Professor of Systems Biology

Research Interests

Prof. Aebersold’s research focuses on developing new methods and technologies for quantitative proteomics and for applying this emerging technology to enhance our understanding of the structure, function, and control of complex biological systems.  Current applications of quantitative proteomics technology are directed towards the discovery of proteins markers that differentiate cancer cells from their normal counterparts, to the investigation of the mechanisms of fundamental cellular processes by the comparative analysis of the gene and protein expression profiles in cells at different states, and to studies in the area of medical microbiology.  

Prof. Aebersold is an advisory editor for the journal Physiological Genomics, has been a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Protein Science (1992-‘98), Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (2001-present), Functional Proteomics (1999- present), Analytical Biochemistry (1991-2000) Functional and Integrative Genomics (1999-present), Electrophoresis (1989-1993), and Genome Technology (2003- ).  He is the 2002 recipient of the Widmer Award, the ASMS Biemann Medal, and the World Technology Network Award in the biotechnology category.

In November 2004, he assumed an appointment as Professor of Systems Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, ETH-Zürich and Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Zürich.

Research Description

Mailing address:
Rudolf Aebersold
Institut für Molekulare Systembiologie
Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 16
ETH Hönggerberg, HPT E 78
CH-8093 Zürich

E-mail: aebersold@biotech.biol.ethz.ch
Office: HPT E 78
Phone: +41 1 633 31 70 (Office)
Phone (Office): +41 1 633 34 03