• Schools of Engineering
    & Life Sciences

    Li Tang Wins RSC Biomaterials Science Lectureship

    Li Tang, head of the Laboratory of Biomaterials for Immunoengineering (LBI) in EPFL’s Institue of Bioengineering and Institute of Materials (both part of the School of Engineering), has received the 2025 Biomaterials Science Lectureship from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

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    Elisa Oricchio and Andrew Oates elected EMBO Members

    The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has elected 69 new life scientists to membership, joining more than 2100 of the best researchers in Europe and the world. Among the new members is Professors Elisa Oricchio and Andrew Oates at EPFL’s School of Life Sciences.

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  • Schools of Engineering
    & Life Sciences

    A recycling mechanism that helps cells fight aging

    An international team led by EPFL has discovered a powerful anti-aging pathway in roundworms, revealing how boosting the cell’s lysosomes can help clear waste and promote healthy aging. The findings open new directions for therapies against age-related diseases.

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  • Schools of Engineering
    & Life Sciences

    Designing Life With Artificial Intelligence

    “Designing Life with AI” is a cross-disciplinary MAKE project in which EPFL students get a chance to explore the research process by designing proteins. A total of eight research labs are involved.

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  • Schools of Engineering
    & Life Sciences

    Two engineering professors win Melexis grants

    Adrian Ionescu and Hatice Altug will receive funding from Melexis to develop sensors in the field of digital health. They were selected following a call for projects conducted as part of the industrial affiliation program offered by the Institute of Electrical and Micro Engineering (IEM).

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Using Virtual Reality to Improve Prosthetic Vision in Daily Life 8.8.2025 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Sandrine BRIKH Place: SV 1717 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Programmable supramolecular nanoarchitectures for targeting biological patterns 15.8.2025 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Artem KONONENKO Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Computational design of complex protein folds and soluble analogs of membrane proteins 18.8.2025 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Casper Alexander GOVERDE Place: SV 1717 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IBISSBRM2025 – EXCELLENCE in BIOMATERIALS SYMPOSIUM – annual ‘BioE Days 2025’ research meeting of the EPFL Institute of Bioengineering 21.8.2025 – 13:30 > 17:00 Speaker: Carlijn Bouten, Technical University, Eindhoven (NL)
Cole DeForest, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (USA)
Matteo D’Este, AO Davos (CH)
Eileen Gentleman, University of Lausanne (CH)
Kam Leong, Columbia University, New York (USA)
Xiao-Hua Qin, ETH Zurich (CH)
Simone Schürle-Finke, ETH Zurich (CH) + 12 Short Talk speakers and 5 Award Talk speakers to be announced Place: RLC E1 240 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging of chromatin and epigenetics reveals cell identity and biological age 3.9.2025 – 10:00 > 11:00 Speaker: Dr. Alexey V. Terskikh Professor, FHRI Distinguished Fellow, Harry Perkins Institute & University of Western Australia https://perkins.org.au/person/professor-alexey-terskikh Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Inaugural lecture: Making Materials That Speak the Cellular Language 5.9.2025 – 17:15 > 18:15 Speaker: Prof. Maartje Bastings, Programmable Biomaterials Laboratory Place: SV 1717 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Honorary Lecture | Hilal Lashuel | Decoding Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Journey Through Complexity, Collaboration, and Reverse Engineering Disease Mechanisms 12.9.2025 – 16:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Prof. Hilal Lashuel Place: SV 1717 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Inaugural Lecture | Sara Gallini | Uncovering tumor suppression mechanisms through in vivo two-photon imaging 16.9.2025 – 17:15 > 19:00 Speaker: Sara Gallini Place: SV 1717 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Statistical physics of living systems 16.9.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Heterostructures for Electrical, Optical and Plasmonic Applications 9.10.2025 – 10:15 > 11:15 Speaker: Prof. Alois Lugstein, Institute for Solid State Electronics, Vienna Institute of Technology, Vienna (AT) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Experimental Characterization of an Adhesion GPCR Mechanotransduction 10.10.2025 – 16:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Gabriele GAMBARDELLA Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Photonics Day 2025 23.10.2025 – 08:30 > 18:00 Speaker: Place: RLC E1 240 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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PhD candidates: Welcome to EPFL! 6.11.2025 – 16:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Place: RLC E1 240 Category Convention Read more

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