Team:ETH Zurich/ETH Zuerich

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Zuerich

View of the inner city with the four main churches visible, and the Albis in the backdrop

Zürich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne. Zürich can be counted as one of the world's preeminent global cities. According to several surveys from 2006 to 2008, Zürich was named the city with the best quality of life in the world.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuerich 1]

ETH Zuerich

ETH Hoenggerberg with the new HIT building

The ETH Zürich is a science and technology university in the City of Zürich, Switzerland. Locals sometimes refer to it by the name Poly, derived from the original name Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum or Federal Polytechnic Institute.

Like its sister institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, it is an integral part of the ETH Domain that is directly subordinate to the Federal Department of Home Affairs.

The ETH is an internationally oriented university. It is a founding member of the IDEA League and the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU). It is a member of Top Industrial Managers for Europe network.

Our Lab

For our work on the Igem project Prof. Panke provided us with a working place in his group at the Bioprocess Laboratory of ETH Zuerich.

Our Workingplace

It is located in the CNB Building in the center of Zuerich.

CAB/CNB Building

Past Teams

2007 Igem Team

2007 ETHZ Igem Team

[http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/index.php?title=ETHZ 2007 ETHZ Igem Wiki]

2006 Igem Team

2006 ETHZ Igem Team

[http://parts.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/ETH_Zurich_2006 2006 ETHZ Igem Wiki]

2005 Igem Team

2005 ETHZ Igem Team

[http://parts.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/ETH_Zurich_2005 2005 ETHZ Igem Wiki]

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 == ETH Zuerich ==
+[[Image:800px-ETH-Hoenggerberg-2008.jpg|left|thumb|250px|ETH Hoenggerberg with the new HIT building]]
+The ETH Zürich is a science and technology university in the City of Zürich, Switzerland. Locals sometimes refer to it by the name Poly, derived from the original name Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum or Federal Polytechnic Institute.
+Like its sister institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, it is an integral part of the ETH Domain that is directly subordinate to the Federal Department of Home Affairs.
+The ETH is an internationally oriented university. It is a founding member of the IDEA League and the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU). It is a member of Top Industrial Managers for Europe network.