Sebastian Maerkl

EPFL STI IBI-STI LBNC
BM 1141 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
1015 Lausanne

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EPFL STI IBI-STI LBNC
BM 1141 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
1015 Lausanne

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Administrative data

Fields of expertise

microfluidics, cell-free synthetic biology, transcription factor biophysics / transcriptional regulation, molecular diagnostics

Education

PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

California Institute of Technology

2008

B.Sc.

Biology

Fairleigh-Dickinson University

2001

B.Sc.

Chemistry

Fairleigh-Dickinson University

2001


Awards

First Place Innovators Challenge

Category: Biotechnology

2005

Demetriades-Tsafka-Kokkalis Prize in Biotechnology or Related Field

The prize honors annually the best Caltech Ph.D. thesis in the given category.

2008

Prix SSV - Ambition

EPFL prize for dedication to teaching and promotion of EPFL students and the school at large.

2012

HFSP Program Grant

2015

ERC Consolidator Grant

2016

iGEM Grand Prize Winner (overgrad)

2019

Publications

Infoscience publications

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Courses

Lab on cell-free synthetic biology

The cell-free synthetic biology course introduces engineers to the most commonly used techniques required to conduct work in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Additionally, this course is an experiment in democratizing education and open science by generating useful resources for the local community

Introduction to bioengineering

This course provides engineering students with a foundational understanding of bioengineering, a multidisciplinary field that integrates principles of biology, chemistry, and engineering.