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having produced at least one important publication as main author or without the participation of their PhD supervisor.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Funding & duration</strong><br>\r\nMax. EUR 1.5 Mio for a period of max. 5 years (including 25% overhead; pro rata temporis for shorter project duration). Additional funding up to EUR 1 mio. (including 25% overhead), may be requested for well justified reasons; additional funding covers for example start-up costs for PIs moving to Switzerland as a consequence of receiving the ERC grant, purchase of major equipment, access to large facilities, other major experimental and field work costs including personnel costs. For applicants relocating to the EU or a Horizon Europe Associated country, additional funding for up to EUR 2 million can be requested.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>ERC plans to extend the eligibility window to 0 - 10 years after the PhD defense date; final confirmation available upon publishing of the ERC workprogramme 2027 (latest in June 2026).</li>\r\n\t<li>Principal Investigators must commit a minimum of 50% of their working time to the project and a minimum of 50% of their working time in a European Member State or Associated Country.</li>\r\n\t<li>For applicants without professorship an internal preview by EPFL faculties might be required (information provided upon call opening).</li>\r\n\t<li>Applicants must submit an EPFL commitment letter together with their project-proposal.</li>\r\n\t<li>Proposals are submitted via the <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home\">EU Funding & Tenders portal</a><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ERC-2026-STG?order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=relevance&keywords=ERC&isExactMatch=true&status=31094502&programmePart=43108406,43108473,43108514,43108394&programmePeriod=2021%20-%202027&frameworkProgramme=43108390\">.</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Deadline for proposal submissions</strong><br>\r\nTBC (around mid-September 2026)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Support and information</strong>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The EPFL toolkit, including budget calculator and useful information for the proposal preparation will be provided upon call opening.</li>\r\n\t<li>An ERC StG info event will be organised.</li>\r\n\t<li>For proposal writing services and administrative assistance with the proposal preparation please contact <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">[email protected]</a>.</li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/starting-grant\">ERC StG webpage</a></li>\r\n</ul>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2025-03-26T14:02:46", "last_modification_date": "2026-01-15T15:09:02", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "", "organizer": "", "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/116131/", "category": { "id": 16, "code": "PROP", "fr_label": "Appel à proposition", "en_label": "Call for proposal", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/140/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 68778, "title": "ERC Synergy Grants", "slug": "erc-synergy-grants", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/erc-synergy-grants", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/30331/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/30331/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/30331/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-05", "end_date": "2026-11-05", "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "description": "<strong>Call closed<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAim</strong><br>\r\nFor a group of <strong>two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) </strong>working together and bringing different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems. One will be designated as the corresponding PI (cPI). The synergistic element to solve important research challenges is the key element for successful project proposals.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Funding</strong><br>\r\nMax. EUR 10 Mio for a period of max. 6 years (including 25% overhead; pro rata temporis for shorter project duration). However, an additional EUR 4 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs, including personnel costs.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong><br>\r\nNo specific eligibility criteria regarding the academic training are foreseen for ERC Synergy Grants. PIs must present a competitive<strong> </strong>track record as appropriate to their career stage.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Deadline for proposal submissions</strong><br>\r\nTBC<br>\r\nProposals are submitted via the <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/calls-for-proposals?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate\">EU Funding & Tenders portal</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Support and information</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>EPFL toolkit , with budget calculator and useful information for the proposal preparation will be provided upon call opening.</li>\r\n\t<li>For proposal writing services and administrative assistance with the proposal preparation please contact <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">[email protected]</a>.</li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/synergy-grant\">ERC SyG webpage</a></li>\r\n</ul>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2025-03-26T17:32:18", "last_modification_date": "2025-11-17T14:28:11", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "", "organizer": "", "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/116139/", "category": { "id": 16, "code": "PROP", "fr_label": "Appel à proposition", "en_label": "Call for proposal", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/140/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71885, "title": "Eveline Mayner's Public Defense", "slug": "eveline-mayner-s-public-defense", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/eveline-mayner-s-public-defense", "visual_url": null, "visual_large_url": null, "visual_maxsize_url": null, "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-29", "end_date": "2026-05-29", "start_time": "04:00:00", "end_time": "22:00:00", "description": "<p>Two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as a versatile platform at the intersection of fundamental physics and applied science. Their atomically thin nature gives rise to distinctive electronic and optical properties, while simultaneously enabling them to function as highly sensitive, readily integrable probes of their local environment. Advanced optical techniques, such as super-resolution microscopy, have opened new opportunities to interrogate these materials at the nanoscale, providing optical access to individual defect behaviors, exciton diffusion and recombination dynamics, and charge transport pathways. Such approaches not only deepen our understanding of intrinsic material behavior but also position 2D systems as powerful sensors capable of resolving local dielectric variations, electric and magnetic fields, and other environmental perturbations.<br>\r\nCentral to this work is hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a transparent, wide bandgap semiconductor that serves as a host for optically active defects. These defects function as reaction centers, single-photon emitters, and spatially resolved nanoscale sensors that can be readily integrated into electronic and photonic architectures. Owing to its optical transparency, chemical stability, and compatibility with diverse material platforms, hBN provides an exceptional foundation for optical sensing. Building upon this foundation, we explore material properties and present new methods for spatially resolved in situ optical imaging with hBN to advance dynamic, wide-field optical sensing.<br>\r\nWe investigate a previously reported class of emitters that arise from interactions between native hBN and organic solvents. These emitters are believed to originate from defect sites that bind transiently to solvent molecules. To study their behavior, we develop a platform for imaging the dynamics of these transient emitters while varying the electrochemical potential and applying electric fields with controlled orientations. By tracking the spectra of individual emitters, we enable multiplexed measurements that allow spatially resolved electrochemical imaging. Through systematic analysis, we rule out modulation mechanisms based on direct electric field effects or charge transfer. Instead, we identify a mechanism driven by changes in H⁺ concentration, which is modulated during the oxidation of trace water present in the solvent. This finding opens the possibility of using this platform for sensitive detection of H⁺ and trace water in methanol fuel cells, where such species critically influence operational efficiency.<br>\r\nIn the final part of the thesis, we focus on a well-characterized spin defect in hBN, the negatively charged boron vacancy, and explore strategies to enhance its photoluminescence (PL) through heterostructure engineering that facilitates energy and exciton transfer. 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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\nSince its introduction in the 1970s, molecular dynamics (MD) has become an indispensable computational microscope for studying complex biological systems at atomic resolution. It has enabled detailed investigations into protein folding, conformational dynamics, and ligand binding and unbinding. Over the past decade, increasing computational power has made microsecond-scale simulations routine, producing massive datasets that demand sophisticated analysis strategies [1]. Despite these advances, conventional MD simulations still face a fundamental limitation: many biologically relevant events occur over milliseconds to seconds—timescales largely inaccessible to standard MD.<br>\r\nTo bridge this gap, researchers increasingly turn to enhanced sampling techniques—such as metadynamics and umbrella sampling [2,3]—and coarse-grained (CG) modeling approaches [4]. These methods enable more comprehensive exploration of the system’s free energy landscape, yet their success critically depends on the selection of appropriate reaction coordinates or collective variables (CVs). CVs must capture the slowest, most functionally relevant motions to accurately reflect thermodynamic and kinetic behavior. However, identifying suitable CVs remains one of the field’s most challenging tasks, typically requiring domain expertise and iterative refinement [5, 6].<br>\r\nThis complexity has fueled growing interest in machine learning (ML) techniques, which are now transforming how MD simulations are analyzed, interpreted, and even conducted. ML methods have been applied to automate CV discovery, perform dimensionality reduction, build thermodynamic and kinetic models, and enhance sampling efficiency [7]. These models often employ artificial neural networks or graph neural networks to map high-dimensional molecular configurations—such as Cartesian coordinates or molecular descriptors—into low-dimensional representations suitable for analysis [8].<br>\r\nDepending on the structure and type of data, ML algorithms can be broadly categorized into supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning paradigms [9]. Supervised learning uses labeled input-output pairs to predict properties such as molecular energies or binding affinities [10], while unsupervised learning enables the identification of latent features, such as CVs, directly from data [11].<br>\r\nA cornerstone of modern ML-driven simulation is the development of symmetry-aware molecular representations. The predictive power of ML models hinges on encoding physical symmetries—like rotation and translation—directly into the model. E(3)-equivariant neural networks have emerged as powerful tools for this purpose, significantly improving data efficiency and generalization in learning potential energy surfaces [12]. Ongoing research continues to explore the optimal balance between enforcing strict symmetry and retaining model flexibility.<br>\r\nMeanwhile, breakthroughs in structural prediction—most notably the advent of AlphaFold 3—have revolutionized how researchers obtain initial molecular configurations. AlphaFold now provides remarkably accurate models of not only proteins but also their complexes with nucleic acids, ions, and small-molecule ligands [13]. However, these are static snapshots. They cannot capture dynamic behaviors, allosteric transitions, or binding kinetics—areas where physics-based simulations remain indispensable. Initial benchmarks suggest that even state-of-the-art predictors still fall short in modeling protein dynamics and ranking ligand binding affinities, further emphasizing the role of MD [14].<br>\r\nTo address the dimensionality and sampling bottlenecks, unsupervised ML approaches such as time-lagged autoencoders have reframed CV identification as a data-driven task. More recently, generative models—including diffusion models and variational autoencoders—have emerged as a new frontier. These models can learn the full conformational landscape of biomolecules and enable enhanced sampling, in some cases eliminating the need for predefined CVs altogether [15].<br>\r\nOnce accurate structural models and CVs are established, ML can significantly improve the estimation of thermodynamic and kinetic properties. In drug discovery, for instance, predicting protein–ligand binding affinity remains a central challenge. ML potentials trained on quantum mechanical data can be combined with enhanced sampling to yield highly accurate free energy landscapes and binding kinetics—results previously unattainable due to computational limitations [16]. However, challenges in data quality, model interpretability, and transferability remain critical areas of ongoing investigation [17].<br>\r\nFinally, ML is driving a renaissance in CG modeling. Deep neural networks can now learn many-body CG potentials directly from all-atom simulations, capturing emergent properties and enhancing transferability [18]. These models open the door to longer, larger-scale simulations with greater physical accuracy.<br>\r\nIn this rapidly evolving context, it becomes imperative to critically assess both the promise and limitations of ML in biomolecular simulation. The excitement surrounding these developments must be tempered by careful validation and benchmarking. This workshop thus serves as a timely opportunity—especially for early-career researchers—to explore these cutting-edge methods, engage in constructive dialogue, and chart new directions in the application of machine learning to molecular dynamics and drug discovery.<br>\r\n <br>\r\n<strong>References</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.98.146401\" target=\"_blank\">[1] J. Behler, M. Parrinello, Phys. Rev. Lett., <strong>98</strong>, 146401 (2007)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2024.102972\" target=\"_blank\">[2] P. Sahrmann, G. Voth, Current Opinion in Structural Biology, <strong>90</strong>, 102972 (2025)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.2c01127\" target=\"_blank\">[3] K. Kříž, L. Schmidt, A. Andersson, M. Walz, D. van der Spoel, J. Chem. Inf. Model., <strong>63</strong>, 412-431 (2023)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.899805\" target=\"_blank\">[4] K. Ahmad, A. Rizzi, R. Capelli, D. Mandelli, W. Lyu, P. Carloni, Front. Mol. Biosci., <strong>9</strong>, (2022)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physchem-083122-125941\" target=\"_blank\">[5] S. Mehdi, Z. Smith, L. Herron, Z. Zou, P. Tiwary, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, <strong>75</strong>, 347-370 (2024)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.07.647682\" target=\"_blank\">[6] H. Zheng, H. Lin, A. Alade, J. Chen, E. Monroy, M. Zhang, J. Wang, AlphaFold3 in Drug Discovery: A Comprehensive Assessment of Capabilities, Limitations, and Applications, 2025</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07487-w\" target=\"_blank\">[7] J. Abramson, J. Adler, J. Dunger, R. Evans, T. Green, A. Pritzel, O. Ronneberger, L. Willmore, A. Ballard, J. Bambrick, S. Bodenstein, D. Evans, C. Hung, M. O’Neill, D. Reiman, K. Tunyasuvunakool, Z. Wu, A. Žemgulytė, E. Arvaniti, C. Beattie, O. Bertolli, A. Bridgland, A. Cherepanov, M. Congreve, A. Cowen-Rivers, A. Cowie, M. Figurnov, F. Fuchs, H. Gladman, R. Jain, Y. Khan, C. Low, K. Perlin, A. Potapenko, P. Savy, S. Singh, A. Stecula, A. Thillaisundaram, C. Tong, S. Yakneen, E. Zhong, M. Zielinski, A. Žídek, V. Bapst, P. Kohli, M. Jaderberg, D. Hassabis, J. Jumper, Nature, <strong>630</strong>, 493-500 (2024)</a><br>\r\n[8] Fabian B. Fuchs, Daniel E. Worrall, Volker Fischer, Max Welling, NIPS'20: Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, Article No.: 166, Pages 1970 - 1981 (2020)<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2020.1737742\" target=\"_blank\">[9] H. Sidky, W. Chen, A. Ferguson, Molecular Physics, <strong>118</strong>, (2020)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2019.12.016\" target=\"_blank\">[10] Y. Wang, J. Lamim Ribeiro, P. Tiwary, Current Opinion in Structural Biology, <strong>61</strong>, 139-145 (2020)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0337-2\" target=\"_blank\">[11] K. Butler, D. Davies, H. Cartwright, O. Isayev, A. Walsh, Nature, <strong>559</strong>, 547-555 (2018)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physchem-042018-052331\" target=\"_blank\">[12] F. Noé, A. Tkatchenko, K. Müller, C. Clementi, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., <strong>71</strong>, 361-390 (2020)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2021.2006080\" target=\"_blank\">[13] S. Kaptan, I. Vattulainen, Advances in Physics: X, <strong>7</strong>, (2022)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/wcms.1455\" target=\"_blank\">[14] V. Limongelli, WIREs. Comput. Mol. Sci., <strong>10</strong>, (2020)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01195\" target=\"_blank\">[15] A. Glielmo, B. Husic, A. Rodriguez, C. Clementi, F. Noé, A. Laio, Chem. Rev., <strong>121</strong>, 9722-9758 (2021)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2018.11.005\" target=\"_blank\">[16] A. Pak, G. Voth, Current Opinion in Structural Biology, <strong>52</strong>, 119-126 (2018)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b05602\" target=\"_blank\">[17] M. Lelimousin, V. Limongelli, M. Sansom, J. Am. Chem. Soc., <strong>138</strong>, 10611-10622 (2016)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3390/e16010163\" target=\"_blank\">[18] C. Abrams, G. 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