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Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases
The reciprocal interactions of signaling pathways and non-coding RNA
International Symposium
16 – 19 September 2012 on Monte Verità
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News & Events
April 2012:
‘Spark
Award’ Winners: We are very proud to announce that the CC-SPMD
members Christian
Wolfrum, Bettina Meissburger and Erick Carreira won the ‘Spark
Award’. This
award is given by ETH Transfer to honor ETH scientists who made the most
promising invention of 2011 which resulted in a patent application. Our scientists turned their sparkling ideas into an innovative patent
application by identifying a substance that controls the differentiation
of adipocytes. It turns large insulin resistant fat cells back into
small insulin sensitive cells. Thus this might serve as a new pharmaceutical target for the treatment of obesity-related diabetes.
Read more (German only) »»
January 2012:
New ProDoc program «The Metabolic
Basis of Disease»: The
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) and the Rector’s Conference of
the
Swiss Universities (CRUS) are funding a new Ph.D. focus program within
the
CC-SPMD in their ProDoc funding scheme. The new focus program «The
Metabolic
Basis of Disease» is part of the existing program on «Systems Biology of
Complex Diseases».
With
the CHF 1,2 million given by the SNF, CC-SPMD will initially be
able to fund 6 additional Ph.D. projects and can offer additional
courses on
cancer biology, diabetes, obesity and inflammation. More information »»
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Welcome to the Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases (CC-SPMD), a multi-disciplinary research collaboration of ETH Zurich and University Zurich. The Center was created to bring the power of systems biology to physiology and medicine and to develop the scientific foundation for personalized medicine.
Disorders of metabolism such as obesity, diabetes and cancer are considered major health risks globally. With the completion of the sequencing of the genomes of several species including humans the challenge is now to systematically decipher and integrate the many different levels of biological information and to apply this newly gained knowledge towards a better understanding of these complex diseases.
The CC-SPMD’s mission is:
- to develop tools under the systems biology paradigm to study metabolic control networks of different biosystems and their dynamic behaviour in response to perturbations in health and disease
- to advance and publish basic knowledge that leads the way to innovative and novel individualized treatment options, cures, or the prevention of metabolic disorders such as obesity, diabetes and cancer
The CC-SPMD is built around research programs and technology platforms and brings together scientists from different disciplines, including biology, computer science, chemistry and medicine. It comprises five large research programs:
- 'Systems Biology of beta-cells'
- 'LiverX: Systems Biology of Hepatic Insulin Resistance'
- 'Systems Biology of Adipocytes'
- 'Cancer Metabolism'
- 'Biosensors and Biomarkers'
The educational program of the CC-SPMD includes an international Ph.D. Program as part of the Life Science Zurich Graduate School. The program 'Systems Biology of Complex Diseases' is the first program in Europe which educates students at the interface of systems biology and medicine.
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