Top news of the week: 27.05.2021.
Swiss Innovation
‘SHREAD’ system makes tumors destroy themselves
New technology uses adenoviruses as a way to sneak into tumors and then get the cancer cells create the means of their own destruction.
The Swissnex Network rebrands for the future of international collaboration
The rebrand comes 20 years after the inauguration of the Swissnex network in Boston USA, and 18 years after the development of the original Swissnex branding which Yves Béhar was …
“The timing is perfect”
Renowned planetary researcher and Nobel laureate Didier Queloz is moving to ETH Zurich, where he will be joining with other professors to study the origins of life in a new …
Flyability wins Airwards’ Survey and Inspection award
This week Airwards announced that Flyabilty won the Survey and Inspection award for its Elios 2 drone.
Shift to healthy and sustainable consumption patterns
Hyoung-Joon Lim — Director of World Food Programme (WFP), South Korea Office Hyoung-Joon Lim, a Korean national, is Head of the WFP Korea office since September 2019. Braida Thom …
Pre-series A investment for Inura Medical
Inura’s first pharmaceutical product, intraurethral ovulum, is addressing an unmet medical need in overactive bladder (OAB). The fresh capital secured in a pre-series A round will …
Update TOP 100 Public Voting 2021: Spiden, QUMEA, and Neurosoft Bioelectronics lead the medtech field
We have already received thousands of votes, and it is time for the first update of the TOP 100 Public Voting 2021! To keep things interesting, we will provide updates for each of the 10 ...
Taking nothing for granted
Officially elected today by the ETH Board, Günther Dissertori is to take over as Rector of ETH Zurich in February 2022. In this portrait, he talks about what tasks he finds the …