Professor
Beat
Christen
Professor
Beat
Christen
Professor Experimental Systems Biology
ETH Zürich
Biography
Beat Christen, PhD, heads Experimental Systems Biology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich. Together with Matthias Christen, PhD, a chemist, he co-founded in 2018 the ETH Zürich Spin-off Gigabases Switzerland AG to commercialize whole genome synthesis to produce genomic vaccines, and therapeutic organisms for industrial purposes and health benefits.
Research interests
The Christen Group develops systems and synthetic biology technologies to accelerate DNA programmed construction of living systems. Technologies include computational design and de novo DNA synthesis of entire genomes to accelerate production of therapeutic organisms and genomic vaccines.