# Congratulations to our 2024 Graduates!

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On 23 May, 24 Biotechnology and 27 Computational Biology & Bioinformatics graduates attended the D-BSSE graduation ceremony together with their families and friends, in total some 180 guests. We are especially pleased to have two ETH medallists and three Willi Studer Prize awardees this year. Huge congratulations to all our graduates and best of success for a bright future!

[© ETH Zurich](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/05/congratulations-to-our-2024-graduates/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item0.imageformat.slideshow.1572250585.jpg)
[Benedikt Jäger, ETH Medal Awardee © ETH Zurich](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/05/congratulations-to-our-2024-graduates/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item1.imageformat.slideshow.680437354.jpg)
[Rachel Sava, ETH Medal Awardee © ETH Zurich](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/05/congratulations-to-our-2024-graduates/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item2.imageformat.slideshow.916461040.jpg)
[Matyas Bende and Rchel Sava, Willi Studer Prize Awardees © ETH Zurich](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/05/congratulations-to-our-2024-graduates/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item3.imageformat.slideshow.1906896933.jpg)
[Melissa Ensmenger, Willi Studer Prize Awardee © ETH Zurich](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/05/congratulations-to-our-2024-graduates/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item4.imageformat.slideshow.1068968995.jpg)
['Congrats!' made by the D-BSSE community](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/05/congratulations-to-our-2024-graduates/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item5.imageformat.slideshow.1738173723.jpg)

**ETH Medal 2025 for outstanding Master's thesis**

- Benedikt Jäger, MSc Biotechnology, thesis title: Understanding formate production in a synthetic methylotrophic *Escherichia coli*
- Rachel Sava, MSc Biotechnology, thesis title: A novel platform for high-throughput synaptic plasticity induction on high-density microelectrode arrays

**Willi Studer Preis 2025**

- Matyas Bende and Rachel Sava, MSc Biotechnology
- Melissa Ensmenger, MSc Computational Biology & Bioinformatics