# Welcoming the public to a fascinating journey into DNA sequencing and personalised medicine in oncology

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On 25 November, the Computational Biology lab of Niko Beerenwinkel together with the Genomics Facility Basel opened their doors to the public to share insights on the enormous molecular diversity between tumour cells and the potential of DNA sequencing for personalised treatments in cancer therapy. After a short introduction by Niko and three of his doctoral students, Christian Beisel invited the visitors to learn about the workflow and the data analyses in the in-house sequencing labs.

[Tour participants in the BSS lecture hall listening to the introduction by Niko Beerenwinkel, Professor of Computational Biology at D-BSSE.](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/11/welcoming-the-public-to-a-fascinating-journey-into-dna-sequencing-and-personalised-medicine-in-oncology/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item0.imageformat.slideshow.384329338.jpg)
[Niko Beerenwinkel with his doctoral students Norio Zimmermann, Kevin Rupp and Johannes Gawron (from left to right) at the Public Tour.](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/11/welcoming-the-public-to-a-fascinating-journey-into-dna-sequencing-and-personalised-medicine-in-oncology/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item2.imageformat.slideshow.1643381800.jpg)
[Tour participants learning about lab automation and robotics in the Genomics Facility Basel.](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/11/welcoming-the-public-to-a-fascinating-journey-into-dna-sequencing-and-personalised-medicine-in-oncology/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item3.imageformat.slideshow.692851782.jpg)
[Mirjam Feldkamp from the Genomics Facility Basel demonstrating the efficiency of lab automation technologies.](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/11/welcoming-the-public-to-a-fascinating-journey-into-dna-sequencing-and-personalised-medicine-in-oncology/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item4.imageformat.slideshow.1313446390.jpg)
[Christian Beisel visualising the invisible: sequening instrumentation provides information on the genetic makeup of individual cells which is then used to identify genetic variations between cells. In personalised medicine, the heterogeneity between cells is targeted.](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/11/welcoming-the-public-to-a-fascinating-journey-into-dna-sequencing-and-personalised-medicine-in-oncology/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item5.imageformat.slideshow.121360152.jpg)
[Glass dome of the BSS building at night.](https://bsse.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-bsse-news/2025/11/welcoming-the-public-to-a-fascinating-journey-into-dna-sequencing-and-personalised-medicine-in-oncology/_jcr_content/wide_content/slideshow/images/item6.imageformat.slideshow.550387692.jpg)

Learn more about the [Genomics Facility Basel (run by ETH Zürich and the University of Basel)](https://bsse.ethz.ch/genomicsbasel) and research in the [Computational Biology group of Niko Beerenwinkel](https://ethz.ch/content/specialinterest/bsse/computational-biology/en).

Find all [ETH Public Tours](https://ethz.ch/en/news-und-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/fuehrungen.html).

Upcoming public events will be announced on the [D-BSSE website](https://bsse.ethz.ch).