Monthly IBI-EDBB Grad Student Mini-Symposia
Monthly presentations by EDBB doctoral students, followed by social get-together.
NOTE: we need to beef up the student committee – please volunteer to help out on specific events or tasks, chair a session etc. Thank you!

October 4, 2024 | Stephen Buckley, Correia Lab Sourabh Kuppanda Jafri, Persat Lab |
Nov. 15, 2024 in room AI 1 153! | Enzo Morro, Lashuel Lab Artem Kononenko, Bastings Lab |
Dec. 6, 2024 | Yann Tinguely, Lutolf Lab Ana Rico, Barth Lab |
January 10, 2025 | Saeid Ansaryan, Altug Lab (no second speaker this time) |
February 7, 2025 | Lorenzo Scutteri, Barth Lab & Rahi Lab Lennart Nickel, Correia Lab |
March 7, 2025 in room AI 1 153! | Abtin Saateh, Altug Lab Verena Rukes, Dal Peraro Lab |
April 4, 2025 | Remo Bättig, Barth Lab Elena Tonin, Naef Lab |
May 2, 2025 starting at 16h30! (three talks today) | Shuhao Xiao, Correia Lab Patricia Reinert, Naef Lab Jose Vasquez Porto Viso, Deplancke Lab |
June 6, 2025 in room AI 1 153! | Jana Anton, Dal Peraro Lab Emilie Vuille-dit-Bille, Sakar Lab |
July 4, 2025 | Maxine Leonardi, Naef Lab Tania Distler, Persat Lab |
Contributing a presentation in this series is a graduation requirement for EDBB students: schedule your (Season Ten: 2024-2025) talk now!
Format
- Monthly (first Friday of the month – with the occasional exception…), but skipping August-September
- Where and when? EPFL seminar room SV1717 or AI 1 153 | 17h00 (sharp)
- Broadcasting on Zoom as well (meant mainly for students on remote campuses, the aim being that speakers present to flesh’n’blood human beings before them in the room…)
- Back-to-back presence presentations by two doctoral students enrolled in the EDBB Program (usually in their 2nd or 3rd year)
- Presentation time 30′ (incl. 5′ Q&A)
- Followed by social get-together (pizza & beer, sponsored by the Institute of Bioengineering) –> please volunteer to organize it!
- Note: IBI-EDBB MiniSymp are an official course in which you can enroll and earn credits (download ‘BIOENG-600’ course attendance sheet – pdf, 39 kB)
Archive
Season Ten Calendar
- Stephen Buckley, Correia Lab
- Sourabh Kuppanda Jafri, Persat Lab
Nov. 15, 2024 (in room AI 1 153!)
- Enzo Morro, Lashuel Lab
- Artem Kononenko, Bastings Lab
- Yann Tinguely, Lutolf Lab
- Ana Rico, Barth Lab
- Saeid Ansaryan, Altug Lab
- (no second speaker this time)
- Lorenzo Scutteri, Barth Lab & Rahi Lab
- Lennart Nickel, Correia Lab
March 7, 2025 (in room AI 1 153!)
- Abtin Saateh, Altug Lab
- Verena Rukes, Dal Peraro Lab
- Remo Bättig, Barth Lab
- Elena Tonin, Naef Lab
May 2, 2025 (starting at 16h30!)
- (three talks today)
- Shuhao Xiao, Correia Lab
- Patricia Reinert, Naef Lab
- Jose Vasquez Porto Viso, Deplancke Lab
June 6, 2025 (in room AI 1 153!)
- Jana Anton, Dal Peraro Lab
- Emilie Vuille-dit-Bille, Sakar Lab
- Maxine Leonardi, Naef Lab
- Tania Distler, Persat Lab
Season Nine Calendar
- Laura Grasemann, Maerkl Lab
- Alejandro Alonso Calleja, Schoonjans Lab & Naveiras Lab
- Amélia Lalou, Auwerx Lab
- Georgios Rovas, Stergiopulos Lab
- Francesca Pontanari, Schoonjans Lab
- Till Ryser, Guiducci Lab & Lashuel Lab
- Antoni Gralak, Deplancke Lab
- (no second speaker this time)
February 2, 2024 (in room AI 1 153!)
- Bilge Sen Elçi, Lutolf Lab
- Lucia Bonati, Tang Lab & Correia Lab
- Ragunathan Bava Ganesh, Maerkl Lab
- Simon Finn Mayer, Dal Peraro Lab & Radenovic Lab
- Ahmed Sadek, Lashuel Lab
- (no second speaker this time)
- Jakob Langer, Lutolf Lab
- Esther Räth, McKinney Lab & Fantner Lab
- Yueyun Zhang, Brisken Lab
- Hugo José Rodríguez Franco, Bastings Lab
- Gabriele Gambardella, Barth Lab
- Lucie Chanvillard, Feige Lab at NIHS
Season Eight Calendar
- Jeremy Wong, Persat Lab
- Veronika Cencen, Fantner Lab
- Muhammad Umair Anwar, van der Goot Lab
- Emilie Revol, Lacour Lab
- Mustafa Kangül, Fantner Lab
- Chen Zhang, Manley Lab
- Yang Zhao, Tang Lab
- Olga Mitrofanova, Lutolf Lab
- Horia Hashimi, Deplancke Lab
- Moritz Hofer, Lutolf Lab
- Yen-Cheng Liu, Altug Lab
- Xiaomeng Hu, Tang Lab
- Danica Milovanovic, Trono Lab
- Danashi Medagoda, Ghezzi Lab
- Karla Castro, Correia Lab
- Kaltrina Paloja, Bastings Lab
- Eleonora Martinelli, Lacour Lab
- Julius Winter, Manley Lab
- Leonie Kolmar, Merten Lab
- Wangjie Liu, Deplancke Lab
- Lixin Yang, Lashuel Lab
- Anthony Marchand, Correia Lab
Season Seven Calendar
- Adele Fanelli, Ghezzi Lab
- (no second speaker this time)
- Ece Yildiz, Schoonjans Lab
- (no second speaker this time)
- Alice Comberlato, Bastings Lab
- Ophélie Rutschmann, McKinney Lab
- Alexandra Waskow, Furno Lab at the SPC
- (no second speaker, and via Zoom only this time)
- Tania Hübscher, Lutolf Lab
- (no second speaker, and via Zoom only this time)
- Rita Sarkis, Naveiras Lab (UNIL-CHUV) & Deplancke Lab
- Zander Harteveld, Correia Lab
- Samuel M. Leitão, Fantner Lab
- Alessia De Masi, Auwerx Lab
- Yin-Hsi Lin, Johnsson Lab
- Sara Ancel, Feige Lab & Deplancke Lab
- Min Gao, Tang Lab
- (no second speaker this time)
- Xiaoxu Li, Auwerx Lab
- Noaf Alwahab, Lacour Lab
Season Six Calendar
Due to the need to catch up after the lapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, we temporarily make this a weekly event (monthly in the past), in which presentations by doctoral students take place online (without social get-together for the time being).
- Xavier Pierrat, Persat Lab
- (no second speaker this time, exceptionally)
- Fabien Jammes, Maerkl Lab
- Lorenzo Talà, Persat Lab
- Barbora Lavičková, Maerkl Lab
- Dániel Kéri, Barth Lab
- Lucio Pancaldi, Sakar Lab
- Oriane Poupart, Pioletti Lab & Moser Lab
- Stefano Vianello, Lutolf Lab
- Sailan Shui, Correia Lab
- Andreas Scheck, Correia Lab
- (no second speaker this time, exceptionally)
April 23, 2021
- cancelled
April 30, 2021
- cancelled
- Arielle Planchette, Radenovic Lab
- Tamara Rossy, Persat Lab
- Vytautas Navikas, Radenovic Lab
- Eleonora Borda, Ghezzi Lab
- Nicolas Maïno, Renaud Lab
- Fumiaki Iwane, (ex-)Millán Lab & Billard Lab
- Clémence Hurni, Naef Lab
- Yu Sun, Schoonjans Lab
- Sarah Wehrle, Correia Lab
- Vasiliki Bikia, Stergiopulos Lab
- Radiana Ferrero, Deplancke Lab
- Olivier Venzin, Oates Lab
- Laura Hermans, Ramdya Lab & Sakar Lab
- Umji Lee, Feige Lab & Deplancke Lab
- Frédéric Normandeau, McKinney Lab
- Sophie Rivara, Ablasser Lab
July 9, 2021
- cancelled
Season Five Calendar
- Sylvain Träger, Dal Peraro Lab
- followed by open discussion with Georg Fantner, new EDBB Director
- Yuqing Xie, Tang Lab
- no second speaker this time, exceptionally
- Peiling Luan, Auwerx Lab
- Raquel Parreira, Sakar Lab
January 10, 2020
- Mario Romani, Auwerx Lab
- Domen Kampjut, IST Austria, Klosterneuburg (AT)
- Gerard Llimos Aubach, Deplancke Lab
- Jaipreet Singh Loomba, D’Angelo Lab
- Stamatia Pagoulatou, Stergiopulos Lab
- Alexis Bachmann, Auwerx Lab
All other dates have been rescheduled due to Covid-19 situation