Annual Event 2023

Impressions from our flagship event of the year!

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Seervision acquired by Q-SYS

Seervision joins forces with Q-SYS to bring together exceptional teams and expand intelligent collaboration solutions

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25 Projects supported

with life changing impact in society and markets

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Who we are

Wyss Zurich is a unique accelerator, embedded within the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, dedicated to the emerging fields of regenerative medicine and robotics, and medical devices/bionics technologies. We unite world-leading experts, pooling their knowledge and expertise, to form multidisciplinary teams.

News

28-11-2023

World 1st in Zurich: Cutting-edge machine enables successful fat removal from human livers

An interdisciplinary group of surgeons, engineers, and biologists from the Wyss Zurich Translational Center, University of Zurich, and ETH Zurich, has established a new strategy that allows removal...

28-11-2023

Promising new treatments on their way to clinical use

Swissmedic's Innovation Office promotes the development of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). We accompanied Division head Julia Djonova on a visit to the Wyss Zurich Translational...

Spotlight

21-11-2023

ANYbotics wins "Next Global Hot Thing" award at the Digital Economy Awards 2023

The Digital Economy Award aims to motivate and encourage companies and organizations to push forward digital transformation and promote digitalization in Switzerland. The Award is organized by the...

Organizational Setup

The Wyss Zurich Translational Center is run jointly by the ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, with infrastructure on both sides. The head office, technology platforms, and the projects are allocated at the Wyss Zurich Translational Center, which is the operational body. The Wyss Zurich Foundation is the approval and funding body.

Approach

Key Figures

25

Projects supported

650+

Jobs created

120 M+

(CHF) Total funding

265 M+

(CHF) Additional funding

Philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss

Hansjörg Wyss is a Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist who dedicates his philanthropic activities to environmentalism, scientific research and translation. In Switzerland, his donations have already exceed more than half a billion Swiss Francs in less than ten years, to groundbreaking research projects within three different Wyss Centers or Academy in Zurich, Geneva, and Bern. This makes him the most generous private donor to the Swiss research and innovation landscape.