Christoph Merten
Nationality: German
EPFL STI IBI-STI LBMM
MED 1 2815 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 42 96
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PhD Students
Tianhao Li, Felix Peters, Roger Diaz Codina, Eddy Leardini, Federico Visentin, Leonie Kolmar
Past EPFL PhD Students
Courses
Basics in bioinstrumentation
This combined practical and theoretical course will provide the basics in bioinstrumentation, including the construction of a droplet-microfluidic workstation for high-throughput, single-cell analysis. Many of the learned concepts are equally applicable to other widely used lab instruments.
Entrepreneurship in life sciences
Based on real-world examples, hypothetical or own inventions, students are provided with a skill set for translating scientific innovation into a convincing investor pitch (including a comprehensive slide deck on all relevant aspects) and applications for funding of a startup project
Practical - Merten Lab
Learn how to design & perform microfluidic droplet experiments for single-cell encapsulation. Through hands-on work, gain experience with chip operation, droplet generation & fluorescent signal acquisition. Introduction to single-cell genomics workflows & their integration with microfluidic technol.
Scientific literature analysis in bioengineering
Students are given the means to dig effectively into modern scientific literature in the multidisciplinary field of bioengineering. The method relies on granting sufficient time to become familiar with the background and hypotheses, on effective support during the analysis and on oral assessment.