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 – 27.02.2026
| 15:00 | Agathe Bredel | Paoli Lab | Charting the biosynthetic potential of microbiomes in the global ocean |
| 15:20 | Cris Darbellay | MAKE – Designing Life With AI | Detecting phosphorylation-driven conformational switches in proteins |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Thibaut Brunet | Institut Pasteur, Paris | Diversity of multicellularity in the closest living relatives of animals |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 20.03.2026
| 15:00 | Parth Bibekar | Dal Peraro Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Florian Curvaia | Naef Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Aleksandra Ardaseva | SNSF Ambizione Fellow | Interactive active matter: a multiphase-field approach |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Monday – 13.04.2026 – Special PoLS Seminar – Room TBA
| TBA | Romain Brette | ISIR, Paris, France | TBA |
Friday – 17.04.2026 – ROOM AI 1 153
| 15:00 | Wenyu Liu | Auwerx lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Michal Winnicki | Barth Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Sergio Cruz León | Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 08.05.2026 – ROOM AI 1 153
| 15:00 | Anaïs Haget | Vandergheynst Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Sobhan Ahmadianmoghadam | Paoli Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | Janna Nawroth | Helmholtz Munich | TBA |
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 18.09.2026
| 15:00 | Alexandre Littière | Bitbol Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Elisa Bugani | Deplancke Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | FREE | ||
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |
Friday – 16.10.2026
| 15:00 | Miguel Pedraza | Barth Lab | TBA |
| 15:20 | Arsh Shaikh | Naef Lab | TBA |
| 15:40 | PAUSE | ||
| 16:00 | FREE | ||
| 16:45 | 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 | FREE | ||
| 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 | FREE | ||
| 16:45 | Snacks and drinks |