsky (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Stem cell niche engineering through photopatterning and microfluidics

L. Kolb / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

In vivo mechanical loading combined with cell therapy in a bone tissue engineering scaffold

T. C. Hausherr / D. Pioletti (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Instrumented shoes for daily activity monitoring in healthy and at risk populations

C. Moufawad El Achkar / K. Aminian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Deciphering the Role of LRH-1 in Liver Intermediary Metabolism and Cancer

P. Xu / K. Schoonjans (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Allosteric regulation and targeting of Abl SH2-kinase interface and other cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases

A. J. Lamontanara / O. Hantschel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Bioengineering approaches in immunotherapy : from basic to translational applications

M. Damo / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

New immunomodulatory roles of lymphatic endothelium and implications for immunotherapy

E. Vokali / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Tunable and cell-responsive 3D poly(ethylene glycol) microenvironments for the development of tissue models

S. E. Metzger / J. A. Hubbell; M. Ehrbar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Engineering the Extra Domain A of fibronectin as a vaccine adjuvant and study of its role in tissue regeneration

Z. Julier / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Engineering nanoparticle-based vaccines: Implications for the quality of humoral and cellular immunity

M. Rincón-Restrepo / M. Swartz; S. Hirosue (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Microdevices for Locomotion in Complex Biological Fluids

T. Qiu / J. A. Hubbell; P. Fischer (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Mechanisms of tolerance induction by erythrocyte-targeted antigens

A. J. Grimm / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Therapeutic Proteins Engineered for Super-Affinity to the Extracellular Matrix in Regenerative Medicine

P. S. M. Briquez / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Engineering Lymphangiogenesis : Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy and Beyond

M. A. Fankhauser / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Role of microRNAs in tumor-associated macrophages

C. M. Baer / M. De Palma (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Quantitative Single-Cell Analysis of Host-Pathogen Interactions

M. J-H. Delincé / J. McKinney (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Unraveling the KRAB/KAP1 control of transposable elements in pluripotent and somatic cells

G. Ecco / D. Trono; P. Turelli (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Nanoscopy in nonlinear scanning fluorescence imaging systems

G. P. J. Laporte / D. Psaltis (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Mechanical and Functional Study of Cell Physiology at the Nanoscale

P. D. Odermatt / G. Fantner (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

2015

Quantitative single-cell analysis of S. cerevisiae using a microfluidic live-cell imaging platform

J. Becker / F. Naef; S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Implementation and Characterization of Dynamic Genetic Networks in Vitro

H. M. Niederholtmeyer / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Connectivity Analysis of Brain States and Applications in Brain-Computer Interfaces

H. Zhang / J. d. R. Millán Ruiz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Deciphering Metabolic Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Fate

M. Girotra / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Microfluidic engineering of artificial stem cell niches

S. Allazetta / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Bioengineering approaches to emulate the stem cell niche

S. Höhnel / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Functional Perturbation of the Gab2 Multiprotein Complex by High-affinity SH2-binding Monobodies in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

E. B. Gencer Akçok / O. Hantschel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Reconstruction and systems analysis of metabolism in apicomplexan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum

S. Tymoshenko / V. Hatzimanikatis; D. Soldati-Favre (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Modeling and Engineering Proteins Thermostability

H. Pezeshgi Modarres / M. Dal Peraro (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Bio-engineered collagen-fibrin scaffolds for enhancing urological tissue regeneration

E. Vardar / J. A. Hubbell; P. Frey (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Tissue engineering for prenatal applications

A-S. J. Kiveliö / J. A. Hubbell; M. Ehrbar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Study of transposon-mediated cell pool and cell line generation in CHO cells

S. Balasubramanian / F. M. Wurm; D. Hacker (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Interactions of Peripheral Nerve Cells with Soft Micropillar Interfaces

C. X. Paulou / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Analytical Methods, Correlative Microscopy and Software Tools for Quantitative Single Molecule Localization Microscopy

A. Shivanandan / A. Radenovic; I. Sbalzarini (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Superresolution Reconstruction for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Exploiting Low-Rank Spatio-Spectral Structure

J. A. Kasten / D. Van De Ville; F. Lazeyras (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Transposable elements and their KRAB/KAP1 controllers broadly regulate transcription in adult human cells

F. Marzetta / D. Trono; P. Turelli (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Recapitulating De Novo Alpha-Synuclein Fibrillization in a Novel Neuronal Model of Parkinson’s Disease

M-B. Fares / H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Quantification of low molecular weight drugs : from the selection of nucleic acid-based capture molecules to the characterization in patient samples

A. Ferretti / C. Guiducci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

2014

Experimental and theoretical studies on the effects of smooth muscle on the mechanical response and remodeling of arteries

A. Agianniotis / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Subject-specific computational fluid dynamics modelling and measurement of cerebrospinal fluid motion in the cervical spine

T. Yiallourou / N. Stergiopulos; B. A. Martin (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Dissecting the DNA binding principles of transcription factor monomers and heterodimers

A. Isakova / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Genetic analysis of the decaprenyl-phospho-D-arabinofuranose pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

G. S. Kolly / S. Cole (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

The Effectual Hitchhiker : Mechanisms and Consequences of Interactions Between Endosymbiotic Spiroplasma and Host Drosophila

J. K. Herren / B. Lemaître (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Structure-function analysis of the EspR virulence regulator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

B. Blasco / S. Cole (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Novel non-invasive techniques for hemodynamic monitoring

O. Vardoulis / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

A Systems Approach to Identify Genetic and Environmental Regulators of Metabolism

E. G. Williams / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

A systems approach to elucidate the genetic architecture of molecular phenotypes

S. M. Waszak / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Modeling of transcription mechanisms in mammals from kinetic measurements in single cells

B. Zoller / F. Naef (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Thermal gradients on a chip for the local stimulation of biological systems

S. Delasoie-Baranek / P. Renaud (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Development of a Bisphosphonate Delivering Hydrogel for the Augmentation of Impaired Peri-Implant Bone

U. Kettenberger / D. Pioletti (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Automated long-term single cell analysis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe on a microfluidic microchemostat array

J-B. Nobs / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Development of plasmid-based expression technology for rapid and sustained production of recombinant proteins in insect cells

X. Shen / F. M. Wurm; D. Hacker (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

The Engineering of a Scalable Disposable Orbitally Shaken Bioreactor System for Animal Cell Cultivation and Therapeutic Protein Production

D. T. Monteil Jr / F. M. Wurm; D. Hacker (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

An integrative genomics approach toward deciphering the regulatory logic of phase-specific circadian transcription in the mouse liver

I. Krier / B. Deplancke; J. Rougemont (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

In vitro Fate Mapping of Single Hematopoietic Stem Cells

A. Roch / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Tissue Engineering Bone by Matrix-Assisted MSC Recruitment

P. S. Lienemann / M. Lütolf; M. Ehrbar (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Direct Somatic Cell Reprogramming in Synthetic 3D Microenvironments

Y. Okawa / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

New Tools for Hydrogel-Based 3D Bioprinting

A. Negro / M. Lütolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Engineering lymphangiogenesis : methods, characterization and functional consequences

E. Güç / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Engineering adjuvants for prophylactic and therapeutic subunit vaccines

A. de Titta / M. Swartz; J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

From Genes to Organisms : Bioinformatics System Models and Software

T. Schaffter / D. Floreano; M. Affolter (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Active Transport Mechanisms by Lymphatic Endothelium and their Modulation by Inflammatory Mediators

V. Triacca / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Engineering the lymphatic microenvironment for investigating tumor invasion, immune cell traficking and parasite infection under relevant biomechanical conditions

M. Pisano / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Pharmacological and biochemical assessment of γ-secretase-mediated APP processing involved in Alzheimer’s disease

M. Dimitrov / P. Fraering (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Dynamic brain networks explored by structure-revealing methods

N. Leonardi / D. Van De Ville (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

The regulatory circuit of natural competence for transformation in the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae

M. Lo Scrudato / M. Blokesch (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Reversible attachment of Cell-Penetrating Peptides for the efficient delivery of α-synuclein to HeLa cells and primary cortical neurons

C. Desobry / H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

A New Noninvasively Adjustable Glaucoma Drainage Device

A. Villamarin / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Label-free Analytics by Transmission Localized-SPR and its Application to Small Molecules Monitoring in Serum

G. Cappi / C. Guiducci; L. Benini (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

2013

Discovery and functional characterisation of structural genomic variation in a natural population

A. Massouras / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Development and application of experimental tools to elucidate the gene regulatory network underlying adipogenesis

C. Delattre-Gubelmann / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Targeting and Modulating Tumor-Associated Sites with Novel Nanoparticle-Based Immunotherapies

L. Jeanbart / M. Swartz; J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

The Use of Valproic Acid in Transient Gene Expression with HEK-293E Cells

D. Kiseljak / F. M. Wurm (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Temperature impacts human epidermal stem cell behaviour through thermoTRPs and mTOR signalling

J. A. Mosig Rodriguez / Y. Barrandon (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Identification of genetic determinants and pharmacological modulators of mitochondrial function

P. Andreux / J. Auwerx (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Role of the bile acid membrane receptor TGR5 in macrophages and metabolism

M. Nomura / J. Auwerx; K. Schoonjans (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

A microfluidic live-cell imaging platform to study large collections of microbial genotypes

N. Dénervaud / S. Maerkl; F. Naef (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Flexible Micro/Nanofabricated Systems for Medical Devices and Implants

W. Hasenkamp Carreira / P. Renaud (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Control of calcification in a biphasic osteochondral construct and enhancing interface integration

J. Hollenstein / D. Pioletti; R. L-Y. Sah (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Epiphyseal Chondro-Progenitor Cell Therapy For Articular Cartilage Regeneration

S. E. Darwiche / D. Pioletti; L. A. Laurent-Applegate (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Generating microarrays for protein interaction studies using microfluidic devices

S. Rockel / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

A Simple High Yielding Transient Gene Expression System for CHO Cells

Y. Rajendra / F. M. Wurm; D. Hacker (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Systems Biology of 3D Stem Cell-Niche Interactions

A. Ranga / M. Lutolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Development of Novel Nanoparticle-Based Vaccines and Immunotherapies : Tuberculosis, Lung Metastasis and Allergy as Models

M. Ballester / M. Swartz; J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Engineering nanoparticle vaccines : design principles for lymphatic targeting

S. Raghunathan / M. Swartz; J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Structure and function of proteins involved in attachment and piercing of the bacterial cell envelope

L. Sycheva / P. Leiman (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Systematic Analysis of Yeast Gene Expression by Synthetic Promoter Libraries

A. S. Rajkumar / S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Computational Studies on Cellular Bioenergetics

K. C. Soh / V. Hatzimanikatis (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Metabolic modeling and experimental studies on carbon and energy metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M. E. Özdemir / J. McKinney; V. Hatzimanikatis (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Molecular Modeling of Membrane Embedded Proteins

T. Lemmin / M. Dal Peraro (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Multiscale simulations of protein dynamics

E. Spiga / M. Dal Peraro (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Dissipation as variable in cartilage mechanobiology

P. Abdel-Sayed / D. Pioletti (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

The Phosphate Specific Transport (Pst) System in Fast- and Slow-Growing Mycobacteria

C. De Piano / J. McKinney (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

2012

Therapeutic Immunomodulation of the Lymphoid-like Tumor Environment Using Nanoparticulate Formulations

I. Kourtis / M. Swartz; J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

KRAB/KAP1 Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotent Self-renewal

A. Corsinotti / D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Early Fate Choice Determines in vivo Engraftment and in vitro Behavior of Epidermal Stem Cells

F. Gorostidi / Y. Barrandon (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Molecular and Functional Characterization of Clonogenic Human Thymic Epithelial Cells

M. Maggioni / Y. Barrandon (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Metabolic Shift to Lactate Consumption in CHO Cell Culture

F. Zagari / F. Wurm; M. Jordan (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Toxicity study of nanostructures

L. Horváth / L. Forró; B. Schwaller (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Dissecting Gene Regulatory Networks Using Targeted Quantitative Proteomics

J. Simicevic / B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Structural Studies and Protein Engineering of Human O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase

B. Mollwitz / K. Johnsson (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Microtechnologies to Map the Fate of Single Stem Cells and their Progeny

S. Kobel / M. Lutolf; P. Renaud (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Genomics and transcriptomics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

S. Uplekar / S. Cole; J. Rougemont (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Culture and Characterization of Human and Porcine Urothelial Progenitor Cells

H. M. Larsson / J. A. Hubbell; P. Frey (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Photopatterning of Synthetic Hydrogels

K. Mosiewicz / M. Lutolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Hydrogel Microfluidics to Control Stem Cell Fate

S. Cosson / M. Lutolf (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Elucidating the role of post-translational modifications of alpha-synuclein using semisynthesis : phosphorylation at Tyrosine 125 and monoubiquitination at Lysine 6

M. Hejjaoui / H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Immune Engineering Via Differential Antigen Carriers and Co-Stimulatory Molecules

J. Eby / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Improving Immunogenicity of Subunit Vaccines Using Nanocarrier Systems

A. Stano / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Molecular Modeling of Bacterial Nanomachineries

M. T. Degiacomi / M. Dal Peraro (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Nanopore sensing of single molecules application to RNAP-DNA complexes, fabrication of graphene-nanopore devices and translocation algorithm analysis

C. Raillon / A. Radenovic; N. Hernandez (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Single-Cell Analysis of Mycobacterial Persistence Using Microfabricated Tools

M. Elitas / J. McKinney; S. Maerkl (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

2011

Pressure and Flow Wave Propagation in Patient-Specific Models of the Arterial Tree

P. Reymond / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Identification and Functional Response of “Interstitial Cells of Cajal”-like Cells from Rat Mesenteric Artery

A. Formey de Saint Louvent / J-J. Meister; J-L. Bény (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

In vitro lymphatic endothelial morphogenesis : molecular vs. biophysical regulation

C. Yong Pullin / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

New/Surface-Modified Biocompatible Polymer for ICD Lead Insulation

R. B. Pisarek / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Hydrogels for Urinary Tract Tissue Engineering

L. A. Micol / J. A. Hubbell; P. Frey (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Engineering Erythrocyte Affinity for Improved Pharmacokinetics and Immune Tolerogenesis

S. Kontos / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Biofunctional Scaffold Design for Soft Tissue Regeneration

K. Lorentz / J. A. Hubbell; P. Frey (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Studies on KRAB/KAP1-Mediated Transcriptional Repression

A. C. Groner / D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

The Role of LEKTI in the Fate Determination of Keratinocyte Stem Cells

A. W. Amici / Y. Barrandon (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

OrbShake Bioreactors for Mammalian Cell Cultures : Engineering and Scale-up

S. Tissot / F. Wurm (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

In Vivo Studies on the Control of Gene Expression and Protein Degradation

K. Bojkowska / K. Johnsson; D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

On the Precision of Circadian Oscillators

T. D’Eysmond / F. Naef (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Folding and Structure of the Pore Forming Toxin Aerolysin

M. I. Iacovache / F. G. v. d. Goot Grunberg (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Hyaline Fibromatosis Syndrome

J. Deuquet Ariosa / F. G. v. d. Goot Grunberg (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Cellular Responses to Bacterial Pore-Forming Toxins

R. M. Gonzalez / F. G. v. d. Goot Grunberg (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Force Transmission in Migrating Cells

M. Fournier / A. Verkhovski (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Assessment of Body Motion and Muscle Weakness : Outcome Evaluation in Frail Elderly and DMD Subjects

R. L. Ganea / K. Aminian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Engineering of Signaling Microenvironments with Fibronectin Domains to Enhance Tissue Regeneration

M. Martino / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

2010

Biomechanics of Vascular Wall : the Role of Structural Organization of Elastin and Collagen

R. Saitta-Rezakhaniha / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Arterial remodeling using a constituent-based approach

A. Tsamis / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Identification of genetic insulator elements to increase the safety of viral gene therapy vectors

A. Gaussin / J. A. Hubbell; N. Mermod (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Rat bladder muscle regeneration induced by local delivery of an engineered insulin-like growth factor 1 in fibrin gels

L. Yang / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Dendritic cell chemotaxis in 3D : new tools and insights

U. Haessler / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Genomic Context and KRAB/KAP1-mediated Transcriptional Repression

S. Meylan / D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Innate Barriers to Genome Invasion : how TRIM5a Restricts Retroelements

P. Maillard / D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

The Interplay between Cytidine Deaminases, HIV and Domesticated Genetic Parasites

Y. Bulliard / D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Transient Gene Expression in HEK-293E Cells for Recombinant Protein Production : Process Characterization towards GMP Approval

S. Nallet / F. Wurm (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Lentiviral Vector-Mediated Gene Delivery for the Generation of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Lines with Improved Productivity and Stability

A. Oberbek / F. Wurm; D. Hacker (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Ambulatory Assessment of Foot Kinematics and Kinetics : Outcome Evaluation of Ankle Osteoarthritis Treatments

H. Rouhani / K. Aminian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Small Molecule Based Approaches to Inhibit Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Activities and Elucidate its Role in Health and Disease

H. Ouertatani-Sakouhi / H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Elucidating the Role of Quaternary Structure in Modulating Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Functions

F. El Turk / H. Lashuel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

Biophysical Regulation of Lymphatic Vessel Function : Flow as a Mediator of Immune Cell and Fluid Transport

D. Miteva / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

2009

Tissue engineering of the bladder : exploiting a 3D hydrogel for modulation of the smooth muscle cell phenotype

C. Adelöw / J. A. Hubbell; P. Frey (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Peptide ligands for targeting and retention of nanoparticles and protein therapeutics in articular cartilage

D. A. Rothenfluh / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Protein-binding microarray technology and ChIP-sequencing for the identification of novel targets of the human tumor suppressor AP2[alpha]

J. Kerschgens / J. A. Hubbell; N. Mermod (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

The interplay between the VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 axis and CCL21/CCR7 axis in tumor cell invasion

A. Issa / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Orbitally shaken bioreactors for mammalian cell culture : engineering characterization and bioprocess scale-up

X. Zhang / F. Wurm (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Studies on lentiviral-mediated transgenesis

M-O. Sauvain / D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Transient recombinant protein expression in mammalian cells : the role of mRNA level and stability

S. Wulhfard / F. Wurm (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Studies on scaffold design for tissue engineering applications : contribution of synthetic, natural and recombinant materials

E-M. Engelhardt / F. Wurm; P. Frey (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Fetal cells for intervertebral disc regeneration

A. Quintin / D. Pioletti; L. A. Laurent-Applegate (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

The tissue reaction to neuroprostheses

A. Mercanzini / P. Renaud (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Immunoisolated cell implants for intracerebral delivery of anti-Aß single chain Fv antibodies in the APP23 Alzheimer’s mouse model

O. Marroquin Belaunzaran / P. Aebischer (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Stem cell-based cardiovascular tissue engineering

T. Krähenbühl / J. A. Hubbell; R. S. Langer (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Investigation of novel calcium-related events as suspected contributors to neurodegeneration

N. Rudinskiy / R. Luthi-Carter (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

The role of TIF1 gamma during adult murine hematopoiesis

K. Shakhbazov / F. Radtke; A. Trumpp (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Differential effects of reduced cyclic stretch and perturbed shear stress within the arterial wall

T. Thacher / N. Stergiopulos; R. F. d. Silva (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

2008

Role and mechanism of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in gustatory and chemesthetic sensations associated with dietary molecules

C. Riera / H. Vogel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Vascular physiology : effects of vascular smooth muscle alteration on arterial wall biomechanics

S. Roy / N. Stergiopulos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Mechanical orchestration of tissue remodeling

P-J. Wipff / B. Hinz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Molecular and mechanical regulators of lymphatic biology

J. M. Rutkowski / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Polymeric carriers for therapeutic agents : drug and gene delivery systems by reversible addition-fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization

Y. S. Jo / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Tissue engineering complex and mechanically active microenvironments for studies in asthma and cancer

A. A. Tomei / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Development of an in vitro microenvironment for maturing oocytes

J. E. Ihm / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Accelerating the development time of recombinant mammalian cell lines producing high titers of protein therapeutics

S. Chenuet / F. Wurm (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Development of high-titer transient gene expression processes for manufacturing recombinant proteins

G. Backliwal / F. Wurm (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Prevention of micromotion-related periprosthetic bone loss using local release of bisphosphonate : theoretical developments and experimental validations

V. Stadelmann / D. Pioletti (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Effects of base-pair sequence, nicks and gaps on DNA minicircle shapes : analysis and experiment

A. Amzallag / J. H. Maddocks (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Novel applications of poly(ethylene glycol)-bl-poly(propylene sulfide) block copolymers

C. O’Neil / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

A novel cell culture approach for tissue engineering based on surface expansion

H. Majd / B. Hinz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

Exploiting immunofunctional nanoparticles as vaccines and synthetic pathogens

S. T. Reddy / M. Swartz; J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. 

2007

Polynucleotide cytidine deaminases, innate immunity and hepatitis B infection

S. Jost / D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. 

Bioreactor processes based on disposable materials for the production of recombinant proteins from mammalian cells

M. Stettler / F. Wurm (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. 

Effects of dynamic environments on extracellular morphogen gradients

M. E. Fleury / M. Swartz (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. 

2005

Development of a novel drug delivery system based on polymeric, thermoresponsive, hydrogel nanoparticles

D. Misirlis / J. A. Hubbell (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2005.