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Wouter Richard Karthaus

wouter.karthaus@epfl.ch

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Jillian Rose Love, Estelle Deby, Ester Simkova, Turan Badalli

Courses

Cellular and molecular biology II

BIO-207

This course is aimed to familiarize students with the 3D organization of a eukaryotic cell, its compartmentalization, how cellular compartments communicate together and how a cell communicates with its environment. The related molecular mechanisms will be discussed.

Practical - Karthaus Lab

BIO-616

Students will learn 1) how organoids can be used in biomedical research 2) How to perform organoid culture 3) How to perform basic genetic manipulations

Stem cells and organoids

BIO-447

This course introduces the fundamentals of stem cell biology, with a particular focus on the role of stem cells during development, tissue homeostasis/regeneration and disease, and the generation of organoids from stem cells