 University of Zurich| Acronym | UZH | | Homepage | http://www.uzh.ch/ | | Country | Switzerland | | ZIP, City | | | Address | | | Phone | | | Type | Academy | | Current organization | University of Zurich | | Child organizations | | | Members | | | Memberships | |
Open OpportunitiesStroke is a leading disease in the elderly, resulting in a considerable burden on patients and healthcare systems. Rehabilitation aims to reduce consequential damage and restore patients' quality of life, but its effectiveness varies from person to person. Rehabilitation can be understood as a learning process where patients have to relearn and train physiological movement patterns, for example. Sleep plays a role that has long been underestimated in this context: while we sleep, memory content is reorganized and restructured in the brain for long-term storage. Studies have shown that phase-targeted auditory stimulation (PTAS) can improve memory consolidation during sleep. Thanks to mobile applications, this method can now also be used in a clinical setting. We want to use this as part of the “StimuLOOP” study to support stroke patients in their rehabilitation. - Cognitive Science, Learning, Memory, Cognition and Language, Neurosciences
- Internship, Master Thesis
| Glioblastoma, the most aggressive brain tumour in adults, interacts with the surrounding healthy brain to promote further cancer growth. However, it is challenging to study these interactions directly in the human brain. In response, we are developing a platform that allows us to study this phenomenon in more detail, with a particular focus on unravelling how cancer alters the electrical activity of brain cells. - Central Nervous System, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Electrical Engineering, Oncology and Carcinogenesis
- Internship, Master Thesis, Semester Project
| The aim of this project is to develop an approach based on physics-based graph neural networks to generate digital twins from PC-MRI data. - Artificial Intelligence and Signal and Image Processing, Biomedical Engineering, Fluidization and Fluid Mechanics, Turbulent Flows
- Master Thesis
| Robotic-assisted microsurgery has gained significant attention in recent years, particularly with the development of specialized systems like the Symani® Surgical System, designed for procedures such as microanastomoses of blood vessels. While these systems are fully controlled by surgeons, they are subject to variability due to differences in individual skill levels. Autonomous robotic surgery systems offer the potential to overcome these limitations by delivering enhanced precision, efficiency, and consistency compared to surgeon-controlled techniques. However, modeling complex procedures like microanastomoses presents significant challenges, making it difficult to apply traditional model-based approaches for autonomous control. In this project, we aim to investigate the use of deep reinforcement learning (RL) for autonomous robotic microanastomoses, leveraging the recently introduced Orbit-surgical training platform.
- Engineering and Technology, Information, Computing and Communication Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences
- Master Thesis
| Professors Fabrizio Gilardi and Karsten Donnay from the University of Zurich are seeking a Student Assistant for a project on improving online public discourse, starting November 1, 2024 (or upon agreement). This SNSF-funded project, in collaboration with UCL and ETH Zurich, aims to develop computational methods for detecting harmful and constructive content online, using machine learning and NLP tools. The assistant will support tasks like deploying classifiers and integrating them into existing systems. The position is ideal for senior BA/MA computer science students with relevant technical skills. - Artificial Intelligence and Signal and Image Processing
- Student Assistant / HiWi
| The Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group at the University of Zurich is looking for motivated applicants, who are interested in investigating how recommender systems can adhere to normative and beyond-accuracy objectives, as well as be made explainable, fair, and/or trustworthy. - Computer-Human Interaction
- Master Thesis
| The remarkable complexity of morphogenesis and tissue regeneration implies the existence of a transcellular communication network in which individual cells sense the environment and coordinate their biological activity in time and space. To understand the fascinating ability of tissue self-organization, comprehensive study of biophysical properties (cellular nanomechanics such as tension forces and bioelectromagnetics) in combination with the analysis of biochemical networks (signaling pathways and genetic circuits) is required.
In this framework we are investigating the unacknowledged key role of Desmoglein 3 (Dsg3) as a receptor involved in mechanosensing, capable of initiating a signaling response in the transcellular communication network, which results in stem cell fate conversion, plasticity and tissue repair.
Our goal is to apply innovative Fluidic Force Microscopy to measure altered biophysical parameters upon disruption of Dsg3 transadhesion such as cell stiffness, cell-cell adhesion, cell surface charges and electric potentials. Together with the University of Bern and University of Lübeck we are further investigating how these biophysical changes relate to transcriptomic, epigenomic and proteomic response circuits to ultimately infer biophysical and biochemical circuits involved in Dsg3 signaling.
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Medical and Health Sciences, Physics
- Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis, Semester Project
| The remarkable complexity of morphogenesis and tissue regeneration implies the existence of a transcellular communication network in which individual cells sense the environment and coordinate their biological activity in time and space. To understand the fascinating ability of tissue self-organization, comprehensive study of biophysical properties (cellular nanomechanics such as tension forces and bioelectromagnetics) in combination with the analysis of biochemical networks (signaling pathways and genetic circuits) is required.
In this framework we are investigating the unacknowledged key role of Desmoglein 3 (Dsg3) as a receptor involved in mechanosensing, capable of initiating a signaling response in the transcellular communication network, which results in stem cell fate conversion, plasticity and tissue repair.
Our goal is to apply innovative Fluidic Force Microscopy to measure altered biophysical parameters upon disruption of Dsg3 transadhesion such as cell stiffness, cell-cell adhesion, cell surface charges and electric potentials. Together with the University of Bern and University of Lübeck we are further investigating how these biophysical changes relate to transcriptomic, epigenomic and proteomic response circuits to ultimately infer biophysical and biochemical circuits involved in Dsg3 signaling.
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Medical and Health Sciences, Physics
- Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis, Semester Project
| This project explores a novel approach to graph embeddings using electrical flow computations. - Artificial Intelligence and Signal and Image Processing, Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning, Mathematics
- Master Thesis
| This project focuses on combining Large Language Models within the area of Event-based Computer Vision. - Computer Vision
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
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