About the Bioengineering Lecture
The Bioengineering Lecture is the Department of Bioengineering’s flagship annual lecture, bringing our community together to hear from a leading international researcher working at the forefront of their field.
This year, we welcome Professor Julia Vorholt, Professor of Microbiology at ETH Zurich, whose laboratory works on plant microbiomes, one-carbon metabolism and endosymbioses.
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception, giving attendees the opportunity to meet Professor Vorholt and continue the conversation with colleagues from across the Department.
Lecture title and abstract to follow.
Biography
Julia Vorholt is Professor of Microbiology in the Department of Biology at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She studied biology at the Universities of Bonn and Marburg and carried out her doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany.
Following postdoctoral research at the University of Washington in Seattle, she led research groups at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg and subsequently at the CNRS in Toulouse, France. She joined ETH Zurich as Associate Professor in 2006 and has been Full Professor since 2012. Since 2020, she has also been Co-Director of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Microbiomes.
Professor Vorholt is an elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Academia Europaea and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Her laboratory works on plant microbiomes, one-carbon metabolism and endosymbioses.