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
2026
Friday – 18.09.2026
| 15:00 | Arthur Alexandre | Bitbol Lab | Evolutionary dynamics in the gut: how spatial heterogeneity shapes bacterial evolution |
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15:20 |
Elisa Bugani | Deplancke Lab |
Phenomics characterization of blood cells in Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Juan Manuel García-Arcos | Cell Dynamics and Fragmentation Lab, EPFL |
The physics of the cell surface: 3 lessons from torturing single cells |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Wednesday – 14.10.2026 – Special PoLS Seminar
| 14:00 | Nikhil Sharma | MPI for Evolutionary Biology University |
Evolutionary graph theory: an overview |
Friday – 16.10.2026
| 15:00 | Miguel Pedraza | Barth Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Alexandre Littière | Bitbol Lab | Investigating the role of spatial structures in bacterial evolution |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Henry De Belly | Children’s Medical Center Research Institute, UT Southwestern (CRI) | Mechanical forces as long-range organizers of cellular physiology |
| 16:45 | Miguel Correa | Dal Peraro Lab | Global comparative structural analysis of responses to protein phosphorylation |
| 17:30 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 20.11.2026
| 15:00 | Anamay Samant | Bitbol Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Yves Paychère | Naef Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Maciej Dobrzynski | University of Bern | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 18.12.2026
| 15:00 | Shiro Otaki | Paoli Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Adrian Dobbelstein | Correia Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Elijah R. Shelto | University College London | TBA |
| 16:45 | Mingming Wu | Cornell University | TBA |
| 17:30 | Snacks and drinks |
2027
Friday – 26.02.2027
| 15:00 | Student 1 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Student 2 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Guest speaker | Affiliation | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 19.03.2027
| 15:00 | Student 1 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Student 2 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Guest speaker | Affiliation | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 16.04.2027
| 15:00 | Student 1 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Student 2 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Guest speaker | Affiliation | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 21.05.2027 – ROOM AI 1 153
| 15:00 | Student 1 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Student 2 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Guest speaker | Affiliation | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 17.09.2027
| 15:00 | Student 1 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Student 2 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Guest speaker | Affiliation | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 15.10.2027
| 15:00 | Student 1 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Student 2 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Guest speaker | Affiliation | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 19.11.2027
| 15:00 | Student 1 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Student 2 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Guest speaker | Affiliation | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 17.12.2027
| 15:00 | Student 1 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Student 2 | Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Guest speaker | Affiliation | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |