iPhD Program

Breakthrough advances in biological sciences depend on close collaborations between disciplines at the cross road of biology, engineering, environmental and basic sciences. The goal of the iPhD program is to create lasting synergies between research groups at the School of Life Sciences and other fields at EPFL, converging on common interdisciplinary projects in life sciences.

Scope

The School of Life Sciences launches it’s fifth call for proposals for interdisciplinary PhD projects (iPhD).

The program seeks to fund new collaborative research efforts. Groups that have not been cooperating before are encouraged to participate. This year, we especially welcome PhD projects between two groups at SV and ENAC.

Eligibility

Projects must involve two professors from distinct EPFL schools. One of the principal investigators must have main affiliation at the School of Life Sciences.

Projects between members of the same institute/center are excluded.

Submission deadline: October 31, 2021.

Available budget

Funding covers salary costs for two years of a PhD student plus CHF 5’000 for other costs. Additional years must be backed by the requesting labs.

Learn more about granted projects

Johan Auwerx – Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology (SV)

Martin Gijs – Laboratory of Microsystems (STI)

Bart Deplancke – Laboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics (SV)

Esther Amstad – Soft Materials Laboratory (STI)

Andy Oates – Segmentation Timing and Dynamics Laboratory (SV)

Selman Sakar – Micro BioRobotics Systems Laboratory (STI)

Alexandre Persat Lab (SV)

Tom Battin – Stream Biofilm and Ecosystem Research Laboratory (ENAC)

Pavan Ramdya – Firmenich Next Generation Chair of Neuroengineering (SV)

Pascal Fua –  Computer Vision Laboratory (IC)

David Suter Lab (SV)

Beat Fierz – Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry of Macromolecules (SB)

Michael Herzog – Laboratory of Psychophysics (SV)

Pascal Frossard – Signal Processing Laboratory (STI)

Alexandre Persat Lab (SV)

Selman Sakar – Micro BioRobotics Systems Laboratory (STI)

Gregoire Courtine Lab (SV)

Volkan Cevher – Laboratory for Information and Inference Systems (STI)

Hilal Lashuel Lab (SV)

Aleksandra Radenovic – Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology (STI)

Melanie Blokesch – Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology (SV)

Suliana Manley – Laboratory of Experimental Biophysics (SB)

Pierre Gönczy – Lab Cell and Developmental Biology (SV)

Pablo Rivera-Fuentes – Laboratory of Chemical and Biological Probes (SB)

Wulfram Gerstner – Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience (SV)

Sahand Rahi – Laboratory of the Physics of Biological Systems (SB)

Bernard Schneider – Bertarelli Foundation Gene Therapy Platform (SV)

Bruno Correia – Laboratory of Protein Design and Immunoengineering (STI)