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In contrast to zero-sum games—which do not always capture conflict, even between two players—harmonic games may exhibit highly non-convex equilibrium configurations. In particular, if the game’s ambient dimension is odd, we show that the set of totally mixed Nash equilibria is a (typically non-convex) real algebraic variety of dimension at least one, which extends all the way to the boundary of the game’s strategy space. Despite the difficulties incurred by this complicated equilibrium structure, we provide an extrapolation-based variant of “follow-the-regularized-leader” (FTRL) which converges to Nash equilibrium with order-optimal regret guarantees: O(1) in self-play, and O( sqrt(T) ) against arbitrary play.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography</strong><br>\r\nDavide Legacci is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS and Inria, within the GHOST team, supervised by Panayotis Mertikopoulos and Bary S. R. Pradelski. His research lies at the intersection of game theory and online learning, with a focus on the geometric structure of competitive interactions and the design of no-regret learning dynamics for adversarial environments. His work has been presented at leading machine learning venues including ICML and NeurIPS. He is expected to defend his PhD in September 2026.<br>\r\n ", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-03-30T14:40:05", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-31T17:07:35", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ME B0 374", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ME%20B0%20374", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Davide Legacci, PhD candidate in Computer Science at <a href=\"https://www.inria.fr/fr/centre-inria-universite-grenoble-alpes\">Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS and Inria,</a>", "organizer": "Prof. Maryam Kamgarpour", "contact": "[email protected]", "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/120228/", "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/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/15/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/394/?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. So far, she has contributed to more than 70 peer-reviewed articles.", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-02-25T11:29:01", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-25T13:54:27", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MED 0 1418", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61360740951", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://www.plus.ac.at/chemie-und-physik-der-materialien/staff-2/m-bis-p/pokrant/\">Prof. Simone Pokrant</a>, <a href=\"https://www.plus.ac.at/chemie-und-physik-der-materialien/\">Department Chemistry and Physics of Materials</a>, <a href=\"https://www.plus.ac.at/?lang=en\">Paris-Lodron University Salzburg</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">MechE Colloquium</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/sophia.haussener\">Prof. Sophia Haussener</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": "MechE Colloquium: Functional materials for renewable energy storage and conversion – sustainable and scalable materials design for photocatalysts and battery materials", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119872/", "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/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/232/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/270/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70833, "title": "EESS seminar talk on \"Biogeochemical Controls on Arsenic Methylation and Demethylation in Rice Paddy Soils\"", "slug": "eess-seminar-talk-on-biogeochemical-controls-on--2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/eess-seminar-talk-on-biogeochemical-controls-on--2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32237/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32237/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32237/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-28", "end_date": "2026-04-28", "start_time": "12:15:00", "end_time": "13:15:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract:</strong>\r\n<div class=\"page\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">Arsenic methylation and demethylation reactions influence arsenic speciation and fate in rice paddy soils, and understanding the balance between methylation and demethylation is important for assessing risks of arsenic toxicity in rice. Rice paddy soils are rich in organic carbon, and the conventional understanding has been that organic carbon enhances microbial arsenic methylation by fueling microbial activity. This presentation will describe a series of recent investigations — spanning pure culture to greenhouse-scale experiments — that challenge this conceptual model. First, the presentation will describe the role of carbon catabolite repression (CCR) in regulating cellular uptake and subsequent enzymatic methylation of arsenite. A combination of biosensor, gene expression, and arsenic speciation analyses demonstrate that sugars lead to CCR and a decrease in arsenic methylation, while low molecular weight organic acids do not impact arsenite uptake. The presentation will then examine couplings between methanogenesis and arsenic demethylation, wherein a greater abundance of methylotrophic carbon substrates (methanol, methylamines) promote arsenic demethylation by methanogens and limit the accumulation of methylated arsenic compounds. A genome-resolved metatranscriptomic analysis of anaerobic soil slurry experiments resolved links between methylotrophic substrate utilization and arsenic demethylation, while greenhouse experiments showed that higher levels of methanogenesis in soils were associated with lower concentrations of methylated arsenic in rice grains. Taken together, these results provide a more nuanced understanding of how utilization of distinct carbon substrates impacts arsenic methylation-demethylation dynamics, and provides mechanistic insights into how paddy soil management practices influence arsenic speciation in rice.</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography:</strong>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"page\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">Dr. Matthew Reid is an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University and directs the Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Engineering Research Group. His research program focuses on biogeochemical element cycling in natural and nature-based systems with applications to water quality. Research in the Reid Group spans physical scales and integrates mechanistic and molecular-level investigation with field-scale observation to build quantitative models for contaminant dynamics in complex biogeochemical systems. Dr. Reid's research has been recognized with early career awards from NSF and DOE. Dr. Reid was a postdoctoral scientist in the Environmental Microbiology Laboratory at EPFL, and completed his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University.</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-12T14:34:48", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-25T14:38:54", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "GC B1 10", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==GC%20B1%2010", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/69011077410", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Prof. <a href=\"https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/people/matthew-charles-reid/\">Matthew Reid</a>, Cornell University ", "organizer": "EESS - IIE", "contact": "Prof. Rizlan Latmani, <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/labs/eml/\">EML</a>", "is_internal": "True", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "Arsenic, Methylation, Demethylation, Rice paddy soil, Carbon catabolite repression, Methanogenesis", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119269/", "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/110/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/4/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/44/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71360, "title": "MechE Colloquium: Toward a unified variational model of material failure", "slug": "meche-colloquium-toward-a-unified-variational-mode", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/meche-colloquium-toward-a-unified-variational-mode", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32710/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32710/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32710/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-19", "end_date": "2026-05-19", "start_time": "12:00:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract: </strong>The need to understand and predict material and structural failure has led to the development of several theoretical frameworks, including plasticity, limit analysis, damage mechanics, and cohesive fracture models. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nI first review how these rate-independent theories can be formulated as energy minimisation problems and discuss their main properties and limitations. I then introduce a regularised fracture model, akin to the phase-field regularisation used for softening plasticity, that we recently proposed in [1]. Unlike standard gradient damage or phase-field fracture models, in this approach damage affects the material strength rather than its stiffness.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThrough analytical and numerical examples, I show how this model, within a consistent variational framework, provides a path toward reconciling several key concepts developed over the centuries, including Griffith and cohesive crack models, damage mechanics, plasticity, strength criteria, and limit analysis.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n[1] B. Bourdin, J.-J. Marigo, C. Maurini, C. Zolesi, <em>A variational approach to fracture incorporating any convex strength criterion</em>, arXiv:2506.22558. <a href=\"https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2506.22558?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">arXiv PDF</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography: </strong>Corrado Maurini is Professor of Solid Mechanics at the d'Alembert Institute, Sorbonne Université, Paris. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanics in 2005 through a joint programme between the University of Rome La Sapienza and Paris 6. His research focuses on the theoretical and computational mechanics of nonlinear solids, with interests spanning fracture and damage, phase-field models, structural stability, rods, plates and shells, and active materials.", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-03-12T14:17:01", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-12T15:43:58", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MED 0 1418", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61360740951", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/~corrado/\">Prof. Corrado Maurini</a>, <a href=\"https://www.dalembert.upmc.fr/ijlrda/\">∂'Alembert Institute</a>, <a href=\"https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/\">Sorbonne University Paris</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM)</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/pedro.reis?lang=en\">Prof. Pedro M. Reis</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": "MechE Colloquium: Toward a unified variational model of material failure", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120055/", "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/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/232/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/270/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71250, "title": "MechE Colloquium: When Materials Bend the Rules: Buckling Response of Slender Structures Born of Constitutive Nonlinearities", "slug": "meche-colloquium-when-materials-bend-the-rules-buc", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/meche-colloquium-when-materials-bend-the-rules-buc", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32609/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32609/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32609/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-14", "end_date": "2026-04-14", "start_time": "12:00:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract: </strong>Buckling of slender structures, such as perforated columns and cylindrical shells, underpins a wide range of systems and processes, from the structural failure of rocket fuselages and grain silos to engineered devices such as shock absorbers and crumple zones. Historically, research has primarily focused on predicting the onset of buckling—that is, the loss of the original configuration under excessive loading—rather than on understanding how structures evolve in the post-buckling regime. Recently, however, the study of buckling has experienced a renaissance, with post-buckling mechanical responses increasingly exploited to achieve new functionalities, for example enhancing fracture resistance in stretchable electronics and flexible displays.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nWhile most existing studies consider elastically deforming systems whose behaviour arises primarily from geometric nonlinearities, this talk presents examples in which geometric effects are coupled with nonlinear constitutive responses, giving rise to new post-buckling mechanisms. First, we investigate the buckling of hard, perforated (“holey”) structures that exhibit auxetic behaviour but, unlike their purely elastic counterparts, undergo post-buckling softening. The resulting negative stiffness is captured using a pseudo-plastic constitutive model that describes nonlinearities emerging from the structural microarchitecture.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nWe then apply a similar framework to examine the buckling of beverage cans largely filled with liquid under axial compression. Whereas empty cylindrical shells typically develop periodic buckling patterns that break both axial and circumferential symmetry, liquid-filled cylinders buckle axisymmetrically. The resulting ring-shaped buckles are localized and emerge sequentially, progressively covering the can surface. We show that this behaviour arises from nonlinear, spatially anisotropic hoop stresses that soften and subsequently re-stiffen during compression.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography: </strong>Draga Pihler-Puzovic is a Reader in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester and a core member of the Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics. Her research focuses on fluid–structure interactions, low-Reynolds-number flows, and the deformation of slender solid structures. She employs a combination of experimental, numerical, and analytical approaches to investigate fundamental problems in fluid and solid mechanics, and has made significant contributions to the understanding of instabilities arising in fluid–structure interactions, including viscous fingering beneath elastic sheets, sedimentation dynamics and deformation of mechanical metamaterials.", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-02-26T14:40:18", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-26T14:52:52", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MED 0 1418", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61360740951", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/draga.pihler-puzovic/\">Prof. Draga Pihler-Puzović</a>, <a href=\"https://www.physics.manchester.ac.uk/\">Department of Physics and Astronomy</a>, <a href=\"https://www.manchester.ac.uk/\">University of Manchester</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM)</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/pedro.reis?lang=en\">Prof. Pedro M. 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She established her research group at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in 2001, where her main discoveries included the finding that protein assembly pathways are stereotypical and conserved. In 2013, she transitioned to the Wellcome Genome Campus, where she became the first and, to date, the only faculty member appointed across both the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Sanger Institute. In 2016, she was appointed as the Head of the Cellular Genetics programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and co-founded the Human Cell Atlas initiative. From April 2024, she was appointed chair in Stem Cell Medicine at the University of Cambridge, within the Department of Medicine and the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. Additionally, Sarah dedicates part of her time to GlaxoSmithKline and to EnsoCell Therapeutics, the startup company she co-founded. The Teichmann lab focuses on developing and applying cell atlas technologies to understand human tissue architecture, particularly examining how cellular diversity is generated in the immune system and during development.</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e552a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\">\r\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> </div>\r\n</div>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-28T14:35:28", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-13T13:56:17", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "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/97039045251?pwd=WDFjUGV3Y1FxeG9rTUIrOGpiUXhLQT09", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<strong>Sarah Teichmann FMedSci FRS</strong> (Group Leader), Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, University of Cambridge", "organizer": "Prof. Charlotte Bunne", "contact": "Lisa Smith, ISREC Administrative Assistant", "is_internal": "True", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "Grace Lecture, cancer", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119505/", "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/26/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70040, "title": "“The end of KRAS cancers?”", "slug": "the-end-of-kras-cancers", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/the-end-of-kras-cancers", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/31503/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/31503/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/31503/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-07", "end_date": "2026-05-07", "start_time": "12:15:00", "end_time": "13:15:00", "description": "<strong>A Lola and John Grace Distinguished Lecture in Cancer Research</strong>\r\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98cefd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\">\r\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><br>\r\nFrank McCormick, PhD, is a Professor at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and holds the David A. 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Dr. McCormick's current research interests center on ways of targeting Ras proteins and their regulators, including the NF1 protein neurofibromin.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDr. McCormick was Director of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center from 1997 to 2014 and he served as President, 2012-2013, for the American Association for Cancer Research. Since 2013, Dr. McCormick has led the National Cancer Institute’s Ras Initiative at the Frederick National Laboratories for Cancer Research overseeing the national effort to develop therapies against Ras-driven cancers. 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Our contributions include (1) the co-discovery of formin-dependent actin nucleation and a mechanism for spindle positioning during asymmetric cell division, (2) discoveries establishing that whole genome duplication can drive tumorigenesis, alter cell physiology, and accelerate evolutionary adaptation, and (3) the discovery of a mechanism explaining chromothripsis, a mutational process that generates rapid karyotype evolution in cancer and congenital disease.</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e552a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\">\r\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> </div>\r\n</div>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-06T16:10:28", "last_modification_date": "2026-01-28T14:34:52", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "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/97039045251?pwd=WDFjUGV3Y1FxeG9rTUIrOGpiUXhLQT09", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "David Pellman, M.D., Margaret M. 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Project proposals that have been previously rejected by the Foundation may be resubmitted once, accompanied by an explanation of the changes made to the original application.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.demenz-forschung.ch/media/cfp2026_callpapers_cda.pdf\"><strong>Career Development Awards</strong>:</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nEmpowering advanced postdoctoral researchers at Swiss universities and research institutions to establish themselves as independent investigators in neurodegenerative disease research. Funding is a <strong>maximum of CHF 100’000 per year for up to five years </strong>(phase 1 and 2 together), pending on a successful reapplication after phase 1.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Eligiblity:</strong> In<strong> PHASE 1 a</strong>dvanced postdoctoral scientists conducting research in a host laboratory at a public research facility in Switzerland are supported for up to three years. Researchers who have worked 3 - 5 years as postdoctoral researchers at the time of application are eligible to apply. The awardees must submit annual progress reports and a final report. To apply for <strong>PHASE 2 </strong>of the fellowship, applicants must submit a progress report, research plan and a career plan at least 3 months before the completion of phase 1. Applicants qualifying for phase 2 of the award will be invited for an interview with members of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong><a href=\"https://www.demenz-forschung.ch/media/cfp2026_callpapers_hsr.pdf\">Research Grant Competition 2026:</a></strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis call invites applications for projects aimed at developing and/or validating digital and non-pharmacological approaches for the prevention and diagnosis of dementia, as well as for the care of people living with dementia. <strong>The topics covered in this call include:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Prevention strategies to reduce the risk of dementia, delay its onset, or slow disease progression</li>\r\n\t<li>Innovative digital approaches to advance timely and accurate diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases</li>\r\n\t<li>Non-pharmacological interventions aimed at enhancing the treatment, support, and overall quality of care for individuals living with dementia</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nTwo different funding opportunities are offered:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>Pilot Grants</strong> of maximum CHF 100’000 for one year</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Consolidator Grants</strong> of maximum CHF 250’000 for up to three years</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nResearchers working at Swiss universities or non-commercial research institutions, who h<strong>ave not received funding from the Synapsis Foundation for at least one year at the time of submission</strong>, are eligible to apply. <strong>Each applicant can only submit one application in response to the 2026 call for proposals. </strong>Project proposals that have been previously rejected by the Foundation may be resubmitted once, accompanied by an explanation of the changes made to the original application<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>SUBMISSION:</strong> A <strong>two-step submission process must be followed</strong>, with<strong> a Letter of Intent to be submitted before 8 April 2026 at 11:59 pm</strong>. For more details, please refer to the guidelines for each programme.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Timeline</strong>:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>8 April 2026: Submission deadline for letter of intent</strong></li>\r\n\t<li>12 May 2026: Invitation to submit a full proposal for the best-rated project outlines</li>\r\n\t<li>18 May 2026: Rejection letters sent to unsuccessful applicants</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>5 July 2026: Submission deadline for full proposal</strong></li>\r\n\t<li>30 November 2026: Funding recommendation by the Scientific Advisory Board</li>\r\n\t<li>10 December 2026: Funding decision by the Board of Trustees</li>\r\n\t<li>Mid December 2026: Communication to applicants regarding funding/rejection</li>\r\n\t<li>January to March 2027: preparation and signing of the grant agreements</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe application dossier, including the template for the Letter of Intent, is available on the <a href=\"https://www.demenz-forschung.ch/en/for-researchers/?_sc=NDUxMjUzNSMxMDc5Nw%3D%3D&utm_campaign=Call+for+Proposal+2026&utm_medium=email&utm_source=brevo\">call’s website</a>. 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