A hands-on introduction to the key concepts in image analysis for your everyday research!
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\r\nOpen to PhD students from all doctoral programs at EPFL, Swiss academic institutions and ETH domain.
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\r\nJune 8 to 12 2026
\r\nPalace de Caux, Montreux
\r\nPre-summer school Workshop will take place on June 4, 2026 (afternoon)
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\r\nMore info
\r\nApplication Deadline: March 1, 2026
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\r\nAre you a PhD student at EPFL, at another swiss academic institution or within the ETH domaine who regularly faces questions regarding the analysis of your images ? Do you want to learn more about practical concepts and tools to help you in this endeavor? Then our summer school in image analysis is for you! Throughout the week, a series of lectures will provide you with the essential concepts in image analysis – from the nature of digital images through the physics of image acquisition to the basics of deep learning, and more. In addition to these lectures, you will learn to use some popular image-analysis software during practical sessions.
A summer school taking place this September will bring together EPFL and ETH Zurich PhD students to explore how uncertainty can become a productive resource in design and fabrication through a hands-on construction robotics challenge.
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\r\nThe program combines lectures in architecture, robotics, and work psychology with the full-scale construction of a timber structure from irregular timber stock, using an ABB industrial robot in a human-robot fabrication workflow.
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\r\nNo previous experience in construction robotics is required, only curiosity.
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\r\nMore details, including the program, dates, and registration information, are available on the website: https://cap-uncertainty.epfl.ch/
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\r\nFor questions, please contact: cap-uncertainty@epfl.ch
Abstract:
\r\nOlfactory navigation emerges from dynamic interactions among sensory input, brain activity, and the animal’s own movements. In C. elegans, a compact nervous system enables brain-wide imaging in behaving animals exposed to controlled olfactory environments, and undulatory locomotion reduces navigation to transitions among forward runs, reversals, and turns. Here, we used brain-wide tracking microscopy to record neural activity in freely crawling worms navigating spatial odor gradients or isotropic environments, and in immobilized worms responding to temporal odor pulses. Across conditions, we identified strongly correlated brain-wide activity patterns spanning olfactory sensory neurons, interneurons, and premotor neurons. Motor-state transitions and brain-wide correlation structure differed between freely moving and immobilized animals, demonstrating that olfactory sensory representations depend jointly on sensory input, motor activity, and behavioral context. Together, these findings show that brain-wide representations of olfactory behavior are extensively reconfigured by sensory input, self-motion, and behavioral context.
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\r\nAround 30% of cancers are preceded by chronic inflammation which occurs at the site where tumors will develop. However, whether this oncogenic process, particularly observed in the intestine, can be initiated by a specific immune cell population remains unknown. We recently identified two distinct effector T cell populations capable to initiate the oncogenic transformation of a healthy intestinal epithelium (Fesneau et al., Nat Immunol. 2024; Brewer et al., Nat. Rev. Canc. 2024), as well as the factors controlling their differentiation. By revealing the presence of tumorigenic T cells, this work opens a new field in oncology and immunology that will be key for both our understanding of the early steps of carcinogenesis and the development of prophylactic therapies against cancer.
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Across models, drawings, research, and debate, the End of the Year Show brings together the diverse investigations of EPFL Architecture’s studios. Rooted in a project-based approach that connects design with technical, social, and critical questions, the exhibition reflects on how architecture engages contemporary forms of living, building, and collective space. From 26.–29.5.26, the End of the Year Show invites visitors to discover four days of architectural work in dialogue with places, practices, and collective futures.
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\r\nExhibition + Reviews
\r\n26.05 - 29.05.2026
\r\nEPFL SG Building and other locations
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\r\nOpening Apero
\r\nTu 26. May 2026, 18:30
\r\nAda Lovelace Square
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\r\nTimetable and Map ↗︎
\r\nStudio Presentations ↗︎
\r\nLiving Archives ↗︎ (online in July)
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\r\nStudios
\r\nFirst year: ALICE (Dietz); Second year: Assemble Studio (Binning, Perkins), Gay Menzel, KUHAB (Blanc), LAST (Rey), LIF (Taillieu), Peris Toral, Truwant + Rodet +; Third / Fourth year: ADHER (Devaux), DC-LAB (Delhay), DOSCRE (Donet, Reimer), EAST (Fröhlich), fala (Belkhodja, Samovich, Soares, Magalhães), FAR (Vannucci), IBOIS (Weinand), LAB-U (Viganò), LDM (Huang), RIOT (Malterre-Barthes), Rolli Schuerch, Salima Naji, Scheidegger Keller, TEXAS (Lapierre)
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\r\nGraphic Design
\r\nSandi Gazic & Roman Karrer
An abundance of systems has been studied as potential models of artificial life: from classical discrete cellular automata, to their randomized versions such as random Boolean networks, continuous systems including neural CAs or Lenia systems, or even simple programming languages. In this workshop, we would like to focus on the fundamental question of how to measure the complexity of such systems and detect emerging patterns within them. The conference will be held at EPFL Bernoulli Center.
\r\nMore information : https://www.dem.eco/
Are you developing a medical device or a digital health solution?
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\r\nThe Human Health by Design program supports early‑stage teams in designing, prototyping, and validating solutions grounded in real clinical needs.
\r\nThis 6‑month program (June–December 2026) combines field immersion, user‑centered design, and multidisciplinary expertise to accelerate the adoption of impactful, safe, and clinically relevant technologies.
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Are you finding it difficult to come up with a truly innovative idea for your next grant application? Do you ever feel stuck in an experiment, in familiar ways of thinking, even when you know there must be new angles to explore?
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\r\nScience progress moves between two complementary modes: Day Science, the rigorous testing of ideas, and Night Science, the creative process where those ideas first emerge. Indeed, what we call the scientific method tells us what to do once we have a hypothesis – but where do these hypotheses come from in the first place? François Jacob famously called this part the realm of ‘Night Science’.
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\r\nDrawing on the Night Science training framework developed by Profs Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher, this workshop will introduce thinking tools and exercises to help you foster exploratory thinking, interdisciplinarity and a general attitude of openness towards new ideas applied to your own research challenges. This course is provided by a certified Night Science trainer from the EPFL Research Office.
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\r\nThis interactive workshop is designed specifically for postdoctoral researchers who want to:\r\n
Biofilm is an important lifestyle of bacteria where bacterial cells collectively form surface-associated aggregates embedded in a polymeric matrix they secrete. Important in industry and medicine, biofilms also represent a unique form of growing active matter with unique physical and material properties. In this talk, I will highlight our recent work on developing a platform for imaging live, growing biofilm at single-cell resolution, using Vibrio cholerae as the model organism. I will show how bacterial cells physically communicate with each other and the environment to form ordered architecture reminiscent of liquid crystals. Moreover, I will talk about our recent discovery that heterogeneity in gene expression leads to unexpected pattern formation in biofilm through a drag-based sorting mechanism. I will also highlight ongoing research in the lab on extending the imaging capability to more natural environments including marine animal hosts. I will end by showing our recent findings on the mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix that underlie the architecture of the biofilm.
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\r\nBRIDGE Proof of Concept projects support young researchers (see eligibility criteria on the website) who aim to develop an application or service based on their own research findings. These projects may feature any type of innovation or research field.
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