Event List
retrieve:
Return the details about the given Event id.
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List all Event objects.
GET /api/v1/events/?format=api&offset=190&ordering=event__url_link
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all in a single day.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nOn <strong>21 May 2026</strong>, the entire ecosystem comes together for a full day of keynotes, sessions, and startup pitches, plus 1:1 meetings, a buzzing exhibition area, and 1,500 participants ready to exchange ideas, insights, and opportunities.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBe part of the catalyst event to accelerate your innovation journey.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Free tickets</strong> (limited to EPFL Startups and first come first serve) - <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">contact Aurelie</a><br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2025-12-10T11:17:05", "last_modification_date": "2025-12-11T15:33:28", "link_label": "Startup DAYS", "link_url": "https://startupdays.ch/", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "Kursaal - Bern", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://startupdays.ch/\">Startup DAYS</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Alexandra Leemann</a>, Senior Project Manager, <strong>LINDEN</strong> 3L AG", "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": "Conference / Pitch", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/118966/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - 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Co-organised by EPFL and the UNEP-hosted Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, the Summit aims to accelerate the transition to a resilient built environment worldwide, with particular focus on emerging markets and developing economies where built environment growth is most significant.The Summit will include thought-evoking keynotes, cross-disciplinary workshops, academic showcases, and solution-focused roundtables on themes such as upfront embodied emissions, climate resilient construction, circularity, affordable housing, and sustainable urban planning. </p>", "image_description": "Sustainable Buildings & Construction Summit announcement", "creation_date": "2026-03-16T14:04:45", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-16T14:04:45", "link_label": "Sustainable Buildings & Construction Summit", "link_url": "https://sustainable-construction.org/", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "SwissTech Convention Centre", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "", "organizer": "EPFL Centre for Worldwide Sustainable Construction, UNEP, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction.", "contact": "Anne Dekeukelaere: [email protected];\r\n\r\nCarolien van der Voorden: [email protected];", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Sur inscription", "en_label": "Registration required" }, "keywords": "sustainable construction; built environment; build for climate", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120090/", "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/4/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/79/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/32/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70651, "title": "Talent Pitch Switzerland 2026", "slug": "talent-pitch-switzerland-2026", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/talent-pitch-switzerland-2026", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32077/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32077/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32077/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-06", "end_date": "2026-05-06", "start_time": "18:00:00", "end_time": "22:30:00", "description": "<p>Talent Pitch is a pitching contest that will take place for the fourth time on May 6, 2026, at the Volkshaus in Zurich. Our partner universities will send their top start-ups to the event, with all founding teams currently studying at their respective institutions. 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This Repair Cafe aims to combat overconsumption and waste production by extending the life of objects and showing how we can move towards a circular economy. We want to promote the reuse of everyday items of all kinds, from appliances to clothing, by providing easy access to repair experts while teaching people how to fix things themselves.</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-02-20T09:41:13", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-20T09:41:13", "link_label": "Website Fix N'replace", "link_url": "https://unipoly.ch/en/fix_n_replace-english/", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "DLLEL 0 28", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==DLLEL%200%2028", "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": "Fix N'replace, la fripperie", "organizer": "Fix N'replace", "contact": "Eileen Rheinboldt-Tran: [email protected] Fix N'Replace - Unipoly <a href=\"https://unipoly.ch/fix_n_replace/\">https://unipoly.ch/fix_n_replace/</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": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119817/", "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/145/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/10/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/398/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/79/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70928, "title": "BMI Distinguished Seminar // Yvette Fisher: Flexibility of visual input to the Drosophila head direction network", "slug": "bmi-distinguished-seminar-yvette-fisher-flexibilit", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/bmi-distinguished-seminar-yvette-fisher-flexibilit", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32316/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32316/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32316/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-06-24", "end_date": "2026-06-24", "start_time": "12:15:00", "end_time": "13:15:00", "description": "<p>Many plasticity rules rely on adjusting the strength of synapses between pairs of cells based on their coincident activity. We uncovered a new mechanism for coincidence detection in the Drosophila head direction network. To maintain an accurate sense of direction, head direction neurons that signal orientation during navigation must learn to anchor to relevant external sensory cues in novel environments. Yet the synaptic mechanism for this form of unsupervised learning is unknown in any organism. In Drosophila, GABAergic visual inputs converge onto head direction neurons, and these inhibitory synapses change strength with experience to learn the relationship between visual landmarks and head direction. However, how coincident pre- and postsynaptic activity is detected across this inhibitory synapse is not understood. We discovered that neurons which release the monoamine octopamine close a feedback loop that conveys postsynaptic head direction activity onto presynaptic terminals of visual inputs. This octopamine pathway is required for anchoring the head direction network to visual cues. Furthermore, pairing structured activation of octopamine neurons with a visual cue is sufficient to drive rapid plasticity, even without postsynaptic head direction cell activity. Previous work has extensively characterized coincidence detection mechanisms at excitatory synapses; our work defines a novel mechanism for coincidence detection at an inhibitory synapse, in which postsynaptic activity is relayed via a neuromodulatory neuron onto presynaptic terminals.<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-21T16:26:07", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-16T13:34:30", "link_label": "Web Page", "link_url": "https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/yvette-fisher", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "SV 1717", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64813563657", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Yvette Fisher, UC Berkeley", "organizer": "SV BMI Host: Pavan Ramdya", "contact": "[email protected]", "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": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119404/", "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/19/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/88/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70955, "title": "Bridging Biomolecular Simulations and Experiments Across Time and Length Scales: from Single Molecules to Entire Organelles", "slug": "bridging-biomolecular-simulations-and-experiments", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/bridging-biomolecular-simulations-and-experiments", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32343/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32343/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32343/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-09-14", "end_date": "2026-09-17", "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "description": "<p>You can apply to participate and find all the relevant information (speakers, abstracts, program,...) on the event website: <a href=\"https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/bridging-biomolecular-simulations-and-experiments-across-time-and-length-scales-from-single-molecules-to-entire-organelles-1493\">https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/bridging-biomolecular-simulations-and-experiments-across-time-and-length-scales-from-single-molecules-to-entire-organelles-1493</a>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nRegistration is required to attend the full event, take part in the social activities and present a poster at the poster session (if any). However, the EPFL community is welcome to attend specific lectures without registration if the topic is of interest to their research. Do not hesitate to contact the <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">CECAM Event Manager</a> if you have any question.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Description</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nMolecular simulations are firmly established as a central tool in the life sciences over the last few decades. This is evident from the now-standard use of molecular dynamics simulations by molecular biologists and biophysicists, and the remarkable success of AlphaFold, which has convinced even the most skeptical of the critical role of these methods in contemporary biological research.<br>\r\nHowever, new challenges are emerging. It is increasingly apparent that to understand biomolecular function, we must move beyond studying isolated molecules. The focus is now shifting towards examining large, dynamic complexes of biomolecules within their complex native environments, complete with post-translational modifications. Embracing this complexity is crucial for understanding how biological functions and cellular structures emerge and adapt.<br>\r\nThis workshop will address existing and emerging frontiers, discussing both current challenges and the future of molecular simulations needed to meet them. It will gather simulation experts that have been actively developing methods that can increase simulation accuracy and extend their applicability range across multiple scales, as well as experimentalists performing advanced studies that can address outstanding challenges occurring at computationally accessible time and length scales. A main aim will be to discuss how to improve the accuracy of simulations, integrate simulations and cutting-edge experiments, and how to best take advantage of innovative enhanced sampling and machine learning-based approaches.<br>\r\nThe workshop will seize the opportunity to celebrate the outstanding scientific achievements of Gerhard Hummer, a prominent leader in the field, on his sixty’s birthday. Many of the participants that have already expressed their intention to attend and support the workshop or past or current theoretical and experimental scientist that have been either collaborators and co-authors, mentored by, or inspired by Gerhard’s ideas and expertise.</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-26T15:39:35", "last_modification_date": "2026-01-26T16:44:37", "link_label": "Bridging Biomolecular Simulations and Experiments Across Time and Length Scales: from Single Molecul", "link_url": "https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/bridging-biomolecular-simulations-and-experiments-across-time-and-length-scales-from-single-molecules-to-entire-organelles-1493", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BCH 2103", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BCH%202103", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "", "organizer": "<strong>Nicolae-Viorel Buchete</strong>, University College Dublin ; <strong>Pilar Cossio</strong>, Flatiron Institute ; <strong>Roberto Covino</strong>, Goethe University Frankfurt -- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies ; <strong>Ville Kaila</strong>, Stockholm University ; <strong>Edina Rosta</strong>, University College London", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Cornelia Bujenita</strong></a>, CECAM Events and Operations Manager", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Sur inscription", "en_label": "Registration required" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119449/", "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/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70899, "title": "Challenges in modelling ion channels: simulations meet experiments", "slug": "challenges-in-modelling-ion-channels-simulations-m", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/challenges-in-modelling-ion-channels-simulations-m", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32288/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32288/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32288/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-15", "end_date": "2026-04-17", "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "description": "<p>You can apply to participate and find all the relevant information (speakers, abstracts, program,...) on the event website: <a href=\"https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/challenges-in-modelling-ion-channels-simulations-meet-experiments-1369\">https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/challenges-in-modelling-ion-channels-simulations-meet-experiments-1369</a>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nRegistration is required to attend the full event, take part in the social activities and present a poster at the poster session (if any). However, the EPFL community is welcome to attend specific lectures without registration if the topic is of interest to their research. Do not hesitate to contact the <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">CECAM Event Manager</a> if you have any question.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Description</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe human genome includes more than 300 genes coding for ion channel proteins, representing approximately 2% of the total number of genes. This abundance of ion channels highlights their critical role in numerous biological processes and their involvement in diseases, underscoring their importance as potential drug targets. Ion channels exert their biological roles through three main functional characteristics: the highly efficient selective conduction of ions; the capacity to open and close in response to chemical/physical stimuli (gating); and the decrease in conductance upon sustained stimuli (inactivation). In the last 20 years, the number of experimental atomic structures of ion channels has increased from a few units to hundreds, now including representative structures for most of the ion channel families. Simulations based on these experimental structures have significantly contributed to the current understanding of conduction, selectivity, gating, and inactivation [1-2]. Strengthening the quantitative agreement between simulations and experiments is now essential for advancing in this field. This effort is currently hampered by common issues in biomolecular simulations, such as the limited timescales for observing biologically relevant events and the sub-optimal accuracy of the underlying physical models. Both of these shortcomings are expected to be mitigated by recent methodological developments. For instance, atomic simulations of ion channels with polarizable force fields have been recently reported [3]. Lack of polarization is a well-known limitation of classical force fields, especially when describing ion-protein and ion-water interactions in a crowded environment like the pore cavity. Consequently, the usage of polarizable force fields is considered a promising strategy for improving the agreement with experimental data about ion conduction and selectivity. An alternative strategy for enhancing the model accuracy in critical channel regions is to combine molecular mechanics with quantum approaches. Thanks to the ever-increasing computational resources, now combined with advancements in codes for hybrid QM/MM models, this approach is becoming feasible for ion channel research [4]. Increasing computational resources, coupled with improved algorithms for accelerating rare events and potentially harnessing machine learning, are also opening new possibilities in the study of state transitions. Gating and inactivation events of ion channels are finally becoming accessible to atomic simulations, offering important insights into the mechanistic functioning of this important protein superfamily [5]. The proposed workshop will foster further developments in the field by bringing together leading scientists in the experimental methodologies and computational techniques used in ion channel research in a stimulating and collaborative environment.<br>\r\n <br>\r\n<strong>References</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00630\" target=\"_blank\">[1] E. Flood, C. Boiteux, B. Lev, I. Vorobyov, T. Allen, Chem. Rev., <strong>119</strong>, 7737-7832 (2019)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2022.2080587\" target=\"_blank\">[2] C. Guardiani, F. Cecconi, L. Chiodo, G. Cottone, P. Malgaretti, L. Maragliano, M. Barabash, G. Camisasca, M. Ceccarelli, B. Corry, R. Roth, A. Giacomello, B. Roux, Advances in Physics: X, <strong>7</strong>, (2022)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00968\" target=\"_blank\">[3] V. Ngo, H. Li, A. MacKerell, T. Allen, B. Roux, S. Noskov, J. Chem. Theory Comput., <strong>17</strong>, 1726-1741 (2021)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.2c01494\" target=\"_blank\">[4] F. Schackert, J. Biedermann, S. Abdolvand, S. Minniberger, C. Song, A. Plested, P. Carloni, H. Sun, J. Chem. Inf. Model., <strong>63</strong>, 1293-1300 (2023)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.88403.1\" target=\"_blank\">[5] S. Pérez-Conesa, L. 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