Life Sciences at the EPFL - Mission and Challenge

Biomedical research will increasingly rely on quantitative approaches and high-end technologies, and the future of life sciences lies at the crossroads of biology, basic sciences, informatics and engineering.

Accordingly, the School of Life Sciences trains a new breed of researchers whose combined skills in these various fields are set to address fundamental biological questions and to attack the major medical problems of our times with the true spirit of systems biologists.

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This week's events at the SV  -  SV Events  -  EPFL News/Press releases

For your calendars...

• The 2010 International Summer Research Program for Bachelor students in the life sciences in their largest sense will be organized from July 5 to August 27, 2010 with up to 25/30 summer research fellowships awarded on a competitive basis, taking into account several criteria including the student's academic records, personal statementss and letters of recommendation - Further information - Registration is now over
  
  
• The 2010 Life Sciences Symposium will take place on the EPFL campus from September 2 to 4, 2010 and will be dedicated to Bioengineering, under the motto "Engineering Life"; the mandatory registrations will soon be open - Deadline to register: August 1st, 2010
  
  
• Launch of the "2010 DEBIOPHARM LIFE SCIENCES AWARD" by the President of the EPFL, the Dean of the EPFL School of Life Sciences, and the Executive Board of Debiopharm Group; the 2010 International Prize will be awarded to a young investigator in the field of Drug Deliver and Pharmaceutical Technology; it will be presented on the occasion of the EPFL Life Science Symposium to be held from September 2 to 4, 2010 - Application deadline: April 15, 2010 - Application conditions - Coordinator
  
  
• New...Come and join the EPFL Life Sciences Seminars - Complete Program - Venue: room SV 1717a, next to the "Ornithorynque Restaurant" - Fridays at 4 pm

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Our special congratulations to....

• to Jeff Hubbell as new member of the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), announced NAE President Charles M. Vest today; Jeff Hubbell, among the 68 new members, has been honored for his contributions to the science, engineering, and technology of bioactive materials for the benefit of patients; election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer...more
  
  
• to Stewart Cole and his team who have been awarded the Kochon Prize, foreseen for persons, institutions, or organizations that have made a highly significant contribution to combating tuberculosis; Stewart Cole, Director of the Global Health Institute at EPFL, and to Lucy Chesire, a leading international patient activist who has achieved important TB advancements at both global and regional levels, on the 5^th of December this year...more


 
• Gisou van der Goot, professor at the Institute of Global Health of the EPFL Life Sciences, who received the 2009 Marcel Benoist Prize; this is the first time this prize has been awarded to a woman scientist, as well as the first time EPFL has been undividedly awarded the prize...more

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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - APPOINTMENTS

• A study from EPFL's (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Laboratory of Neuroenergetics and Cellular Dynamics (Brain Mind Institute), published today in The Journal of Neuroscience, may lead to new forms of treatment following a better understanding of how Amyloid-Beta found in cerebral plaques, typically present in the brain of Alzheimer's patients...more
  
  
• The reasons we survive the presence of these endogenous retroviruses published today in "Nature", thanks to Didier Trono and his team from EPFL, in Switzerland, who describe this mechanism; their results provide insights into evolution and suggest potential new therapies in fighting another retrovirus-HIV....Didier Trono's interview on YouTube...more
  
  

• Carl Petersen appointed associate professor at the School of Life Sciences (SV); Carl Petersen is one of the first tenure-track assistant professors hired by the Brain Mind Institute (BMI), the mission of which is to understand brain function at the molecular, cellular and cognitive levels using methods ranging from experiments to modeling...more
  
  

• Mr. Emmanuel E. Baetge, Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President of Novocell Inc. since 2004, appointed Adjunct Professor at the EPFL School of Life Sciences; Emmanuel Baetge has held various executive positions in a number of biotechnology companies; he has headed important research programs developing new technologies for tissue replacement using cellular therapy...more
  
  

• Jonathan Knowles nominated as half-time full professor at the School of Life Sciences (SV); the SV aims to combine the resources of the biomedical sciences with the skills of engineering, in both its research and its teaching;  onathan Knowles has held the highest positions for research planning in several large pharmaceutical companies, playing a key role in their success; his expertise in managing translational research will be an unprecedented benefit for the EPFL School of Life Sciences..more

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