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Challenging assumed architectural “normality,” the talk argues that the discipline has produced unequal spatial regimes tied to heteronormative models of living. In response to ecological and social precarity, Opera Aperta frames architecture as a living practice of repair, care, and stewardship—extending beyond buildings to communities and ecosystems.</em><br>\r\n<br>\r\nAnna Puigjaner (she/her) is a PhD architect and researcher, co-founder of MAIO, an architectural office based in Barcelona. Her work, linked to feminist studies, is focused on inclusive domestic architectures able to redefine former biased structures. She is currently Professor of Architecture and Care at ETH Zürich. Previously, she taught at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation GSAPP at Columbia University, at the Royal College of Arts, London, and at the Barcelona School of Architecture ETSAB/ETSAV - UPC. Anna has presented her work widely, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Venice Biennale, and the New York Museum of Modern Art. Her research project Kitchenless City was awarded the Wheelwright Price (2016) by the Harvard Graduate School of Design.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis lecture is part of the School Lecture Series<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>COMMUNITY VOL.2</strong><br>\r\nSeven exemplary projects and case studies<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCommunity is an ambivalent concept. It involves both gathering through shared customs and exclusion. Some claim that inclusive communities do not exist. Recent history shows people more often unite through exclusion than inclusion. However, communities are not sealed. Philosopher Roberto Esposito explains that community ‘is not a property or territory to defend but a void, a debt, and a gift to others’, reminding us of our otherness.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis lecture series explores the topic of community through architecture. How does architecture explore, define, or enable communities? Can architects collaborate directly with communities, bypassing institutional entities? How can design convey a collective experience? Seven emerging and established architectural figures respond to these questions through their work, which spans film, exhibitions, and communitarian buildings.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nSave the dates and join us on Tuesday evenings!", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-02-06T16:52:02", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-09T11:15:16", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "Foyer SG", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SG%20294.22", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://www.maio-architects.com/\">MAIO, Anna Puigjaner</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/schools/enac/education/architecture/\">EPFL Architecture</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">[email protected]</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "school lecture series", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119612/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/32/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/4/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71229, "title": "MechE Colloquium: Functional materials for renewable energy storage and conversion – sustainable and scalable materials design for photocatalysts and battery materials", "slug": "meche-colloquium-functional-materials-for-renewabl", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/meche-colloquium-functional-materials-for-renewabl", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32590/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32590/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32590/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-07", "end_date": "2026-04-07", "start_time": "12:00:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract: </strong>Renewable energy conversion and storage are pressing topics in applied research today, as the use of non-fossil energy sources is essential to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Solar and wind energy harvesting combined with chemical energy storage in batteries or fuels, such as hydrogen, are essential processes, that need to be improved in terms of efficiency, long-term stability, scalability and sustainability. Although significant progress has been made, many proposed photo- or electrochemical devices show satisfying short-term efficiencies in the laboratory but are too cost-intensive, too unstable and/or not sustainable enough for large-scale applications [1][2]. This is often the case, because they rely on rare materials and/or they are not fabricated using scalable processes. From a material science point of view, key areas to improve dynamic processes include, of course, the bulk properties of the active materials themselves, as well as the interfaces between the active materials and the electrolyte [3]. <br>\r\nIn this contribution concepts are presented how to improve the function of active materials in photo- or electrochemical energy applications by materials and interface design while respecting sustainability criteria. Our strategies include morphology control by scalable synthesis procedures and chemical modifications using earth-abundant and sustainable additives. These approaches are showcased in two application areas: photocatalysis for solar water-splitting and post-lithium-ion batteries. In both cases vanadium-based chemistries and low energy hydrothermal synthesis processes are used to produce devices with improved function [4,5].<br>\r\n[1] A. Vilanova, P. Dias, T. Lopes and A. Mendes, Chemical Society Reviews 53 (2024) 2388<br>\r\n[2] S. Maddukuri, D. Malka, M.S. Chae, Y. Elias, S. Luski, D. Aurbach, Electrochimica Acta 354 (2020) 136771<br>\r\n[3] Z. Xi and M. Liu, npj Materials Sustainability 3 (2025) 18<br>\r\n[4] J. Praxmair, F. Creazzo, D. Tang, J. Zalesak, J. Hörndl, S. Luber and S. Pokrant, ChemElectroChem 12 (2025) e202500280<br>\r\n[5] J. LamChen, J. Zalesak and S. Pokrant, (2026) submitted to Journal of Power Sources<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography: </strong>Simone Pokrant is Professor of Functional Materials at the department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg (Austria) since 2018 and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences since 2024. She previously served, among others, as research group leader at Empa (Switzerland) and spent ten years in industry as a technical leader and product manager, specializing in physical characterization and electron microscopy at Philips (France) and Zeiss (Germany). She holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Marburg (Germany). Her research interests focus on the development of materials for renewable energy storage and conversion, particularly for batteries and photocatalysis. 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Local access to specific genomic regions is facilitated by repositioning nucleosomes to enable transcription and other nuclear processes. Nucleosome positioning is primarily regulated by ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzymes (CRs) that belong to the Snf2-type helicase family. These enzymes disrupt histone-DNA contacts by consuming ATP. The functions of CRs can be redundant or essential, complicating their study in vivo. To address this, we employ a unique bottom-up approach, in which we reconstitute chromatin in vitro using purified proteins and a yeast genomic plasmid library. To elucidate the diverse remodeling functions of CRs, we add purified CRs in combination with various transcription factors to the in vitro reconstituted chromatin. The resulting changes in nucleosome positioning are monitored using MNase-seq. Depending on the type of CR used, we observe distinct nucleosome positioning patterns. Furthermore, we have expanded our in vitro reconstitution approach to explore the 3D genome organization of reconstituted chromatin, discovering a role for CRs in the 3D genome organization of <em>S. cerevisiae</em>.</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-23T09:41:37", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-10T12:18:20", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BCH 2218", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BCH%202218", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/689675.html\">Elisa Oberbeckmann</a> (University of Goettingen)", "organizer": "Professeur Beat Fierz", "contact": "Marie Munoz", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "CBseminar", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119413/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/14/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71319, "title": "Uniform dimension results of level-sets of stable sheets", "slug": "uniform-dimension-results-of-level-sets-of-stabl-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/uniform-dimension-results-of-level-sets-of-stabl-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32674/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32674/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32674/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-21", "end_date": "2026-04-21", "start_time": "17:00:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Director: Prof. T. Mountford,<br>\r\nMathematics doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11211<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-03-06T13:07:23", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-06T13:07:23", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "CO 120", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CO%20120", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Keming CHEN</strong></a>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Keming CHEN</strong></a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "EDMA", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120002/", "category": { "id": 12, "code": "SOUTE", "fr_label": "Soutenances de thèses", "en_label": "Thesis defenses", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71415, "title": "Probing (ferro)electric fields using pixelated differential phase contrast imaging aided by precession", "slug": "probing-ferroelectric-fields-using-pixelated-dif-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/probing-ferroelectric-fields-using-pixelated-dif-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32763/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32763/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32763/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-23", "end_date": "2026-04-23", "start_time": "17:30:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Directors: Prof. V. Tileli, Dr V. C. A. Boureau<br>\r\nMaterials Science and Engineering doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11634<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-03-20T13:57:20", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-20T13:57:23", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ELA 2", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ELA%202", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Pierpaolo RANIERI</strong></a>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Pierpaolo RANIERI</strong></a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "EDMX", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120136/", "category": { "id": 12, "code": "SOUTE", "fr_label": "Soutenances de thèses", "en_label": "Thesis defenses", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/284/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71529, "title": "Contributions to the Modeling of Hydraulic Stimulation Using Semi-Analytical and Coupled Numerical Approaches", "slug": "contributions-to-the-modeling-of-hydraulic-stimu-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/contributions-to-the-modeling-of-hydraulic-stimu-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32867/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32867/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32867/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-15", "end_date": "2026-04-15", "start_time": "17:30:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Director: Prof. B. T. A. Lecampion,<br>\r\nMechanics doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11652<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-04-02T09:47:04", "last_modification_date": "2026-04-02T09:47:07", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ELA 1", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ELA%201", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64560919684?pwd=qnpUiRjHSLugxUaXBptYPY20lmJogb.1", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Regina FAKHRETDINOVA</strong></a> ", "organizer": "", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Regina FAKHRETDINOVA</strong></a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "EDME", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120282/", "category": { "id": 12, "code": "SOUTE", "fr_label": "Soutenances de thèses", "en_label": "Thesis defenses", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/4/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71525, "title": "Surface Engineering of Oxide-Supported Catalysts for Renewable Chemistry", "slug": "surface-engineering-of-oxide-supported-catalysts-f", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/surface-engineering-of-oxide-supported-catalysts-f", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32864/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32864/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32864/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-15", "end_date": "2026-05-15", "start_time": "16:00:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Director: Prof. J. Luterbacher,<br>\r\nChemistry and Chemical Engineering doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11207<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "EDCH", "creation_date": "2026-04-01T16:19:08", "last_modification_date": "2026-04-01T16:19:08", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BCH 2201", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BCH%202201", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63780929780?pwd=8IhwwNv7M9CIkpLmHFHbhz4aEyFMMj.1", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Yu-Cheng LIN</strong></a>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Yu-Cheng LIN</strong></a><br>\r\n ", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "EDCH", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120276/", "category": { "id": 12, "code": "SOUTE", "fr_label": "Soutenances de thèses", "en_label": "Thesis defenses", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71092, "title": "EPFL BioE Talks SERIES \"Toward Ubiquitous NanoBiosensing: Sustainable Devices Powering the Future of Point-of-Care Diagnostics\"", "slug": "epfl-bioe-talks-series-toward-ubiquitous-nanobio-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/epfl-bioe-talks-series-toward-ubiquitous-nanobio-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32715/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32715/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32715/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-20", "end_date": "2026-04-20", "start_time": "12:15:00", "end_time": "13:15:00", "description": "<a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/bioengineering/epfl-bioe-talks-series/\"><strong>WEEKLY EPFL BIOE TALKS SERIES</strong></a> <em>(sandwiches provided)</em><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Abstract:</u><br>\r\nNanobiosensors have long promised to move advanced diagnostics beyond centralized laboratories and into the hands of users, communities, and environments where they are most urgently needed. After decades of rapid progress in nanomaterials and sensing performance, the field now stands at a pivotal moment: the challenge is no longer whether we can detect with extraordinary sensitivity, but whether we can do so in ways that are sustainable, scalable, and globally accessible.<br>\r\nThis talk envisions a future in which point-of-care biosensing becomes an integral part of everyday life through the coupling of advanced nanomaterials with sustainable platforms. Paper-based substrates and environmentally friendly fabrication methods, such as inkjet printing and stamping, enable a new paradigm of decentralized manufacturing, one that supports rapid deployment during global health emergencies, continuous environmental monitoring, and personalized, wearable healthcare.<br>\r\nBy integrating biorecognition elements, including antibodies and nucleic-acid–based receptors such as DNA probes and aptamers with functional nanomaterials, including metallic nanoparticles, quantum dots, and two-dimensional materials, these biosensors achieve high sensitivity and specificity while remaining robust outside traditional laboratory settings. REASSURED-guided design, focusing on real-time connectivity, ease of use, affordability, sensitivity, specificity, rapid and user-friendly results, minimal equipment, and deliverability, ensures devices are intuitive, cost-effective, and provide actionable information in real time, often via visual or smartphone-based readouts.<br>\r\nSpanning applications from infectious disease surveillance and cancer diagnostics to neurodegenerative disease monitoring and water quality assessment, this work highlights a transformative shift: from isolated diagnostic tools to ubiquitous sensing ecosystems. Ultimately, sustainable nanobiosensors offer a pathway toward more resilient healthcare systems, empowered communities, and a future where access to critical information is no longer constrained by infrastructure or geography.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Bio:</u><br>\r\nICREA Research Professor and leader of the ICN2 Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, Arben Merkoçi obtained his PhD at the University of Tirana (Albania) working with in ion selective electrodes. Since 1992 he has carried out research as postdoctoral fellow and research professor at the Polytechnic University of Budapest (Hungary), University of Ioannina (Greece), Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and New Mexico State University (USA). His research is focused on the integration of biological molecules and other species with micro- and nanostructures to design novel (bio)sensors.<br>\r\nProf. Arben Merkoçi is member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania and director and coordinator of NANOBALKAN (www.nanobalkan.al) the Regional Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. He is member of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC, 2024), Member of Institute of Catalan Studies and Academy of Sciences of Bologna Institute.<br>\r\nProf. Merkoçi has been Member of the ALLEA Working Group on the European Research Area and Chair of the ERA’s Working Group of the European Federation of Academies of Sciences. He is Member of Advisory Council of Research Expertise from the Academic Diaspora (READ), founded in 2021 by the Albanian-American Development Foundation. He has been member of The Accreditation Board of Quality Assurance Agency in Higher Education of Albania during 4 years.<br>\r\nHe is Co-Editor in Chief of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Elsevier journal, the most important international journal in biosensors. Also, he is member of W&T3 Project panel on Condensed Matter of Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium, 2024); of FIS 2 Selection Committee - sector PE4 (Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca”, Italy, 2024); of the ERC Starting Grant Call 2021-2024 (EU Commission, Brussels); of the External Scientific Advisory Committee of The Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC, Barcelona, Spain, 2022-now); of the Scientific Board of Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM/CATRIN Olomouc, Check Republic, acting every year since 2018 to now)<br>\r\nProf. Merkoçi has published 375 scientific articles and supervised 40 PhD theses. He is also involved in teaching PhD courses in the field of nanomaterial- based biosensors in several Spanish and international centres. He has been a member of the commission for establishing the new Nanoscience and Nanotechnology undergraduate academic curriculum at the UAB, the first one in Spain, which started during the academic year 2010- 2011. He is a member of the Academics Working Group of BIST and coordinator of the Nanodiagnostics module of the Nanotechnology Master at the UAB.<br>\r\nHe has got several national and international grants related to nanomaterials application in biosensors and his group is collaborating with several worldwide leading labs in the field of nanobiosensors. Prof. Merkoçi serves also as scientific evaluator and member of panels of experts of various international governmental and nongovernmental agencies (EU-FP and EU-ERC panels and other panels in Europe, USA and other countries), as a scientific committee member of many international congresses, director of several workshops and other scientific events and have been invited to give plenary lectures, keynote and invited speeches in more than 250 occasions in various countries. Prof. Merkoçi is the co-founder of two spin-off companies: GraphenicaLab, devoted to graphene patterning, and PaperDiagnostis, dedicated to clinical diagnostics.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nRead more about Prof. Merkoçi’s CV at:<br>\r\nhttps://www.icrea.cat/community/icreas/17615/arben-merkoci/<br>\r\nhttps://www.nanobiosensors.org/group-leader/ <br>\r\nhttps://icn2.cat/en/nanobioelectronics-and-biosensors-group/arben-merkoci<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Zoom link</u> (with one-time registration for the whole series) for attending remotely: <a href=\"https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks\">https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Instructions for 1st-year Ph.D. students planning to attend this talk, who are under </strong><a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/education/phd/programs/edbb-biotechnology-and-bioengineering/edbb-internal-regulations/\"><strong>EDBB’s mandatory seminar attendance rule</strong></a><strong>:</strong><br>\r\n<u>IN CASE</u> you cannot attend in-person in the room, please make sure to\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"mailto:[email protected]?subject=1st-yr%20EDBB%20student%20attendance%20at%20BioE%20seminars\">send Fiorella Ghisays a note</a> <strong>well ahead of time</strong> (ideally before seminar day), informing that you plan to attend the talk online, and, <strong>during seminar</strong>:</li>\r\n\t<li>be signed in on Zoom with a <strong>recognizable</strong> user name (not any alias making it difficult or impossible to identify you).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nStudents attending the seminar in-person should collect a confirmation signature after the talk - please print your own signature sheet beforehand (69 kB pdf available for download <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/bioengineering/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EDBB-seminar-attendance-sheet-blank.pdf\">here</a>). 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