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New grants for MazeBio, Akteon, Larmor and HelixScreen – two at SV

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EPFL's School of Life Sciences will be involved in two of the four promising startup projects, MazeBio and HelixScreen; the others are Akteon and Larmor. All are supported by the EPFL Startup Launchpad and are taking the next steps towards bringing their technologies to market. MazeBio and Akteon have each received a CHF 30,000 Ignition Grant, while Larmor and HelixScreen have each been awarded a CHF 100,000 Innogrant. Spanning AI-powered drug discovery, compact flow cytometry, fusion energy and personalised cancer treatment, the four projects are addressing challenges across healthcare, biotechnology and energy, turning cutting-edge EPFL research into technologies with the potential for real-world impact.

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15 women from EPFL recognized in Switzerland's Top 100 Women in AI

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Fifteen women from across EPFL are being featured in the 2026 Top 100+ Women in AI, Data & Robotics report, celebrating their engagement and contribution to Switzerland’s rapidly evolving AI ecosystem. 

An appointment and a promotion at the School of Life Sciences

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The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL. In the School of Life Sciences, Dr Lindsey Salay is appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor, and Professor Matteo Dal Peraro is promoted to Full Professor.

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The School of Life Sciences fosters education, research and innovation at the interface of engineering and biology to advance the understanding of the living world and solve biomedical problems.

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We offer a Bachelor and Master program in Life Sciences Engineering, a Master program in Neuro-X, as well as four Doctoral programs.

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Our research groups in 5 institutes operate at the interface of biology, basic sciences, computer sciences and engineering.

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We cultivate a climate of exploration and translation of knowledge and technologies to a sustainable benefit of humankind.

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“Building Brain Resilience: From Stress Adaptation to Cognitive Aging” Symposium

 07.10.2026   09:3019:15

Speaker: Please see Program
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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In a galaxy not so far, far away… Jakob J. Langer, Postdoctoral researcher, Lutolf Lab.

EPFL Latsis Symposium 2026: “Decoding the Cell: Modeling, Predicting, and Engineering Cellular States”

 29.10.202630.10.2026  

Speaker: SPEAKERS
Location:  Olympic Museum
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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Inaugural Lectures SV – Paloma Navarro, Florian Schüder

 11.11.2026   17:1519:30

Speaker: Prof. Paloma Navarro Prof. Florian Schüder
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture
Target audience: General public

Inaugural Lectures SV – Markus Jeschek, Yoon Kim

 18.11.2026   16:1518:30

Speaker: Prof. Markus Jeschek  Prof. Yoon Kim  
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture
Target audience: General public

Personalized Health and Related Technolgies (PHRT) Exhibition

 13.10.202603.11.2026   18:0010:00

Location:  SV 1204
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

Health Days 2026

 28.09.202608.10.2026  

Location:  Rolex Learning Center et Unil-Amphipôle
Category: Miscellaneous
Target audience: General public

In-vitro microtissue models to study uropathogenic Escherichia coli infections in the bladder

 02.10.202609.10.2026  

Speaker: Gauri Rshikesan PADUTHOL
Location:  SV 1717 &  Online
Category: Thesis defenses
Target audience: General public

SNSF Ambizione 2026: Call now open

 03.08.202603.11.2026  

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: General public

FLP Coaching Group

 25.09.202630.11.2026  

Speaker: Dr. Ingrid Le Duc and Dr. Verity Elston
Location:  EPFL
Category: Internal trainings
Target audience: Informed public

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BMI Seminar // Marcel Oberlaender – Deciphering the cortical output code – A multiscale approach to predictive brain modelling

 05.10.2026   09:3010:30

Speaker: Marcel Oberlaender, Dept. of Integrative Neurophysiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Location:  SV 1717 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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