News Technology Platforms

22.10.2024
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS, Research @ Your Service
What does the Nanobody Service Facility have to do with alpacas? What methods are available to me for my next project? What are the MRI devices used for in research? The catalogue of technology platforms shows which infrastructures are available to researchers and provides examples of what they can be used for. You have nothing to do with such technology? No problem! The catalogue avoids technical jargon as far as possible.
Technology Platforms Catalogue (PDF, 5 MB)

22.08.2024
Focus on the employees - StaffDay 2024
On Thursday evening, around 100 employees from the various technology platforms gathered in the Irchel atrium for StaffDay 2024. After the introductory apéro with a speech by Thomas Trüb, the participants competed in a kahoot quiz and scored impressively high. The highlight was the subsequent barbecue. The successful event continued into the evening with music and bar entertainment until late in the evening.
Where employees could prepare for the quiz

15.4.2024
Strengthening Ties with Japan
Report on the close collaboration between iPSCore and Kyoto University.
Article UZH News

21.03.2024
A world without glaciers
In the SRF program "10 vor 10", the question of what would happen if all the world's glaciers melted was discussed. Prof. Michael Zemp from the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) is very well placed to assess the immediate consequences, as the technology platform collects and analyzes glacier data worldwide. His verdict: a sea level rise of around 65 meters. But of course not that's all...
Report SRF "10 vor 10" (in German)

5.3.2024
TV report on the Nanobody Service Facility
The SRF program PULS reported on nanobodies and the work of the UZH Nanobody Service Facility.
Report SRF PULS (in German)

9.1.2024
SNSF COST project at iPSCore
Melanie Generali and Affef Abidi-Ostorero of iPSCore technology platform, together with the CorEuStem network, have successfully secured support for a two-year COST project. The aim is to explore new innovative technologies and provide more precise and versatile gene editing in stem cells.
Website iPSCore

22.12.2023
CRISPR Screening Hub
The UZH CRISPR Screening Hub, led by Prof. Simone Hornemann, will provide research groups with access to unique CRISPR libraries and expertise in conducting genome-wide screens starting in 2024. The Technology Commission will financially support the development of the new platform.
Website CRISPR

16.11.2023
Successful Sinergia project at the Electrophysiology Facility (e-phac)
David Penton Ribas, along with Prof. Felix Beuschlein and Prof. Mark Robinson, has launched a research initiative supported by the SNSF Sinergia program and funded with over 1 million Swiss francs for the next three years. Their aim is to explore the intrinsic cellular heterogeneity of primary aldosteronism using novel techniques of the e-phac techonology platform.
Website e-phac

19.10.2023
Recognition of the RMTP as Strategic Technology Platform
The Regenerative Medicine Technologies Platform (RMTP) has been recognized as offical UZH Strategic Technology Platform by the Executive Board of the University.
Website RMTP

4.10.2023
Recognition of AMF as Strategic Technology Platform
The Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) has been recognized as offical UZH Strategic Technology Platform by the Technology Commission.
Website AMF

8.6.2023
Roadmap for Research Infrastructures
8 of the 14 infrastructure projects included by SERI in the Swiss Roadmap for Research Infrastructures 2023 are carried out at UZH or with substantial UZH participation: ARES, IMPACT, Swiss Insitute for Drug and Device Development, OR-X, Swiss Digital Pathology Initiative, EM-Frontiers, SwissBioData Ecosystem & Imaging and Omics Platform for Swiss Citizen Health.
Roadmap 2023 (PDF, 2 MB)

5.6.2023
Life Sicences Core Facility Day
On August 22, 2023, the Life Sciences Core Facilities Day will take place from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Lichthof at Irchel.
Flyer (PDF, 15 MB)

1.3.2023
Block Course "Research Cycle in Genomics"
The Functional Genomics Center Zurich develops the new block course "Research Cycle in Genomics".
Article UZH news (in German)

19.1.2023
LERU: International Support for Technology Platforms
LERU advocates at the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) for Technology Platforms.
LERU publication

14.11.2022
FGCZ has moved
FGCZ has moved and is already fully operational in Y59 (still on Irchel Campus).

21.7.2022
Overview Technology Platforms
A PDF document has been compiled containing information on 29 UZH Technology Platforms.
Overview Technology Platforms (PDF)

16.6.2022
Recognition of e-phac as Strategic Technology Platform
The Electrophysiology Facility (e-phac) has been recognized as offical UZH Strategic Technology Platform by the Technology Commission.
Website e-phac

18.3.2022
TPF videos
Eigth videos highlighting Strategic TPFs were produced in collaboration with MELS.
TPF videos