News
A selection of news articles from the Geobiology group, the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and ETH Zurich.
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Interdisciplinary PhD Programme in Systems Biology
The Interdisciplinary PhD Programme in Systems Biology offered by the Life Science Zurich Graduate School is now accepting applications. Application deadlines are 1 December and 1 July. Apply for research opportunities with the Geobiology group.
Inaugural lecture
Prof. Cara Magnabosco gave her inaugural lecture “The co-evolution of life and our planet” at ETH Zurich.
We begin time series at the Bedretto Lab
Andrew, Moira, Bernard, and Cara went to the Bedretto Lab to begin monitoring the biogeochemical properties of waters throughout the Bedretto Tunnel.
We welcome three new doctoral students
The Geobiology group welcomes Andrew Acciardo (MSc Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, ETH Zurich/University of Zurich), Paula Rodriguez (MSc Geobiology and Paleobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich), and Astrid Stubbusch (MSc Systems Biology, Heidelberg University)!
Research feature on ABC radio’s “The Science Show”
Our research within the Deep Carbon Observatory, a worldwide collaboration of more than 1000 scientists investigating the quantities, movements, forms, and origins of carbon on planet Earth, has been featured on “The Science Show with Robyn Williams”.
New professorships: networked teaching and research
On the recommendation of ETH President Joël Mesot, the ETH Board appointed several new ETH professors and conferred the title of ETH professor on two researchers during its meeting on 22 and 23 May 2019. All the new appointments consciously connect their subject expertise with other disciplines.