Two new professors appointed at the D-BIOL
At its meeting of 19-20 May 2021 the ETH Board appointed nine new professors, two of which will be located at the D-BIOL. Pedro Beltrao will be Associate Professor of Computational Systems Biology in the IMSB, Manuela Hospenthal will be Assistant Professor of Molecular and Structural Biology in the IMBB.
Pedro Beltrao (*1979), currently group leader at the European Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Hinxton, United Kingdom, was appointed Associate Professor of Computational Systems Biology in the Department of Biology. The professorship will be located in the Institute of Molecular Systems Biology (IMSB). Pedro Beltrao’s research is concerned with the cellular consequences of genetic variation and their influence on health and illness. He received an ERC Starting Grant in 2015 and is regarded as one of the leading researchers in his field. His appointment creates important synergies with various departments and with University Hospital Zurich, particularly in relation to the Strategic Focus Area Personalized Health and Related Technologies.
Link to the website of the external page Beltrao lab
Manuela Hospenthal (*1986), currently group leader at ETH Zurich, was appointed Assistant Professor of Molecular and Structural Biology in the Department of Biology. The professorship will be located in the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics (IMBB). Manuela Hospenthal conducts research into horizontal gene transfer between bacteria, with particular reference to natural transformation. This process is of relevance to medicine because it plays a part in the spread of antibiotic resistance and other pathogenicity traits, one effect of which is to make multi-resistant infections more difficult to treat. With this appointment, the Department is strengthening multidisciplinary research in the areas of structural biology and microbiology.
Link to the website of the Hospenthal lab