2009

OCTOBER
Our congratulations to the Life Sciences and Technologies students for their Master's degree awarded at the EPFL 2009 Dies Academicus (Journée Magistrale)...Our warm congratulations to Peter Beard for his "Polysphères 2009" award delivered by the EPFL student association - the AGEpoly - this award is given each year to some EPFL professors in recognition of their outstanding teaching skills and of their personal investment in the students...Also have a glance at the FLASH internal publication referring to the Honoris Causa Degree awarded to Professor Pascale Cossart, and presented by our Dean Didier Trono

Further to Gisou van der Goot's initiative, the EPFL School of Life Sciences is launching its weekly "Life Sciences Seminars" taking place each Friday at 4 pm in room SV 1717a, followed by drinks & munchies

SEPTEMBER
The 'Debiopharm Life Sciences Award' to Dr Lluis Quintana-Murci from the Institut Pasteur in France, for his outstanding innovative research in the emerging field of evolutionary genetics of infection; this 2009 prestigious Prize was devoted to the work of a young investigator in the field of Biology and Immunology of Infection; it has been presented on the occasion of the EPFL School of Life Sciences Inaugural Symposium (LSS09), taking place from September 2 to 4, 2009 with an exceptional ensemble of high-ranking speakers covering a wide range of areas, and in particular those represented at the our School; they are grouped into a multidisciplinary, and very attractive program; the symposium took place from September 2 to 4, 2009

BioNano2009, the 2nd Swiss-Japanese Symposium on Bio-Nanotechnology, chaired by Jeffrey A. Hubbel l, director of the Institute of Bioengineering, and co-chaired by Matthias Lutolf, is taking place on September 10-11, 2009 in beautiful medieval Aigle castle. See details, program, etc. here - Registrations are now OPEN here (fee is only CHF 50.-/participant)

JULY-AUGUST
Our Summer Research Scholar Program for undergraduate students, took place from July 6 to August 28, 2009, for the third year, in collaboration with the University of Lausanne Center for Integrative Genomics

JUNE
Our School of Life Sciences is considering an expansion of its effort in the area of stem cell biology and bioengineering through the recruitment of junior faculty; to explore this avenue further, the Institute of Bioengineering organized, on June 10, a one-day symposium featuring young scientists at the very forefront of the field, active in areas such as functional genomics and epigenetics of embryonic stem cells (ESC) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, stem cell bioengineering or stem cell-based tissue engineering...Program and Abstracts

MARCH
Launch of the "2009 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 2009 International Prize will be awarded to a young investigator in the field of Biology and Immunology of Infection; it will be presented on the occasion of the EPFL Life Science Inaugural Symposium to be held from September 2 to 4, 2009 - Application conditions - Coordinator

MARCH
Our School of Life Sciences is, for the first time, collaborating with a musician! Friday March 27, in Auditorium SG, Luca Forcucci's presentation on "Music For Brain Waves" - Luca Forcucci, winner of the "The Swiss Artists in Labs" program, is presenting a seminar on the occasion of his nine month residency at the Brain Mind Institute...more

FEBRUARY
Prof. Nouchine Hadjikhani presented a talk on "Social and Emotionnal Competences and Autism" on Friday February 27, 2009, at the UNIL, 12:30-13:15 - Public conference - Complementary information on April 4, 2009 (morning) at a stand on the Lausanne market (Place de la Palud) - Prof. Hadjikhani's group also participated to the EPFL campus "Health Days" on March 2 & 3, 2009

Two day scientific workshop on Neuroprosthetics organized in the frame of the EPFL launch of the Center of Neuroprosthetics, encompassing the creation of five or more endowed chairs for which a broad search is currently being advertized - This workshop covered 6 main topics: hearing, vision, spinal cord damage, deep brain stimulation, brain electrodes, and non-invasive brain-computer interaction, each presented by one or several high-profile speakers

The 2009 EPFL-LATSIS Symposium "Understanding violence" hosted by the SV Brain Mind Institute, was a great success; it took place on our campus from February 11-13, 2009 and highlighted the effective prevention to be developped on the basis of the recent advances in biology, sociology and modeling - Have a glance at the EPFL FLASH to know more about this conference (PDF) - Article in the newspaper "Le Temps" - Interview of Prof. Carmen Sandi on World Radio Switzerland "On the Beat", by Pete Forster, journalist - Automn 2009 presentation on Arte TV Channel - Post-conference Report from Prof. Carmen Sandi

2008

DECEMBER
Collaboration of the School of Life Sciences in the frame of the "Telethon" fundraising action by the Val d'Arve Primary School at Carouge (Geneva):presentation of the "Globine et Poïétine" scientific tale...more...(French only)...

NOVEMBER
In the frame of the School of Life Sciences community outreach events, we hosted five famous international scientists from the 'Colloque Wright' (Geneva) to debate on the major epidemics...more...(French only)...

OCTOBER
A special focus on the first generation of Life Sciences and Technology Engineers who got their Master degrees on the occasion of the EPFL Dies Academicus; this unique five year life science and technology curriculum was launched in 2003...Read our Dean Prof. Didier Trono's friendly laudatio...and the EPFL FLASH feedback on this event

SEPTEMBER
The EPFL campus hosted the third annual 'Bio Alps Networking Day'

AUGUST
On the occasion of the third EPFL Life Sciences Symposium (LSS08) on 'Cancer and the Cell Cycle' the prestigious 'Debiopharm Life Sciences Award' to Spanish scientist Dr Manel Esteller for his outstanding research in both basic and translational epigenetic oncology research - Photos

JULY
Most of the scientific members of our Brain Mind Institute participated to the FENS 2008 Satellite Meeting at Villars-sur-Ollon on 'Cell-cell adhesion mechanisms:From development of synaptic networks to cognitive dysfunction'

JULY-SEPTEMBER
Summer Research Program for undergraduate students; this international program offered for the second time intensive research training opportunities to undergraduate students interested in research careers in the life sciences

APRIL
As each year, we actively participated to the Gene Days, in close collaboration with our UNIL, CHUV and the 'Jules Gonin' Hospital colleagues, in Lausanne

MARCH
Inaugural lecturers of Professor Pierre Magistretti and Professor Henry Markram (Brain Mind co-directors) in video and podcast versions on the School of Life Sciences Channel (EPFL TV) - Have a glance at the photos on our mediatheque !

FEBRUARY
The SV hosted the USGEB2008 congress in collaboration with the UNIL/Center for Integrative Genomics

2007

SEPTEMBRE
Notre Faculté a accueilli les partenaires du projet national en systèmes biologiques 'SystemsX', le programme comprend notamment la présentation des projets de recherche actuels et futurs; inscriptions et informations en ligne - Lieu de réunion : EPFL (campus nord), bâtiment SG

Inauguration de la plateforme technologique BIOp - Programme

AOUT
'The EPFL Life Science Symposium 2007' - A l'occasion de notre symposium sur les neurosciences, le prix européen 'Debiopharm Life Sciences Award ' vient d'être remis au au Docteur Zoltán Nusser, 38 ans, de l'Institut de médecine expérimentale, de l'Académie des sciences de Hongrie; Dr Nusser est ainsi récompensé pour ses recherches sur les mécanismes de la neurotransmission synaptique - Communiqué de presse EPFL

JUIN
Leçons inaugurales des Professeurs Y. Barrandon & D. Duboule