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The EPFL Latsis Symposium 2026: “Decoding the Cell: Modeling, Predicting, and Engineering Cellular States” will be held on October 29-30, 2026, at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
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\r\nThis international gathering will bring together leading scientists in single-cell analysis, computational modeling, and cellular engineering to explore how recent breakthroughs in multi-omics technologies, predictive algorithms, and synthetic biology are reshaping our understanding of cellular function.
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\r\nThrough interdisciplinary talks and discussions, the symposium will spotlight advances in single-cell multi-modal data integration, predictive modeling of cell identity and behavior, and the engineering of synthetic cell states. By connecting researchers across experimental and computational domains, the event aims to establish new conceptual and technological frameworks for modeling and controlling cellular systems.
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\r\nHosted by EPFL, the symposium will foster scientific exchange, spark new collaborations, and accelerate progress toward next-generation cell-based therapies, disease models, and synthetic biological innovations.
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\r\nJoin us in Lausanne to connect with the global community shaping the future of cell understanding and engineering.
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\r\nSPEAKERS:
\r\n• Gray Camp – Research Group Leader at the Roche Institute for Translational Bioengineering (ITB) in Basel
\r\n• Barbara Engelhardt – Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institutes & Professor, Department of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University
\r\n• Jeremy Gunawardena – Professor, Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS), Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
\r\n• Muzlifah Haniffa – Head of the Cellular Genomics Programme and Deputy Director of the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Professor of Clinical Dermatology at the University of Cambridge
\r\n• Anshul Kundaje – Associate Professor of Genetics and Computer Science at Stanford University
\r\n• Prisca Liberali – Professor at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETHZ & Senior Group Leader at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
\r\n• Ewa Paluch – Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge
\r\n• Steve Quake – Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, Stanford University
\r\n• Sussane Rafelski – Sr. Director, Quantitative Biology at the Allen Institute for Cell Science
\r\n• Kevin Tsia – Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Program Director of the Biomedical Engineering Program at the University of Hong Kong
\r\n• Bo Wang – Chief AI Scientist, Vector Institute & Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
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This presentation treats space and mobility as inseparable, where space is produced through movement, coordination, and pause, while mobility is always spatially formatted by routes, nodes, and boundaries. Their intersection is therefore not an overlap but a relational field in which placement and movement continuously reify one another. This perspective invites complex mixed methods approaches based on methodological mapping across different forms of evidence, which can show how movements cluster or stretch, while narrative interviews, participatory mapping, and field observation can uncover how actors interpret routes, obstacles, and anchors in everyday life. The aim is not merely conventional triangulation, but conceptual integration: Using different methods to move between patterns in systems and interpretation of experience. Mixed methods research can theorize space-mobility while also exploring how they are experienced, governed, and contested.
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\r\nManfred Max Bergman is Chair of Social Research and Methodology at the University of Basel and Director of the Social Transitions Research Group. He works on methodological innovations to the study of sustainability transitions, inequality, health, corporate responsibility, and social change, with particular expertise in mixed methods research and case study design. He has contributed to scholarship on mobility, inequality, and public space through international comparative and interdisciplinary projects, and previously served as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. His current international engagements include service on the Swiss National Science Foundation’s Indo-Swiss Joint Scientific Board, collaboration with ICSSR in India on an innovative research methods training programme, and a visiting professorship at NUS in Singapore focused on implementation science and transdisciplinary research.
The Sustainable Buildings and Construction Summit 2026 (20-22 April, Lausanne, Switzerland) convenes government officials alongside academics, private sector leaders, financiers, and civil society—converging policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to translate global sustainability commitments into practical solutions. 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.
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\r\nThe Investor Track on Day 2 (May 20th) is designed as a curated gateway into Europe’s most promising human-centric innovation — ventures that use technology to elevate people, not replace them. These startups operate at the intersection of Hospitality and service industries, including food&beverages, travel and tourism, luxury and retail, education, nutrition and wellbeing and more.
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\r\nThe audience will be a diverse coalition of seed and Series A investors, including business angel networks, VCs, corporate VCs, family offices, and individual investors who believe that the future will be shaped by purpose-driven technology that enhances human potential.
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\r\nFull agenda available here
From digital puzzles to space simulations, play has become a major arena for creation, innovation, and reflection. Through a curated selection of video games, history books, essays, and academic research, the Library invites you to discover the many dimensions of games and gaming culture. Borrow the documents and keep the experience going at home!
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\r\nAre you building, training ML models? Are you currently facing challenges regarding IT infrastructure, and looking for reliable, collaborative, high-capacity, and affordable storage solutions to manage your research data? Are you seeking information about the computing costs?
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\r\nThe Research Computing Platform (RCP) offers campus-wide IT infrastructure geared for the research community. The offering includes a GPU infrastructure (> 400) aiming at making AI compute as accessible as possible throughout the campus.
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\r\nThis event will provide insights into the various services RCP offers to the EPFL research community.
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