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As Head of the Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center, Science Communication and, most recently, Public Relations of the D-CHAB, Dr. Oliver Renn will retire as of June 1, 2025. With outstanding commitment and expertise, he played a key role in shaping information literacy at ETH Zurich and transformed the Information Center from a traditional library into a modern, multifaceted competence center for scientific information.

The 30^th Issue of our magazine Infozine is now available online, once again with a mix of News from the Information Center, the world of scientific communication and tips and tricks.

In June there will be another series of Coffee Lectures with topics for students, assistants, and researchers. The 35th series of the Coffee Lecture begins on June 10, 2025, with many interesting topics.

During the learning and exam period, we will again offer extended opening hours in the evenings and on weekends.

Locker rentals for the semester will begin at 8:00 am on Monday, June 2, 2025, at the Infodesk. The lockers are assigned on a first come, first serve basis.

The group rooms can now be reserved for the learning phase. Read here how.

A selection of newly acquired books, for the four subject areas Chemistry & Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Bridging Scientific Disciplines as well as Popular Science & Lifelong Learning, can be found online.

Catching up with the research of the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences – this is possible with an image.

Catching up with the research of the Department of Biology – this is possible with an image.

The book exchange campaign will be extended from 2 May to 6 Juni. Take the opportunity to organise your media stock and bring your discarded books to ETH Zurich for exchange.

A selection of newly acquired books, for the four subject areas Chemistry & Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Bridging Scientific Disciplines as well as Popular Science & Lifelong Learning, can be found online.

Our book exchange cart will be available again from April 7 to May 2, 2025. Take the opportunity to get your media collection in order and bring your discarded items to ETH Zurich for exchange.

From 17.3.2025 to 30.5.2025, the following opening hours apply:

Monday – Friday                    8:00–20:00

A selection of newly acquired books, for the four subject areas Chemistry & Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Bridging Scientific Disciplines as well as Popular Science & Lifelong Learning, can be found online.

Do you want to save a lot of time during your research or Master's project? The Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center offers a wide range of valuable crash courses on scientific information retrieval and visualization: Text-based literature search with Scopus, visualization with PyMOL or ChemDraw, ChatGPT for many applications, networking with LinkedIn, or information management with Obsidian. There is something for you too!

At the start of the spring semester, there will be another series of Coffee Lectures with topics for students, assistants, and researchers. The 34th series of the Coffee Lecture begins on March 4, 2025, with many interesting topics.

The 29^th Issue of our magazine Infozine is now available online, once again with a mix of news from the Info Center, the world of scientific communication and tips and tricks.

Locker rentals for the semester will begin at 8:00 am on Monday, February 17, 2025, at the Infodesk. The lockers are assigned on a first come, first serve basis.

A selection of newly acquired books, for the four subject areas Chemistry & Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Bridging Scientific Disciplines as well as Popular Science & Lifelong Learning, can be found online.

For the second time, Dr. Gina Cannarozzi is offering the course Scientific Writing for Life Sciences and Chemistry (1 ECTS), tailored for doctoral and Master’s students in life sciences, chemistry, and pharmaceutical sciences.

In case you missed the Coffee Lectures of our 33^rd series, held November/December 2024: You can now find the videos of all nine Coffee Lectures on our YouTube channel.

You have acquired experimental data, and now you need some kind of statistical evaluation for your publication. Would like to do this without being proficient in statistical theory, and without spending too much time on it? Then this course is for you!

During the Advent season, you will once again find a Christmas tree in the lounge.

A selection of newly acquired books, for the four subject areas Chemistry & Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Bridging Scientific Disciplines as well as Popular Science & Lifelong Learning, can be found online.

A selection of newly acquired books, for the four subject areas Chemistry & Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Bridging Scientific Disciplines as well as Popular Science & Lifelong Learning, can be found online.

On November 26, 2024, we are starting another series of Coffee Lectures with topics for students, assistants, and researchers. 

The Information Center will be closed at the turn of the year and will reopen on 6.1.2025 – with extended opening hours.

Reservations are available only to students of the D-CHAB, D-BIOL, and D-MATL departments and are valid from January 6 through February 14, 2024.

A selection of newly acquired books, for the four subject areas Chemistry & Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Bridging Scientific Disciplines as well as Popular Science & Lifelong Learning, can be found online.

On September 26, 2024, the Information Center closes at 3 pm and will not reopen at 6 pm – due to the ESF.