Technology platforms
ETH's technology platforms promote interdisciplinary collaboration, contribute to cost reduction, and present an attractive working environment to highly specialised experts.
Details about the definition and organisation of technology platforms at ETH Zurich can be found in the Download Guide for ETH-wide Technology Platforms (PDF, 453 KB).
The different types of platforms can be divided into the following categories:
CSCS
The Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (external page CSCS) is a supercomputer platform that offers services to the Swiss research community but also conducts research in scientific computing itself. It is an autonomous unit of ETH Zurich and is embedded into various international networks. Contact RII: Dr. Sarah Lechmann
SDSC
The external page Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) enables data-driven science and innovation for societal impact, and supports scientists, businesses and organizations in their data science and AI journey. Contact RII: Dr. Sarah Lechmann
SwissCAT+
The external page SwissCAT+ is a data-driven technology platform of the ETH domain offering high-throughput and automated experimentation tools combined with advanced computational data analysis in the field of catalysis. Contact RII: Dr. Sarah Lechmann
AgroVet-Strickhof
At external page AgroVet-Strickhof university education and research in the field of agricultural and veterinary sciences is linked to the practical needs of agriculture through cooperation between Strickhof, ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. AgroVet-Strickhof also has various state-of-the-art research infrastructures in addition to the animal stables. Contact RII: Dr. Adrian Rohner
BRNC
The Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center (BRNC) is co-run by ETH Zurich and IBM Research. It provides an excellent research infrastructure for science and industry. A cleanroom and noise-free labs make it possible to conduct highly sensitive research in the nano dimension. Contact RII: Dr. Matthias Unterburger
dTIP
The Digital Trial Intervention Platform supports ETH researchers and spin-offs in the implementation of medical research and offers support in planning, submission and implementation of complex clinical studies. dTIP was launched in January 2021 and is currently in the development phase. Contact RII: Dr. Friederike Saathoff
EPIC
The ETH Phenomics Center (EPIC) is ETH Zurich's mouse facility. As such it offers infrastructure and services for humane lab mouse husbandry to researchers from various backgrounds and provides access to modern analytical procedures as well as to technology laboratories for the charaterisation of in-vivo models. Contact RII: Dr. Friederike Saathoff
FCCF
The ETH Flow Cytometry Core Facility provides flow cytometry-based services (including cell sorting, high-end analysis, and support for experiment design) to all researchers at ETH Zurich and the local scientific community. Contact RII: Dr. Friederike Saathoff
FGCZ
The Functional Genomis Center Zurich (external page FGCZ) is co-operated by ETH Zurich and UZH. It supports research in the Life Sciences, more precisely, in genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics. FGCZ offers state-of-the-art infrastructure as well as expertise in technology and data analysis. Contact RII: Dr. Friederike Saathoff
FIRST
The technology platform Frontiers in Research: Space and Time (FIRST) serves research and education in the field of micro- and nanoscience. It features a large cleanroom laboratory of about 400 m² with state-of-the-art equipment for a wide range of processes with emphasis on III-V materials growth. Contact RII: Dr. Matthias Unterburger
GMP Facility
The GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) Facility is an ETH technology platform shared with University of Basel and University Hospital Basel. The objective is to provide an environment compliant with the regulatory requirements, which enables researchers to manufacture their gene, cell, and tissue therapy products for use in human clinical trials. Contact RII: Dr. Friederike Saathoff
NEXUS
NEXUS Personalized Health is a versatile Technology Platform to facilitate biomedical research, development and implementation. It enables collaborative innovation by providing tailored expertise in clinical bioinformatics, biostatistics, software engineering, screening and lab automation across the research lifecycle. Contact RII: Dr. Friederike Saathoff
ScopeM
The Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM) provides access to modern electrone and light microscopes for the structural characterisation of materials as well as to related sample preparation equipment. Besides infrastructure, it also offers consultation, training, and services for scientific imaging. Contact RII: Dr. Matthias Unterburger
techpool
techpool is the central platform for workshop activities. The platform provides access to workshop technologies available at ETH to all researchers, irrespective of their departmental affiliation. Workshop orders are assigned and executed within the ETH workshop network based on customer needs and available capacities. Contact VPIN: Peter Stäuble
Euler
Scientific IT Services operates high-performance computing clusters as a central service for ETH Zurich. The current system, Euler, has an overall computing capacity of over 200,000 CPU cores and 1,300 GPUs. Euler can be used for a wide range of applications, such as HPC, Big Data, AI and Machine Learning. Contact VPIN: Scientific IT Services
Leonhard Med
Scientific IT Services offer the Leonhard Med Trusted Research Environment (TRE). The expert services focus on specialized solutions for secure handling of sensitive research data (strictly confidential and confidential data) and covers the full research data life cycle, supporting the steps from data collection to eventual archival. Contact VPIN: Scientific IT Services
Various Departments at ETH Zurich offer scientific services and analyses in the framework of Departmental Platforms to support research and teaching activities of their researchers. Examples of Departmental Platforms are the NMR facilities of D-BIOL (BNSP) and D-CHAB (NMR Service) and the MoBiAS platform (for Molecular and Bio-molecular Analysis) of D-CHAB.
Platforms can also be run e.g. by an Institute or Center. Examples are the Regenerative Medicine Technologies and Biomedical and Robotics Technologies platforms within the external page Wyss Center.