We hold a monthly symposium every third Friday of the month at 15.00 CET in room SV1717.
In this symposium, PoLS students, postdocs and PIs are welcome to show their new work, discuss new ideas, present preliminary data, or discuss classical/landmark work. Internal presentations have a maximum duration of 15 minutes. Invited speakers give 30-minute talks. Suggestions for external speakers, including students and postdocs from other institutions, are always welcome. Substantial time is available for questions after each talk, and there are breaks with some food and drinks to foster informal discussions.
To volunteer, or to suggest a speaker, please contact Julia.
When there is a hybrid mode, the Zoom link is https://epfl.zoom.us/j/87013205777
You can watch or re-watch some of the presentations on our two SwitchTube channels. One is open to the public, while the other one is only for EPFL members (speakers’ choice):
SwitchTube channel EPFL Member
Upcoming seminars
2025
Friday – 17.10.2025
| 15:00 | Katherine Delevaux | Waszak Lab | Discovery of cis-regulatory genetic variation in pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma |
| 15:20 | Cyril Malbranke | Bitbol Lab | A proteome language model for protein-protein interaction and gene essentiality prediction across taxa |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Thomas Lemmin | University of Bern | De novo design as a guide: Directing protein language models for specific functions and probing protein folding space of AlphaFold |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Tuesday – 04.11.2025 – Special PoLS Seminar
| 15:30 | Peter Kharchenko | Harvard University |
Attempts at computational analysis of cell coordination at different scales |
Friday – 21.11.2025 – ROOM AI 1 153
| 15:00 | Alireza Gargoorimotlagh | La Manno Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Lucas Brunschwig | Waszak Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Eileen Gentleman | UNIL | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 12.12.2025
| 15:00 | Shuhao Zhang | Barth Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Benedikt Singer | Dal Peraro Lab | Quantum Mechanics informed protein design for plastic degrading enzymes |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Prabhu Prasad Swain | Fantner Lab | Correlative in-situ nanoscale microscopy using AFM and FIB-SEM to achieve 3D multiparametric volumetric imaging |
| 16:20 | Guillaume Salbreux | Université de Genève | TBA |
| 17:05 | Snacks and drinks |
2026
Friday – 27.02.2026
| 15:00 | FREE | ||
| 15:20 | FREE | ||
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Thibaut Brunet | Institut Pasteur, Paris | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 20.03.2026
| 15:00 | FREE | ||
| 15:20 | FREE | ||
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | FREE | ||
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 17.04.2026 – ROOM AI 1 153
| 15:00 | LIBRE | ||
| 15:20 | LIBRE | ||
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | LIBRE | ||
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 08.05.2026 – ROOM AI 1 153
| 15:00 | FREE | ||
| 15:20 | FREE | ||
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Janna Nawroth | Helmholtz Munich | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 18.09.2026
| 15:00 | FREE | ||
| 15:20 | FREE | ||
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | FREE | ||
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 16.10.2026
| 15:00 | FREE | ||
| 15:20 | FREE | ||
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | FREE | ||
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 20.11.2026
| 15:00 | FREE | ||
| 15:20 | FREE | ||
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | FREE | ||
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 18.12.2026
| 15:00 | FREE | ||
| 15:20 | FREE | ||
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | FREE | ||
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |