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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). 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The call 2026 call for proposals of the synapsis foundation has now been published for <strong>four funding programmes</strong>: <strong>Career Development Award</strong> (for Advanced PostDocs)<strong>, Research Grant for Principal Investigators, Pilot and Consolidator Grants.</strong>\r\n<div> <br>\r\n<strong>Basic, Translational and Clinical Research:</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.demenz-forschung.ch/media/cfp2026_callpapers_pi.pdf\"><strong>Principal Investigator Grants</strong></a>:<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFueling innovative projects led by established research teams. Funded projects are supported with <strong>up to CHF 300’000 for up to 3 years</strong>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Eligiblity: </strong>Principal investigators working at Swiss universities or non-commercial research institutions.w<strong>ho have not received funding from the Synapsis Foundation for at least one year at the time of submission</strong>, are eligible to apply. 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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In this talk, I will present our latest findings on the role of neuropeptides in neural circuit function, uncovered through the use of novel genetically encoded sensors and silencers designed specifically for peptidergic transmission. By applying these innovative tools, we have identified key pathways and mechanisms by which neuropeptides regulate neuronal activity and orchestrate complex behavioral responses. 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Clients, Contractors, and Capital, with Davide Spina", "slug": "riot-lecture-series-the-construction-of-architec-5", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/riot-lecture-series-the-construction-of-architec-5", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32519/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32519/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32519/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-13", "end_date": "2026-04-13", "start_time": "14:30:00", "end_time": "16:00:00", "description": "<p>Who develops, finances, and commissions architecture—and in whose interest? This lecture series examines the often-invisible forces that shape architectural production—the clients who commission, the contractors who build, and the capital flows that determine what gets realized. While architects are trained to focus on design, the political economy of construction is largely absent from architectural education—sustaining a disciplinary insularity that obscures architecture's deep entanglement with capital, labor, and power. Yet building is fundamentally contingent: dependent on forces beyond the designer's reach, shaped by actors whose decisions constrain and enable architecture far more than design intentions. The series invites scholars and practitioners whose research illuminates these dependencies: the bureaucratization of architectural practice through corporate management systems, the client as a Mephistophelean figure key to the attainment of projects, the contractor as a decisive agent in determining how architecture is produced, and the entanglement of real estate development, finance, building, and urban form. By exposing the structural conditions of construction's political economy, we seek not to lament architecture's lack of autonomy but to work productively within its contingencies—essential groundwork for reimagining how practice might be organized otherwise.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDavide Spina (University of Hong Kong, online) Spina's award-winning dissertation examined the Vatican-controlled real estate developer and contractor SGI (Società Generale Immobiliare), which emerged as a major force in postwar Italy's reconstruction. His research on what journalist Antonio Cederna called \"the Leviathan\" reveals how SGI coordinated 10,000 employees, bureaucratized architectural production, exploited planning regulations, and delivered schemes from residential developments to industrial infrastructure. Currently working on real estate development in 1960s-70s Hong Kong, Spina examines how developers and contractors shape architectural culture through corporate management systems.<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-02-16T15:20:01", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-23T14:42:31", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "AAC 1 14", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==AAC%201%2014", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/67118003322?pwd=Rxn0N5RNHdUNwg0HhBRkRZzWPm8UlX.1", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Davide Spina ", "organizer": "RIOT ", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/elif.erez?lang=en\">Elif Erez Henderson</a> / <a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/antoine.iweinsdeeckhoutte\">Antoine Iweins </a>/ <a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/nathalie.marj\">Nathalie Marj</a> ", "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": "Architecture, Clients, Contractors, Capital", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119744/", "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/32/?format=api", "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/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. 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It presents around a hundred paintings on wood, didactic works produced between 1997 and 2007 in the teaching units of the painter Arduino Cantàfora. They suggest a possible way of making, between thought and <em>actio</em>, where drawing and painting structure a concept and become an essential language for expressing the founding idea of a project. Despite the transition to digital technology, the exhibition conveys the conviction that the artisanal culture of drawing and painting continues to play a fundamental and indispensable role in training architects.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<em>An exhibition produced in collaboration with the LAPIS laboratory at the EPFL’s Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning.</em><br>\r\n<br>\r\nGuided tours are available upon <a href=\"https://forms.gle/gev6sJt7sk9V4xFP9\">registration</a>. <br>\r\nGuided tours can be organized upon request for groups and schools. 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In mythology and storytelling, rivers and fountains bring life, healing, and uncontrollable power. Since modernism, we have pursued watertight environments, sealing interiors while buried streams and pipes persist beneath our streets and walls. When a leak appears, this fiction collapses. Forgotten infrastructures surface, and suppressed ecologies emerge—moss, humidity, micro-habitats. Leaks become reminders of water’s formative power, suggesting possible futures for architecture and urban space.</em><br>\r\n<br>\r\nTruwant + Rodet + is a Basel-based architecture practice founded in 2017. The diverse background of its partners informs a curious and interdisciplinary practice connecting architecture with landscape, furniture design, research and teaching. Their work focuses on the transformation of existing structures and on the relationship between building, context and landscape, understanding architecture as part of a broader territorial framework.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIn 2017, they received the Swiss Art Award for “A Pavilion.” In 2018, they co-founded the Basel cultural platform dasVerein with Melissa Freudiger. In 2020, together with ASBR, they won the competition for the renovation of the Centre Culturel Suisse in Paris, completed in 2026. In 2023, they won the competition for the adaptive reuse of the former Nauentor postal center in Basel with Bruther and Jan Kinsbergen, as well as the competition for affordable housing in Basel with Clauss Kahl Merz. Since 2023, they have been guest teachers at EPFL Lausanne.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis lecture is part of the School Lecture Series<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>COMMUNITY VOL.2</strong><br>\r\nSeven exemplary projects and case studies<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCommunity is an ambivalent concept. It involves both gathering through shared customs and exclusion. Some claim that inclusive communities do not exist. Recent history shows people more often unite through exclusion than inclusion. However, communities are not sealed. Philosopher Roberto Esposito explains that community ‘is not a property or territory to defend but a void, a debt, and a gift to others’, reminding us of our otherness.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis lecture series explores the topic of community through architecture. How does architecture explore, define, or enable communities? Can architects collaborate directly with communities, bypassing institutional entities? How can design convey a collective experience? 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